tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37162022011-04-21T20:16:19.716-04:00welcome to the story.the one that is here, now, and still coming. unfolding even. it's really a collision of sorts. between my thoughts and God's. it's the intersection of conversations with friends both local and wide. and it's the story of hope that is moving. slowly and methodically plodding through history with intentionality. to rescue what was once lost. and to restore what is currently broken. it's tragedy, comedy, and fairy tale. and it is our story.Joshnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1141828216416138812006-03-08T09:29:00.000-05:002006-03-08T09:30:16.430-05:00This site has moved.
My new blog can be found here.Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1141678027837679522006-03-06T15:45:00.000-05:002006-03-06T15:48:15.273-05:00Tentatively launching tomorrow morning at 9:00 am. Be ready.
Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1141566993976700452006-03-05T08:56:00.000-05:002006-03-05T08:56:33.986-05:00Romans 15:4Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1141404089952039862006-03-03T11:40:00.000-05:002006-03-05T10:03:12.043-05:00I'm really bad at keeping a secret. And so I know it defeats the purpose of having like a really cool "website" release party where you unveil the whole thing at once and everybody goes oooooooooo. But I have to go ahead and share with you guys whats coming down the line. I've bought a domain (iamjoshbrown.com). joshbrown.com was already taken so I thought I would be really creative and add two Joshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1141322845410517192006-03-02T13:03:00.000-05:002006-03-02T13:09:56.033-05:00Some recent designs for a journal I'm working on.
Joshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1141238453776500592006-03-01T13:39:00.000-05:002006-03-01T16:01:08.333-05:00Go to HumanForSale.com to find out how much you're worth.
I'm worth $1,698,500. Yes thats almost 2 million dollars.Joshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1141228117190799852006-03-01T10:47:00.000-05:002006-03-01T10:48:37.193-05:00Arrested Development
As previously rumored, Showtime has indeed picked up the series Arrested Development for its fall run of tv shows. And what was in the beginning expected to only be 12 episodes as now expanded to 26 episodes. The show is indeed alive. Now lets hope they don't mess with it to much.Joshnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1141226551990873332006-03-01T10:20:00.000-05:002006-03-01T10:47:09.686-05:00This is about as impressive as it gets for an artist.
KT Tunstall
Go watch her video that is in the left hand scroller. It will automatically start playing. And if that's not fancy then I don't know what is.Joshnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1141150661444203222006-02-28T13:15:00.000-05:002006-02-28T13:17:41.456-05:00listening: pinback, jack johnson & the curious george soundtrack, the bravery, the arcade fire
reading: the new testament and the people of god by n.t. wright, the secret message of jesus by brian mclaren
viewing: lost season 2, gunner's palaceJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1141093485513784992006-02-27T21:04:00.000-05:002006-02-27T21:24:45.530-05:00
I like the idea of being for the world. I used to be against the world. But I've decided the world is a very good place. And I really like it. I used to be opposed to it. Or at least against the things that weren't Christian. A lot of Christians kind of have this dualism. Where God is in heaven and everything is good. And humanity is on earth where everything is bad. And it makes it worse Joshnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1140618563860270352006-02-22T09:28:00.000-05:002006-02-22T09:29:23.873-05:00My friend Gina had this posted over at her blog. As much as I hate little quizes and tests, this one is actually pretty decent, only 20 questions, and takes 3 minutes.
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html
I'm 85% dixie/southern! Can you believe it? I thought I was better than that. I thought I had left all that. Its hopeless.Joshnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1140543610393301142006-02-21T12:40:00.000-05:002006-02-21T12:40:10.410-05:00Some men see things as they are and ask why?
I dream of things that never were and ask, Why not?
- RFKJoshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1140453947507856632006-02-20T11:41:00.000-05:002006-02-20T11:45:47.670-05:00
PART THREE (random thoughts and ideas from Wednesday morning's session)
Original sin � it is ours before it is mine
We are shaped by it prior to our individual decisions.
We are thrown into this fallen system before we even begin or have a chance to act as �individuals�
Relational Theology
We�ve had systematic and narrative theology. Perhaps another helpful addition would be Joshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1140116773964690242006-02-16T14:04:00.000-05:002006-02-16T14:06:13.966-05:00On the thought that "After the cross there is no more retribution." My good friend Seth wanted me to explain it a little bit. And I "think" what I am "thinking" on this might encourage more thinking. Deeper thinking. Thoughts? Ideas? Additions? Subtractions?
