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July 9, 2010
Missional attraction:
I work at a church developing a missional model. Missional, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, essentially took the place of “emerging” after we learned about it’s Calvinist core, “emerging” took the place of “emergent” after Brian McClaren and Rob Bell espoused some radical theologies about Christ’s divinity and and the nature of [...]
June 25, 2010
Challenge for creative churches
I’d like to invite you to join my newest project: a call to art www.bit.ly/calltoart The goal is to inspire churches to stretch their creativity and try to use broader references when they create stuff. Without meaning to, most of the country goes to only a few sources: tv shows and hit movies. By joining [...]
June 18, 2010
Entrepreneurial Ravings
So, like many of you, I find entrepreneurs annoying. Me-centric, grandiose, and often-times too self-congratulatory about their departure from the Grid, I run into these “oh, and I do consulting on the side” folks far too often. But after another round of “oh, and in my upcoming book,” ”not to toot my own horn,” [...]
June 11, 2010
Romanticism in postmodernism
I keep noticing this streak of romance in my postmodern friends; they really do want to build a utopian future. They react against current institutions and are positive the new ones they create will avoid them. I’m trying to seperate the romanticism of their youth from the romanticism of their worldview, and struggling. Is there [...]
June 7, 2010
Anonymity
I’m sitting here dreaming up an introduction to my friends ‘street opera’ and it strikes me that the performing arts, the professional perfoming arts rely on a sense of anonymity between the audienence and performer. Then I turned my mind to the world of church experiences. There is a tectonic shift taking place I beleve. [...]
May 13, 2010
Church as lifestyle brand?
Almost anything is now a lifestyle brand: coffee, sodas, liquors, discount big-box stores; clothing , bands etc. Has anyone explored the idea of church as a lifestyle brand? I mean I choose my favorite coffee shop this way, i think we’re kidding ourselves if we think that church shoppers don’t. My favorite Nashville shop is [...]
March 25, 2010
it seems time
So I’m listening to U2 at church while a rainstorm pours. I continue to reexamine my relationship with evangelicalism at large. Sometimes I lament the fact I’m so progressive. If I could just shut my mouth (and eyes, and brain) I could rise pretty high on some of the ladders that are around me. Other [...]
February 15, 2010
Leftovers from my masters thesis
Once upon a time, I cranked out an awesome introductory essay for my thesis. It was cut in the first round for being too chatty. I just found it on my hard drive. Here it is in all it’s rambly glory: Music is a cultural artifact. It exists in a specific time and place, and [...]
November 15, 2009
so I found out yesterday that a former coworker of mine committed suicide. He was a fairly classic, “live hard, die young” personality that had a run-in with the police, and wound up ending his own life. What do we do with an aimless generation..? So committed the future, and with more resources than any [...]
