Happy News is Good News!
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ideas! Finally, there is a news site that is not - repeat not - dedicated to the same old sensationalist gore, violence and human depression. Check Happy News for a brighter presentation of national and international news. If you are looking for war and famine, it won’t be found at Happy News.
A Gospel of Guilt, Shame and Fear
The message of easter is this: God thought you so special, so priceless, that he laid down perfection to reconcile and re-create relationship with you. That’s pretty special! Celebrate it freely! Be blessed this Easter.
An Excerpt from Tony Jones’ Emergent Frontier
It took a mere thirteen pages to bump into an interesting factoid in Tony Jones’ new book The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier. The following excerpt is unarguably true and seriously sad: Read More »
WordPress 2.5-RC1
Tribe is now being powered by WordPress 2.5-RC1. So far, it’s great. Faster load times, for sure. The new admin/backend is a huge improvement over yesterday’s admin, with a few caveats: 1. I hate the placement of the category list in write post mode. Scrolling down to find the category list sucks! 2. I can’t find the place to adjust my post slug during the write post process. I think it’s gone! That sucks too! 3. I still have to use a plugin (Advanced Tag Entry) to select and enter tags from a list, rather then guessing and hoping I get the right one as I write each post. That sucks the most!
I also find it annoying that the “Visit Site” link located at the top of the dashboard opens my site in a new window. Why?
Other than all of that, it’s really pretty.
The Contemporary Relevance of the Anabaptist Faith 6
The following commentary addresses the sixth point as advanced by Myron S. Augsburger in “The Contemporary Relevance of the Anabaptist Faith” (Brethren in Christ History and Life, August 2000), which is: “Interpreting Our Participation in Evangelism as Socially and Ethnically Inclusive.”
Augsburger begins his thoughts with a reminder of the meaning of compassion. “The meaning of compassion,” Augsburger writes, “is not limited to any ethnic sameness but is a call for us to see all peoples alike created in the image of God. The kingdom of Christ is inclusive, and our witness of grace must be consistently so.” Read More »
Holy Week 2008
Holy Week 2008 begins tomorrow morning! Have a blessed and prayerful week! May you be visited by Father, Son, and Spirit, in the manner most needed. Peace.
The Rachael Ray Show
A few late afternoons spent working on my sermon in the family room with the television playing in the background has introduced me to Rachael Ray. I’m completely captivated. I love it!
Apology of Patriarch Timothy of Baghdad before Caliph Mahdi
Have you ever read the “Apology of Patriarch Timothy of Baghdad before Caliph Mahdi?” If not, prepare thyself for some incredible if not mind-numbing dialogue!
Scene: In 780 the missionary-minded bishop Timothy joined the King of Baghdad (the new Islamic capital) in a two-day interreligious dialogue. The topic, of course, was Trinity. The following is an especially exciting excerpt from this discourse: Read More »
A Slow Bloom and the Young Search for Value
Christopher looked every where. He looked beneath his bed, under his desk, and behind his dresser; nothing. He even moved the clothes pile on the floor of his closet. Still, he couldn’t find what he was looking for.
“Ah,” he thought confidently to himself, “There’s one place I didn’t look! Surely it must be there!” He darted off towards his Disney branded Mickey Mouse T.V. and its matching red stand to give them a quick look behind too. Nothing. Nada. Absolute zero.
Christopher let out a long and frustrated sigh as he plopped himself into his little red desk chair in obvious defeat. Read More »
