Rachel Held Evans | Christian bookstores and their chokehold on the industry. Once again, Rachel Held Evans hits the nail on the head, re-enforcing for me why I find Christian book stores to be as creepy as mimes, puppet shows, and Barney. Check out the entire post but here is the quote that resonates for […]
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Will Churches Go The Way of Bookstores? | …In the Meantime. More on this later but wanted to get this up on the blog this morning before I head off to lead Sunday morning worship. But perspectives are changing, the religious monopoly is over. On a day when because of a broken AC we are […]
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Posted in Jesus the Christ on Apr 3rd, 2011
Hidden in a cave: First ever portrait of Jesus found in 1 of 70 ancient books? | Mail Online. Very cool discovery. The image is eerily familiar: a bearded young man with flowing curly hair. After lying for nearly 2,000 years hidden in a cave in the Holy Land, the fine detail is difficult to […]
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How I Rediscovered Faith | RELEVANT Magazine. Malcom Gladwell is one of the most fascinating writers and social observers that I read. This is a great reflection on how his journey has led him back to faith. His books Tipping Point and David and Goliath are excellent and I highly recommend them.
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Thanks to the snowstorm that has shut down most everything here in NW Ohio, it seemed the right time to finish up a podcast. While its a little rambling, I try and paint the picture is that there is a global revolution going on in younger generations that involves freedom and creativity that is being […]
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At the beginning of this year I wrote an article for our denominational magazine, The Lutheran, about a new set of song books by my friend, Eric Wefald. Like many mainline denominations, we have a difficult time getting our groove on in worship with anything that was written after the 19th Century. This collection of […]
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Posted in American Culture, Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2009
I have to admit, this is a rather fascinating article and I may have to check out this book. It does give some traction to the idea of America as a Judeo-Christian culture. Here’s a review from Savannahnow.com. I’m curious – has anyone read this book? There was a time leading up to the Protestant […]
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I received this from Leonard Sweet this week and got permission to post it here on Wired Jesus. Its worth a podcast, so watch for more later. There is definately something to be said that in a world that is concerned in talking about Jesus, asking what would Jesus do, or pointing to the “Jesus […]
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In honor of the Hubble getting fixed this week to improve magnification by 70x, here is one of my favorite devotional books. The Hand of God is a collection of Hubble photos match with quotes about the journey of faith in such a vast universe. I highly recommend checking it out. Click on the link […]
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Chicago is buzzing over the abrupt announcement by controversial sportswriter Jay Marriotti that he is leaving the Chicago Sun-Times because the newspaper business is dead and doesn’t want to go down with the ship. While there is a little more to the whole thing, I think his observation of the Olympics coverage was telling. The […]
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