October 2009
18 posts
A Million Miles to Live a Better Story →
I am not knocking honest, biblical Christianity; but rather the pretty, shiny Churchianity where all questions are answered, every conflict ends in an altar call, everyone votes Republican, and y’all live your Best Life Now.
Susan Isaacs tells it like it is. As always.
Also, check out my conversation with her for the Outlaw Preachers podcast.
September 2009
14 posts
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Sehnsucht
What does it feel like to be homesick...
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly...”
– C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
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Outlaw Preachers Precast: Susan Isaacs
This is...
“These things—the beauty, the memory of our own past—are good images of what we...”
– C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
The Victor iTunes Podcast →
The Victor has a podcast! You still have to go to their site for the older audio, but all future ones can be downloaded to your computer and synced with your iPod or iPhone automatically now.
I can’t tell you how excited I am about this.
The Importance of Enthusiasm →
“God has grace for Christians and atheists alike but much disdain for fakers.” — Peter Morden, my best friend in the whole wide world, atheist
Tattoo Parlor Trades Ink for Ministry on Mondays →
Friend and fellow outlaw preacher, Chip Harbin, runs a ministry called The Victor in Statesville, North Carolina. They recenty relocated to meet at the shop where he tattoos.
They meet at a tattoo shop.
We meet at a bar.
We are all sinnners.
We are all saved by grace.
Check out the audio on their site.
A Victim Treats His Mugger Right →
“He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go,’” Diaz says.
Not only does the guy give him his wallet, but he throws in his coat and dinner as well.
Grace changes lives.
That kid will never forget that day as long as he lives.
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Outlaw Preachers Precast: Nadia Bolz-Weber
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Reflections on the ELCA Churchwide Assembly and... →
Beautifully balanced piece by Timothy J. Wengert regarding the recent decision of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to “commit itself to finding a way for people in such publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous, same-gender relationships to serve as rostered leaders of this church.”
With all the heat surrounding the issue, there is often not a lot of light, but, as Wengert...