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Faith Life of the Party

No Comments 23 October 2008

Krista Tippet, of Speaking of Faith radio fame, recently did two really great interviews exploring the unexpected ways that faith is engaged in politics on the left and the right. Each podcast is about an hour long, but is well worth the time! Faith Life of the Party – Part I, The Left Faith Life of the [...]

Film, Politics

W. (2008)

1 Comment 19 October 2008

I've been eagerly awaiting Oliver Stone's new film W. for several months now. I must admit when I saw the first teaser trailer I thought it was going to be a roast-fest at the expense of a president I am less than fond of. So, somewhat deviously, I was looking forward to the chance to see Bush exposed and raked over the coals.

God Stuff

God in Africa

1 Comment 17 October 2008

For years I’ve wanted to travel to Africa. It probably began towards the end of high school and beginning of college. That was right around the time that I began to open up to God’s call for me to the ministry. It was also about the time that my cousin Tiffani graduated from college and [...]

TV

Fringe

1 Comment 17 October 2008

Just recently I’ve begun watching a new show on Fox called FRINGE. FRINGE was created by J.J. Abrams, the same guy who helped create LOST, Heroes, Alias and wrote/directed Mission: Impossible 3. I’ve been a big fan of a lot of Abrams’ material but it was an interview he did with Teri Gross from NPR [...]

Life

Our dog, Hagrid

No Comments 15 October 2008

Last week we adopted a Boston Terrier from a Boston Terrier Rescue agent here in New Jersey. Our little guy is 3 years old and the family he was living with just didn’t want him anymore, so we were glad to give him a good home. We’ve named him Hagrid. Hagrid came to us already [...]

God Stuff

Paul vs. the Emerging Church

7 Comments 14 October 2008

For a while now one of the big critiques of the emerging church from scholars has been that it lacks a robust or thoughtful engagement with Paul. And let’s be honest, as postmoderns we really do gravitate towards the narratives of Jesus more than the somewhat more abstract theology of Paul. In my own ministry [...]