Time continues to beat on, not respecting my desire for things to be under my control. I just worked my last day of work for the summer, and I’m moving into school mode. I’m not sure that I’m ready for this, but it will mercilessly come anyways.
But I’m not completely done working. The end of summer […]
Archive for August, 2007
Jac and I are reading The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch very sporadically, but tonight’s session produced some particularly juicy food for thought. Hirsch contends that discipleship became very difficult during the modern period, as three powerful forces competed with the call of discipleship to Christ. These were:
The rise of capitalism and of the free market […]
I’ve been reading Everyday Theology off and on lately, and it articulates what I find myself doing all the time: interpreting the world me theologically. The book consists of a dense programmatic essay by Kevin Vanhoozer, followed by many examples of the theological interpretation of the everyday on topics ranging from the Safeway checkout line […]
There’s been a convergence for me as of late. The idea of liturgy sounds increasingly more attractive all of the time as I navigate various shades of disillusionment with typical evangelical expressions of the church gathered.
I remember a few years ago being perplexed by all of the younger adults moving from the Vineyard church I was […]
When we first moved to St. Stephen, we found out that the shorthand expressions for Todd Hall (where we live) is “the Addams Family house.” It does look pretty spooky, and especially at night.
I had my camera out last night, so I decided to take some shots. This was the best one.
This marks my 200th post in the life of this blog. Since we as humans seem to really like round numbers, I thought that I’d commemorate the occasion with a few stats.
I’ve posted an average of a post every 3.2 days
I’ve had 4958 visits since mattwiebe.com went live on Nov.11/06.
I’ve posted most often in the Faith category, and […]