At least how I am taken it, and "musing" on it . . . is that in the cross of Christ, something new happened in the way God relates to Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1140116403612862882006-02-16T13:58:00.000-05:002006-02-16T14:00:03.626-05:00Reading: The New Testament and the People of God by N.T. Wright
Listening: Josh Ritter, Iron and Wine, Pinback, David Grey
Viewing: Lost Season 1, ElizabethtownJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1140024565258506872006-02-15T12:26:00.000-05:002006-02-15T12:32:44.226-05:00
PART TWO (random thoughts and ideas from Tuesday morning's session)
Make sure you read the last statement at the bottom. I think it is one worth considering and possibly one of the more influential things in shaping my theology. Again, I'm sure there are questions, and I'll be more than happy to answer them.
God gives through relationships and not by just �dropping down� things to us.Joshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1139885982244775162006-02-13T21:55:00.000-05:002006-02-13T21:59:42.256-05:00There's a nasty rumor going around that I tend to exagerate. Be that as it may . . . I must as clearly as I can describe to you how great the movie Elizabethtown is. We just got finished watching it and I can not tell you how beautifully epic it is. There are some cheesy lines starting off . . . but then the bottom drops out on it and it effortlessly drifts and floats in to superbness. It so Joshnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1139785354411375802006-02-12T17:54:00.000-05:002006-02-12T18:05:18.580-05:00PART ONE (random thoughts and ideas from Monday night's session)
Theology for a way of life and not for an abstract explanations of scripture.
Theology & preaching is not a descriptive work but a constructive work.
At the heart of every theology there is a spirituality.
The right question to be asking is how do things fit together?
The standard is not the �rightness of the fit� (which will Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1139585693332975162006-02-10T10:03:00.000-05:002006-02-10T10:57:38.270-05:00
Well I'm back from Yale. And I can't lie. It was not what I expected. On many levels. I was expecting snow and didn't get it. I was expecting to have someone join me in making fun of the Gilmore Girls and it didn't happen. And I wasn't quite sure what to expect on the theological conversation side of things, i.e. "the conference", but it didn't go down like I thought it would. And that's not Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1138729091623905612006-01-31T12:33:00.000-05:002006-01-31T12:47:56.990-05:00From Volf's chapter Oppression and Justice
(discussing the plurality of justice among competing and similar cultures and how our own desire for justice which gets carried out by the flexing of our muscles [in all the various forms: exclusion, war, isolation, abandonment] inevitably leads us back to injustice)
"The human ability to agree on justice will never catch up with the human propensity toJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1138637442116897982006-01-30T11:09:00.000-05:002006-01-30T14:30:47.236-05:00Questions arising out of a conversation with respected conservative leader Charles Colson. For full thoughts go here.
An aging generation of evangelicals assumes that America is essentially founded upon Christianity and that the role of the church is to defend Christian morality through mainly conservative and Republican political involvement and by fighting against such things as abortion and Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1138634335973940732006-01-30T10:18:00.000-05:002006-01-30T10:18:55.993-05:00a new post over at the phoenix projectJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1138304795508863272006-01-26T14:45:00.000-05:002006-01-26T14:46:35.510-05:00Joshnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1138304325342075182006-01-26T14:36:00.000-05:002006-01-26T14:38:45.356-05:00I found these over at my friend Casey's site (alsotheband). His fiance, Sheena painted them. I think you'll enjoy them.
Joshnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1138206160659158422006-01-25T11:22:00.000-05:002006-01-26T09:11:09.223-05:00New post over at the Phoenix Project.Joshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1137940617724328852006-01-22T09:35:00.000-05:002006-01-23T09:35:36.280-05:00A series of journal entries by a good guy on a visit to the Dominican Republic
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day FiveJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1137783357572274622006-01-20T13:34:00.000-05:002006-01-20T14:01:30.266-05:00The drying out
And the cracking thereof
When my whispers fall and bounce
fall . . . and . . .
bounce
fall . . . and . . .
bounce.
What will become of me
Hero, fool, skeptic . . .
Perhaps all.
These hushed tones though
There is more said in silence than with weighty words
and so this silence speaks
Beckons
. . . there is a conspiracy going on.
Ivory towers with
performance based Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1137507671392208812006-01-17T09:06:00.000-05:002006-01-17T09:21:11.406-05:00A quick update that I wanted to bring you guys all in on.
I've turned in my notice at Cross Pointe. Its not a bad thing. I'm not bitter or mad. But Anna and I feel that we are being called away from there so that we can begin to explore some other areas that we've been unable to do for a variety of reasons.
Let me just be upfront for a second because the whispers and rumors have already Joshnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1137445925806030432006-01-16T16:12:00.000-05:002006-01-16T16:12:05.806-05:00Interesting . . . indeed . . .
