The postal center on Storke Road, two blocks away from Jeremiah and Emma’s elementary school, also the current location of our Aqueous Gatherings, was surrounded by law enforcement and news media this morning as I took my children to school. Last night 6 people lost their lives in a tragic shooting. This kind [...]
Archive for January, 2006
Goleta Postal Center Tragedy
Published by January 31st, 2006 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsiFeedReaders
Peter Senge on Christianity as a “Sunday Religion”
Published by January 31st, 2006 in Western Christianity. 0 CommentsiFeedReaders
I’d also like to argue that the mainstream of Christianity throughout the last 1,500 years, and particularly evident in the last 200 years, has been for the majority of practitioners, not a practice-oriented religion, but a Sunday religion, a religion of “do what you want as long as you subscribe to the right things and [...]
When was the “Golden Age” of the church?
Published by January 30th, 2006 in History and Philosophy. 2 CommentsiFeedReaders
Church History is topic of perpetual interest to me. At less travelled, Ross proposes an interesting way of “seeing” it: history and theology
“ijournal” entries on this weblog…
Published by January 18th, 2006 in ijournal. 1 CommentiFeedReaders
Lately I have begun to record many more of my thoughts from my own devotional life in this space. For a number of years now I have included writing my prayers as well as my reflections from time spent in the Story in my journal as a spiritual/devotional practice. Sometimes the act of [...]
“Lead me in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me. Make your way plain for me to follow.”
Father, my prayer is that your ways and paths would be plain for me follow and that your leadership would be clear. May I always be given a heart that longs to [...]
“Moralistic Therapeutic Deism” - the Religion of the American Teenager.
Published by January 13th, 2006 in Western Christianity. 2 CommentsiFeedReaders
In an article entitled “God, Religion … Whatever — Are Our Churchgoing Youth Falling Away from the Faith?” author Ed Vitagliano, offers a strong look into the faith life of American teenagers. (Full Article) I think this is a must read for parents as well as pastors. Following are a couple of excerpts [...]
A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.
-Sir Barnett Cocks
So. I am a little behind on my reading. Decided to catch up from last year before I get started with the reading this year. Anyhow, I read the entire book of Revelation in one amped up Starbucks sitting. The great thing about taking Revelation this way is that you see [...]
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