Jeremy Bouma has a story to tell and he tells it well. Having grown up in a very conservative Christian environment (Hudsonville, MI) and having served in ministries where a mutant form of the Gospel was transmitted, Jeremy underwent a conversion. Through his own experience of “the dark night of the soul,” Jeremy came out [...]
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Posted in Emergent Conversation, Theology on Nov 8th, 2008
The Bible: Slip, Sliding Away…
by John W. Frye
A good, upright Christian reached for the well-worn, well-read Bible. The Bible by itself shifted away from reach. Startled by this the Christian thought That’s odd. Reaching out again to take the Bible, it slid away again and leaped from the table to the floor. This alarmed the Christian. [...]
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Posted in Culture, Emergent Conversation, Reviews, Theology on Oct 21st, 2008
Phyllis Tickle time.
I had the opportunity to hear Phyllis Tickle at Baker Book House on Ocotober 17 discuss her newest book The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why (Baker).
Phyllis is a delightful lady. And unusual…how many Anglicans do you know who have a strong Southern Baptist influence? She is a profound communicator [...]
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“And it was night.”
Doesn’t that sound like a bolt out of the Hemingway blue? A terse, stark declaration; a burst of this-ness.
Hemingway could have written it. But it was actually written by John the Apostle.
John 13:10– “As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.”
John is doing more than [...]
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CONTEXT MATTERS
Have you ever been bored silly listening once again to the flight attendant rattling off the routine “…in case of loss of air cabin pressure, an oxygen mask blah, blah, blah…”?
How can a life-saving device be considered so boring? Next time you’re on a jet, look intently and with great interest at the flight attendant [...]
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It’s that time again! Time to offer some of my new terms for the ever emerging USAmerican theology.
sipphony–the sound of people sipping in unison their tiny cups of Communion juice
megalobiblia–the compulsive need to carry a really BIG Bible
proleperous–Jesus’ tendency to heal lepers
loafquacious–feeding thousands of people with five loaves of bread
golfertory–a foursome made up of pastors
dazzledermatitus–when [...]
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