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
"lollipop" with your right.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or
purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
Our eyes are Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1137445885103418352006-01-16T16:11:00.000-05:002006-01-16T16:11:25.120-05:00
I just wanted to issue you guys another invitation. We�re going to be gathering again Friday, January 27th at 7:00 pm. Tad and Kimberly Thompson have graciously offered us their home for the evening. They live between the Mall of Georgia and Lawrenceville on Hwy. 20. I�ll email directions out next week.
We�ve also bumped the time back about 30 minutes to allow everyone time to get home fromJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1137184565488824412006-01-13T15:34:00.000-05:002006-01-13T15:36:05.503-05:00
some more recent designsJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1137088939497954202006-01-12T13:00:00.000-05:002006-01-12T14:41:14.523-05:00some recent designs
Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1136909907832643782006-01-10T11:18:00.000-05:002006-01-10T11:18:27.833-05:00I find this funny.Joshnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1136494325159494362006-01-05T15:29:00.000-05:002006-01-05T15:54:13.800-05:00I feel heavy. Not physically. But I feel like there are all these things weighing on me. And that I'm having to walk down this middle tight rope in an effort not to offend people. Or let them down. Or upset them.
The Phoenix Project is tomorrow night. Our first gathering. For some of the people that are coming, its just a chance to get away and be around some good friends for good conversation.Joshnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1136323071172469852006-01-03T16:17:00.000-05:002006-01-03T16:17:51.183-05:00
(click on the images to make them bigger and half-way readable)
More info on the Phoenix blog.Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1135870541544481152005-12-29T10:34:00.000-05:002005-12-29T10:35:41.556-05:00The new Harry Potter book is coming sooner rather than later. More info here.Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1135799100559287992005-12-28T14:43:00.000-05:002005-12-28T14:45:00.570-05:00Reading: The New Testament and the People of God by N.T. Wright, Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf
Listening: Regina Spektor, Iron and Wine, Weezer, Jack White, The Decemberists, Josh Ritter, Damien Jurado
Viewing: Waiting for Guffman, Arrested DevelopmentJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1135090764722134092005-12-20T09:58:00.000-05:002005-12-20T09:59:24.736-05:00I think if you asked us what the purpose of The Phoenix Project was, I hope we would respond with a two-fold answer.
1) That it is an environment where we can all come and be challenged, encouraged, and become more faithful to the way of Jesus. This is not to say that our current churches and small groups are not doing these things. However, it is to say that we all need to be a part of a Joshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1135015416386083192005-12-19T12:56:00.000-05:002005-12-19T13:03:36.400-05:00Al Mohler, Southern Baptist leader and spokesperson for the religious right, is critiquing churches who are not having services on Christmas day. Funny.
Secondly, on a recent interview on CNN with Anderson Cooper, he made the claim that if you're married, its a God-given mandate that you should have kids. That parenthood is a sign of maturity and marriage without kids a sign of immaturity.
Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1134746253289558962005-12-16T10:17:00.000-05:002005-12-16T10:17:33.300-05:00Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1134675754841133432005-12-15T14:41:00.000-05:002005-12-15T14:42:34.856-05:00
I like this piece.Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1134493626381274412005-12-13T12:06:00.000-05:002005-12-13T12:08:08.800-05:00I've added a new post at The Phoenix Project for anyone interested.Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1134490502661833402005-12-13T11:11:00.000-05:002005-12-13T11:15:02.673-05:00Reading: Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age by Ed Stetzer, Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf, The Gospels
Listening: Ozma, The Decemberists, Damien Jurado, Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine, Sigur Ros
Viewing: Season Two of Arrested Development, The Life Aquatic, Bottle Rocket, Melinda and Melinda, The Chronicles of Narnia - it was a long weekend and I was sick
To check out some Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1134332908714620512005-12-11T15:20:00.000-05:002005-12-11T15:28:28.730-05:00
From the weekend . . .Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1134052950746743222005-12-08T09:42:00.000-05:002005-12-08T11:21:12.476-05:00
Thanks Kristen for the pictures. And thanks friends and family for a good time. I'm 25. And thats hopeful and bothersome. More time left. Not enough done with the time that I've had.
On a side note, I've added Kristen's blog to my blog roll. Kristen is recently engaged and soon to be married. Her fiance is over in Iraq and putting his life on the line while on "vacation and shopping for Joshnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1134052904494052942005-12-08T09:31:00.000-05:002005-12-08T09:44:12.213-05:00The following quote comes from the book I'm reading by Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation.
Volf is a native Croatian and much of this book centers around the ethnic cleansing performed by Serbian fighters in the early 1990s. I just got finished reading one of the most intelligent, stretching, uncomfortable, thought Joshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133974395962230082005-12-07T11:52:00.000-05:002005-12-07T11:53:15.973-05:00Kindgom of God - the reign of GodJoshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133898219971817512005-12-06T14:43:00.000-05:002005-12-06T14:43:39.973-05:00
Check out the new Golgotha polos. Just in time for Christmas.
