Tomorrow, churches all across America will incorporate the Hymns of Americana into Her worship hour. “My Country Tis of Thee,” “America The Beautiful,” and “Battle Hymn of the Republic” will all be sung with as much gusto as “How Great Thou Art,” “Amazing Grace,” and “God of Wonders.”
Worship of God will be replaced by [...]
Popularity: 3% [?]
So the rest of the evening, about 30 min, was talking about how we can embody the alt.way of Jesus. It was pretty good stuff and I think I need the evening to process it all…as a former employee of the Empire (i.e. United States Senate staffer) and political science major, some of the talk [...]
Popularity: 3% [?]
A few days ago on a whim I submitted my little blog to BlogBurst, “a major blog syndication network that places the best blogs on mainstream media sites.” The editors accepted my site for inclusion and now my content will be beamed all around the world! Basically, BlogBurst acts as a portal and brings the [...]
Popularity: 2% [?]
Previous Posts
Intro
Ch. 1-3
Because I am suppose to be on summer break from school, though still in (and rather bored with) summer classes, I picked up Doug Pagitt’s freshly released book “A Christianity Worth Believing” last evening. I’ve ‘followed’ Doug and his ministry at Solomon’s Porch and writings since my own ’shift’ three and a [...]
Popularity: 4% [?]
Yesterday I was one of 12,000 people who packed into the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI to hear Barak Obama speak. The energy peaked to a fevered pitch as people waited for him to speak at a state he had yet to rally. We were particularly stoked when he said he “brought a [...]
Popularity: 3% [?]
Apparently my blogging drivel inspires some people, because my fellow Scriber has dubbed my one of a handful of subversive bloggers! Here is how he defines a subversive blogger:
Subversive bloggers are unsatisfied with the status quo, whether in church, politics, economics or any other power-laden institution, and they are searching for (and blogging about) [...]
Popularity: 3% [?]
thus I will not be able to post this week like I hoped! What a pain in the ass…
UPDATE: So I took my beloved into the Apple Store this afternoon and when they tested it it booted right up! They did however need to do some major disk repair to the permissions. Or, Apple Store [...]
Popularity: 2% [?]
(my tweets)
