It’s easy to find Christians despising the “Jesus is my boyfriend” motif in worship music. I’ve usually mocked it myself, but something I read in James K.A. Smith’s recent book Desiring the Kingdom made me think about this from another angle. In order to understand Smith’s defense of erotically-charged worship, we must first understand the basic […]
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During a recent stay at my in-laws’ place, they mentioned that they were soon going to play host to the church small group they’re a part of. All well and good, apart from the minor dilemma regarding their liquor cabinet in the living room. It seems that their small group leader is emphatically opposed to […]
If you spend a lot of time around the “I used to be evangelical but I’m much better now” church these days, you’ll hear a lot about the need to shape our imagination via liturgy and creativity. The essential point is that we need to allow the story of God expressed in Christ and testified […]
H. Richard Neibuhr is (in)famous for his typology of the various ways that the church approaches the culture it is in. They are: Christ against Culture Christ of Culture Christ above Culture Christ and Culture in Paradox Christ Transforming Culture The critiques of Niehbuhr’s typology are legion, and I won’t rehash them here. What I do find interesting, however, is the […]
Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a promise to write about it. Getting a free book on a topic you’re profoundly interested in = awesome. Read other participating blogs if you’re interested. Shane Hipps has some very important things to say in his new book Flickering Pixels, where he explores […]
When I was a zealous, recently-converted evangelical Christian, I threw myself into the conventional process of trying to discern God’s will for my life. Call it what you will: vocation, calling, career—what should I do with my life that honours God? A tumultuous process (which I will spare you the details of) led me to […]
