They’ve got at least one thing in common: judging success immediately is impossible, little more than a guess. No one really knows how any of these draft picks will turn out. Greg Oden was the consensus number one a few years ago…and has played 80 games, with limited minutes, in three years, because of injuries. Unlike (say) [...]
Archive for June, 2010
The NBA Draft, the Nobel Peace Prize, and Christian Ministry
Posted in church on June 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Freeing the church from “white cultural captivity”
Posted in church, culture, idolatry on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
now that i am done with my written ordination exams i am “free” to use my “free time” to read books i have been itching to get to. this weekend i made some good headway into Soo- Chan Rah’s new book, The New Evangelicalism. Rather than write up a bunch of reviews and spit out [...]
Why I Love Memphis: Audubon Park
Posted in why i love memphis on June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Audubon Park is more or less an extended backyard for us. Lots to say about this, including the awesome Cancer Survivor’s Park with loads of flowers for much of the year. For now I’ll note the wildlife: in the time we’ve lived here, apart from the usual wildlife, we’ve seen raccoons, owls, hawks (twice we’ve seen a [...]
How Jesus Did Church: Companionship
Posted in church, Jesus, missional church on June 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Finishing up Graham Tomlin, Spiritual Fitness he has a chapter near the conclusion on some of the spritiual practices we see Jesus undertaking with his disciples. Much like Paul Miller’s book, Love Walked Among Us, this is a look at Jesus that longs to learn from what he did. Here’s one example (142-3): A striking feature [...]
Why I Love Memphis-New Ballet Ensemble
Posted in culture, why i love memphis, world view on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New Ballet Ensemble is a dance studio in Midtown run by Katie Smythe, fellow 2PC member Clay Smythe’s sister. This morning they were featured on the NBC Today show segment called Lend A Hand Today. The link below will take you to New Ballet’s website, which has the video on the front page. The Studio is doing [...]
throwing away food & being mad
Posted in idolatry, Jesus, justice on June 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
today the u.s. advanced in the world cup. today i ate mexican for lunch. today i am surrounded by books and notes trying to study. today i drove my car. today i drank coffee and tea with people (not together, but both this morning). tonight i will sleep in a bed. not everyone in our [...]
Another Nice Quote on Vocation
Posted in culture, quotes, world view on June 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society that scorns excellence in plumbing just because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its philosophy will hold water.“ John William [...]
A Few Nice Quotes on Vocation
Posted in quotes on June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“The most reliable callings are born from reflecting on a situation that is more or less imposed on us. Vocation is nearly always a way of accepting a situation that was first of all considered a limitation.” Roger Mehl, Society and Love (Keep in mind the idea that Lewis only really wanted to be a poet.) [...]
business as mission
Posted in justice, missional church on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
i am always encouraged by men and women who use their God given training and vocational experience in an outside of the box way for the furtherance of the Kingdom. in east memphis there are a lot of folks who work with investments, money, and capital in general. below is a video showing how some folks [...]
Religion or Devotion?
Posted in Bible, church, gospel, missional church, world view on June 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have been reading a book called “Radical” by David Platt this week. Platt is the pastor at The Church of Brook Hills in Birmingham, AL. I was really enjoying the book so I thought I’d find one of his sermons online to listen to while I was working. I wound up listening to a talk he gave [...]
