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I should have read Traveling Mercies a while ago, it’s been on my reading list, I just never got around to it. Anyways, my wife has been a reading machine, and I had recently recommended Lamott, which she devoured in less then a week. She enjoyed it so I figured I should read it next.
Lamott is a great author. I want to write like her. Some things I noticed that she does is she gives very specific allusions. She’ll randomly reference specific characters in movies or she’ll give vivid word …

(note: Originally written my sophmore year of college in January 2003)
Continued from part III (part II and part I)
It is likely that our churches have already given us opportunity to “love our neighbor as our self” through a number of service activities for the area. Maybe you’ve helped out at the soup kitchen, donated clothing, sand carols, delivered thanksgiving baskets. When did we as Americans remove the idea that our neighbors our those who live next door to us? Don’t get me wrong, I am ecstatic that …

(note: Originally written my sophmore year of college in January 2003)
Continued from part II (and part I)
It’s one of the biggest atrocities of the church that we do not give even close to the ten percent that we as believers should be giving—At LEAST. I would submit that most Christians in America could give 20% of their income without seriously suffering in their day to day life. If you equate suffering with not being able to buy a new car every few years, or any other material possession …

This week I’ve got a video you need to go and watch that isn’t embeddable, it’s a music video to Radiohead’s All I Need.
Go Now. (ht. Keane)
Here is a user created video to the same song with a different topic

Immigrants (ht. Jamie)

What did you think of that one?

This is another one from the archives, I wrote it five years ago at Wheaton College, after the Class Films…
I’m taking a contextualization class at Wheaton College, in it we learn about other cultures and how to contextualize the gospel. It’s a great class and I’ve really enjoyed what I’ve learned. Basically it’s taught me to look at my culture and say, “how are we not contextualizing the gospel into our culture?” It causes you to look at a lot of things.
Take bridesmaids for example. Did …

This will be a brief review. I read a novel, The Church Ladies, by Lisa Samson. I wanted to read a known fiction Christian author and Lisa was the only one I could think of (besides Peretti and the left behind books). Anyways this was the shortest one available at the library and so I picked it up.
It’s a pretty decent book, a quick and easy read. I definitely felt like it was geared toward a female audience because there was some references to things, haircuts and such, without …

(note: Originally written my sophmore year of college in January 2003)
Continued from part I
Initial thoughts of the Christian community in America would say that we are indeed bearing much fruit. Many gain lovely relationships with Christ through the small groups and Bible studies and the sermons of the American Church. And our giving and outreach to the community is certainly there. Let me change our way of thinking for a moment.
I submit that the standard to which we hold our Christianity is nothing but the relative standard …