Links for Sept 13, 2006

Joe posts some thoughts on our first gathering as theStory and also pictures of the place we are looking to have gatherings in the future; an old United church that wants to give it to…

theStory Day 1

After it was all over, Joe, Darryl and I were sitting there and I looked at them and I said “well, we did it, we just planted a church.” (theStory) I don’t have a clue…

An Hour and A Bit

It is 9:46, and in an hour and a bit, theStory begins. So much time, energy, dreaming, upsets and excitement has gone into what is starting in an hour and a bit. For over four…

Sarnia Revival on TV

The Sarnia Revival has been a source of discussion a bit on this blog. A lot of it came from a post that I wrote here about my experience there and some thoughts to go…

Links for September 08, 2006

Margie Goodyear (the family I lived with in the summer) shares a remarkable story about the scratching noise we heard in her roof over the summer. I couldn’t believe it when I read it and…

Links for September 07, 2006

This trailer for an upcoming film called Jesus Camp freaks the hell out of me. Literally. What is going on? Why does it seem like the main message of this film is so different then…

Making Social Agents

Apparently Rachel’s family goes to bed earlier than I expected on vacation (I guess two hours of sleep stuffed in a car doesn’t equal a good nights sleep). And I also discovered that way up…

Vacation

I am on vacation for the next week and few days. In that time I am going to be moving into my new apartment and then heading out with my girlfriend and her parents to…

The Kingdom: A New System

I’ve been torn lately. I’m struggling with how to look at things that are happening to people around the world. I brought this up in the car on the ride home with Rachel and Darryl…

Materialsm, then Jesus

I don’t think I’m done with this yet. I talked a bunch about how consumerism has so infected the church that now we think it’s normal to think like a consumerist and follow Jesus. I…

Links for August 25, 2006

I just absolutly love this title “How then Shall We Kill,” it is loaded with meaning that I love. dCOMPOSE has three posts on the death penalty with this title. Part 1, Part 2, Part…

A Heretics Guide to Eternity

I just finished reading Spencer Burke’s book A Heretics Guide to Eternity. It was an enjoyable and easy read overall. His thesis could probably be summed up in a few sentences found on page 61……

Theologians and My Space

This is just too good. Walter Brueggemann, a renowned 72 year old theologian, has his own myspace, and the song that plays when you load it up….”Damn it feels good to be a gangster” Found…

Sarnia Friend Paralyzed

I grew up going to the same private school as the Edwards family. She was a mom raising four children on her own, twin young boys with two older sisters. We called her Flo, she…

Consumerism, then Jesus

During the justice section at Cultivate, I sat with a group that talked about political systems. It was a great conversation that talked about how these political systems like consumerism, materialism, welfare, social programs and…

Links for August 23, 2006

My good friend and roomate Nathan Shurr has started up his own set of daily links on his blog. Something I’ll be definitely keeping an eye on because he usually points me to some great…

Cultivate Pictures and Podcasts

Here are some links to people that took pictures throughout the day at Cultivate. My Pics | 61 pictures Mike Todd | 1 interesting pic Jared Siebert | 106 pictures Also, the podcasts are all…

The Cultivate Experience

After 12 hours on Saturday at Cultivate I just needed to withdraw for a while and take a break, so I did and went home to Sarnia and got to go to theStory BBQ and…