Category: Culture
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God grew tired of us
Last night I finally watched God Grew Tired of Us. It’s a beautiful film worthy of 90 minutes of your time. (And available for streaming on NetFlix.) Our neighborhood, like a lot of other communities in the United States, has become a place of refuge for many people relocated here because of war. I’ve heard…
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St. Patrick’s Day Prayer for the American Church
Green beer, revelry, parades, and dyeing the river green. These are the things we think about to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. However, when I think of Saint Patrick, I think of one of the greatest missionaries to have ever walked the planet. Born in Wales, trafficked as a teenager and sold into slavery in Ireland.…
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What’s cooler than a billion? 7 billion
So if I read that correctly… the church is going to need to become more urban in the next 25 years. Are you moving that way? HT to Fuller Youth Institute
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iPhone, Your New Cigarettes
The parallels between the iPhone in 2011 and cigarettes in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s are stunning. It’s iconic. It’s celebrated as the cool thing. It’s a status symbol. It’s celebrated in the media. It’s manufacturer is getting rich. There are cheap imitations. (Sorry Android users) It’s addicting, but not viewed as a serious…
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Lord, change me first
What motivates people to change? Here’s a list of things that I’m coming to terms with… Things that I see which don’t change people or organizations but should: (Generally speaking) Biblical truth Their current reality, state, or condition Current position, authority and/or aspirations of Scientific research or law Reading books about other organizations or people…
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Leave me alone
Maybe I want to be in debt, eat crappy food, and watch endless hours of mind-numbing television? Has it ever crossed your mind that the reasons I do this are because I want to? And maybe, just maybe, don’t want to be fixed? Maybe it’s not about addiction? Maybe it’s not some sort of freudian…
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Sick Puppies – Maybe
When the generations prophets cry for change you have to ask yourself: Am I a catalyst for the change they are calling for or am I the object the catalysts are fighting against?
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Stop Throwing People Away
There is something going on in church culture that I can’t stand. And it’s something I think we really need to change. And it is something we can change right now, in this moment. It’s this. We have a tendency to throw people away because they do or say or write one thing we don’t like.…
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Nativity, Defined
Nativity – the process whereby someone becomes a native. Christmas is one of the most confusing holiday’s on the planet. It’s half religious and half a celebration of solstice. The secular vs. religious scales have tipped back and forth over millennia. That’s a historically accurate tension. If you are feeling it this year. Welcome. You…