The women of New Demographic and bloggers of Mixed Media Watch, have a podcast that I find extremely interesting: Addicted to Race.
Jen and Carmen co-host the show which discusses our obsession with race and provides thoughtful commentary on many race-related issues in our society. They discuss big news events as well as personal stories and I appreciate their balance in it all as well.
It bothers me to no end when folks try to ignore racism or try to belittle the effects of race. “Race” is only a social construct one …

I thought this was a pretty funny clip about The Miami Seven:

RELEVANCE: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
-adaptation
-incarnational living as opposed to attractional
-understanding
-relevant to Jesus
-method changes, message remains without compromise
-communicating in the language of the culture
-others focused
Paul’s famous line: “I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.”
The idea of being relevant to culture and people is a wonderful idea. In some circles this is called, “contextualization,” the idea that we are taking the gospel and putting it into a context that the receiver will understand. I wrote an essay to get my …

This book was dropped in the mail to me a little while back. It’s another of Relevant Publishings productions in their typical small paperback style (truly pocketable for someone with pockets like mine).
Jason Boyett is becoming a master of the pocket guide, having introduced us to the Apocalypse and Adulthood in pocket form, he now takes on the Big Book.
The book is split into Biblicabulary, Know Your Characters, The Bible at Breaknext Speed, Versions and Perversions, and The Brief History of Holy Writ. Each section is done in a humorous …

One of the richest dudes in the world is giving away 85% of his wealth, if only we could all follow his example.
True I’m usually one to rant about our gross superfluous wealth in this country (and if you do the calculations, 15% of Buffet’s net worth is still a heck of a lot of money), but I figure I should try and take a more positive look at the moment.
Jesus gave the example of the women who put her two coins in and how commendable that was because it …

I’ve been meaning to sit down and write about my time at the PAPA Festival all day, but I kept procrastinating on it, mainly because I’m not sure I have that much to say. This wasn’t an academic or informational gathering per say. There where learning sessions, but the majority that I went to were more discussions then they were information which I could share with you.
I will point out that there where white folks with dreadlocks there then I’ve ever seen in one place. Makes you wonder. Lot’s of …

Mindy and I will be at this festival all weekend.
I’ll share what I learned next week.
PAPA Festival

I’m worried I’m not going to have much material to write about this week. Unless I can buckle down and do some reading (which I have been seriously slacking on) it looks to be an uneventful week in the way of writing.
I love to write, but I don’t feel like I have much intelligent and creative thought all on my own. It needs to be sparked by something. I wish more often it was sparked by deep and serious conversation with friends, but usually it’s the latest book I’m reading …