Archive - July 31, 2010

Weekly Meanderings

Here’s some (or, rather, a lot of) stuff I came across this week…

1. Worship: I start as a blank screen
2. When the Secular is Sacred (or, Why you should listen to Mumford and Sons)
3. Carlos Whittaker’s tattoo
4. A review of Andrew Peterson’s album “Counting Stars”
5. Anne Rice announces she is quitting Christianity
6. The most important part of your story: when you’re about to quit
7. Suggestions for books about the Church
8. C.S. Lewis and spiritual formation
9. A recap of the Echo 2010 conference
10. Why are Christians so bad at dying?
11. A typology of Christian approaches to homosexuality
12. Doubt, family, and friends: part 1, and part 2
13. The Wesleyan Quadrilateral: Reason
14. Defining ID
15. Mike Ham refuses to (1) “move on” from the evolution-creation debate; (2) Rachel Held Evans responds
16. Bill Mounce comments on the Committee on Bible Translation
17. Thoughts and questions about Pauline authorship
18. What are a pastor’s post-preaching logistical options?
19. Should gulf coast churches apply for BP payouts?
20. A review of “Omensetter’s Luck
21. A review of “The Book of Questions
22. A review of “Missional Small Groups
23. A review of “Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory
24. A review of “The Lost World of Genesis One
25. Time comments on their recent cover showing disfigurement in Afghanistan
26. A tribute to Harper Lee
27. A suggestion for the Chicago Manual of Style: emoticon usage
28. Idea killers
29. Do you ever stop to think?
30. Building stronger, healthier, more effective teams
31. How to be a good neighbor
32. Social Media has (1) bred a new culture of sharing (and (2) a related cartoon)
33. Lessons learned from Randy Elrod’s Twitter suspension
34. Zero percent of Americans would pay for Twitter
35. The problem with aging video game consoles
36. Addictive game of the week

Have a great weekend!