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Monthly Archives: February 2011

“Love Wins” the blogosphere – thoughts on Rob Bell, universalism, and Christian cyber-fights

Either you only follow tweets for TMZ.com or ESPN Sportscenter or live under a rock away from the din and clang of the blogosphere if you haven’t heard the rumblings about Rob Bell’s upcoming book Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived (HarperOne, 2011) which will hit bookstores on March 29th.  For those following the flurry of activity, the basic issue … There’s more to read here.

Posted in belief, Bible, culture, emergent, Eucharist, existential musings, faith, Jesus, John Piper, Love Wins, Mark Driscoll, Rob Bell, secular, theology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

True Myth – there is no faith without fantasy

Artist Dan Meth recently posted a map of the ‘fantasy world’ that pulls together over 30 different fictional/fantasy worlds into one glorious landscape – Narnia, Middlearth, Earthsea, Wonderland, Never Never Land, Oz, Whoville, Florian, the Land of the Lost, you name it.  What I love about the map is how by glancing at it I am drawn back into the narratives, characters, plotlines and epic grandeur of these places that … There’s more to read here.

Posted in art, belief, columbine, culture, Eucharist, existential musings, faith, Fantasy Literature, Freedom of the Self, Imagination, Middlearth | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Theological echolocation: trying to find people and places to call ‘home’

One of the tasks that many people struggle with in their search for meaning is locating people and places where they can feel at home.  This notion of ‘home’ is deep within us – that place where we experience peace, we are embraced by those around us, and the language and movements around us feel in resonance with who we are made to be or, better yet, called to be.

My daughter was … There’s more to read here.

Posted in belief, Bible, emergent, existential musings, faith, Glasgow, secular, theology | 4 Comments

50% discount on seminary? Welcome to SPU…

How about doing a seminary degree for 50% off at SPU?

SPU is offering a tuition benefit of 50% discount off tuition costs for full-time and part-time staff who are employed with the following organizations:  InterVarsity, the Navigators, Young Life, Youth for Christ, Campus Crusade and World Vision.

The program will:

  • Apply to all programs offered through the Graduate School of Theology (M.Div, M.A. in Theology and the proposed Graduate
  • There’s more to read here.

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MTV’s Skins: where teens are both consumers and products in America’s increased tolerance for child porn

As a theologian who works in areas of media culture and youth ministry education, it should come as no surprise that I have had a number of people encouraging me to comment on the latest MTV program Skins. For those not familiar with this latest attempt by MTV at capturing the coveted teen viewing market, Skins is a scripted TV show that first aired in the UK and … There’s more to read here.

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