god the traffic dj

Excuse the ripe language, but I couldn’t resist–this is really hilarious. Questions arise: God is clearly interventionist (sorry Bp. Spongey) but does God play dj with traffic like this? If so, who is to blame for the bungling and the swearing? What questions does it raise for you?

sunday-monday disconnect

This dualistic spirituality described in the previous blogs has been called a number of things, but perhaps the idea of the Sunday-Monday disconnect brings the experience to the fore. We experience a certain type of God on Sunday, but Monday is another matter—“this is ‘the real world’ and things work differently here.” How many [...]

beyond the sacred and the secular

One of the most immediate implications of genuine monotheism as we have outlined, is that if taken seriosuly, it obliterates any false distinction between the sacred and the secular. If all of the world lies under God’s redeeming claim, and our task as his people is to hallow the everyday, then there can be [...]

millimeters matter

Pie fights for bugs

christocentric monotheism: part two (ohh!)

Yahweh’s claim is absolute—it claims all. “When God invades man’s consciousness, man’s reliance on ‘peace and security’ vanishes from every nook of his existence. His life as a single whole becomes vulnerable. Broken down are the bulkheads between the chambers which confine explosions to one compartment. When God chooses man, He invests [...]

starfish & the spider webcast this monday, 8-9pm cst

Just want to remind you of our first CommuniCast , featuring Ori Brafman, co-author of one of the hottest selling leadership books on the market — The Starfish and The Spider.

Broadcasting live on June 18 from 8-9 PM CST, this CommuniCast is like a webcast but more engaging and interactive. The cost of the [...]

hi-ho and away toronto

For my online Canadian buddies, my friends at The Sanctuary in Toronto are hosting a day seminar with liddle ole me.  Perhaps we can meet at last. Feel free to pass this on…

alanstein

My sister-in-law can’t find anything to do, so she did this…

Caught me on a really bad hair day!

christocentric monotheism: part one (eh?)

As we have seen (in the last few posts) , the ‘gift’ that persecution bestows on the people of God is the clarification of the central message of the Church. This in turn begs the question; what is that message? What does it look and feel like when reduced to utter simplicity? This study [...]

recovering our primary love

As I wait for my visa, I have put myself to writing the new book on Christology with Mike Frost. This book will be first and foremost a call for the church at the dawn of the 21st Century to rediscover its first, and therefore our primary, love (”Nevertheless I have this against you, [...]

just to make a point

“The spontaneous expansion of the Church reduced to its element is a very simple thing. It asks for no elaborate organization, no large finances, no great numbers of paid missionaries. In its beginning it may be the work of one man and that of a man neither learned in the things of this [...]

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