You can check out their full catalog here. Happy shopping . . . muahahahahahaha!Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133898153098796332005-12-06T14:25:00.000-05:002005-12-06T14:42:33.110-05:00The gospel is not good advice, its good news. - Bishop N.T. Wright from a message on Jesus and the Kingdom
So often we've turned the gospel, the Bible, Jesus . . . into good advice. 10 ways to have a better marriage. 5 ways to become a better leader. 3 ways to get rid of sin. 5 Laws from Romans that will lead you to salvation (gotta love the Romans road).
The gospel is emphatically good news Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133814576287840682005-12-05T15:27:00.000-05:002005-12-05T15:30:16.940-05:00On Community
I know Anna will be happy. Because I'm actually devoting a whole post to a quote of her post. She has said something better than I could say it or any pastor or teacher for that matter. She has said it well. And I won't add to it.
___________________________________________________________________________________
More and more I'm realizing the value of community. I've talked aboutJoshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133734236915770982005-12-04T16:30:00.000-05:002005-12-05T15:26:21.113-05:00I�ve been thinking a little bit lately about �repentance�. And what that word means. Not just as some shallow word that religious people like to say. Or like zealots when they say, �Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand.� Whatever that means.
The word has just been rolling around in the back of my head over the past week or so. Repent. Repentance. What does that mean outside of the clich�s? IJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133546700258801722005-12-02T13:02:00.000-05:002005-12-02T13:07:31.630-05:00If you get a chance, stream this mp3. If you want to download it, go to the Imago Dei sermons page and look for August 7 talk. Its Rick McKinley, pastor of the Imago Dei Community and Don Miller's pastor.
He talks about this idea of sin management that Dallas Willard talks about in The Divine Conspiracy. This leads us to put much more emphasis on the individual and afterlife, as well as Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133535216414631162005-12-02T09:46:00.000-05:002005-12-02T09:53:36.426-05:00As most of you know, I've been involved in a pretty loose organizationally, but deep conversation among friends, called Emergent. And after my conversations with a really great Eastern Orthodox friend from school last night over drinks and dinner in a nice cozy little pub down in Decatur, I must insist that its still not a label, although it may seem that.
But some fundamentalist critics (my Joshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133451156812365092005-12-01T10:32:00.000-05:002005-12-01T10:32:36.823-05:00crowder's thoughts on their song, resuce is coming . . .
and while we yet were sinners, christ died for us. he did not leave us alone. he stepped into our condition to bring us back to god. to bring us back to what was intended. the divine, bearing all depravity. the most horrific of collisions. the most tragic and beautiful. the breaking is glorious and loud. we have won. it might not feel Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133367780321474192005-11-30T11:22:00.000-05:002005-11-30T11:23:00.336-05:00Isaiah 58
"Shout! A full-throated shout!
Hold nothing back--a trumpet-blast shout!
Tell my people what's wrong with their lives,
face my family Jacob with their sins!
They're busy, busy, busy at worship, and love studying all about me.
To all appearances they're a nation of right-living people--law-abiding, God-honoring.
They ask me, "What's the right thing to do?'
and love having me on their Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133360251018498932005-11-30T09:15:00.000-05:002005-11-30T09:17:31.020-05:00The Phoenix Project Blog
Again . . . spread the word. Anyone who needs a forum . . . a community . . . a chance . . . to engage in conversation about God, meaning, and life.Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133287597487743772005-11-29T13:06:00.000-05:002005-11-29T13:07:09.946-05:00An Introduction To Communion
(service done in the round with all chairs in a circle facing a suspended cross)
We want to welcome you to our communion service. As you can see, things look a little different today. And we did that for a reason. Today, we are going to shift all of our attention towards the cross and to the sacrifice that was made there. For some of you, that might feel like a bit Joshnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133273572275386402005-11-29T09:11:00.000-05:002005-11-29T15:17:47.916-05:00
Spread the word.Joshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133200216782325072005-11-28T12:48:00.000-05:002005-11-28T12:50:42.510-05:00Reading: Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell, Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf, and rereading A New Kind of Christian by Brian McLaren for our version of Oprah's Book Club
Listening: The Bravery, Damien Rice, Ella Fitzgerald, Sufjan Stevens, The Cobalt Season, and the band that just can't seem to get off my playlist . . . Coldplay
Viewing: Arrested Development Season Two and AmelieJoshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1133191732673631172005-11-28T10:25:00.000-05:002005-11-28T12:48:07.543-05:00Joel Vestal, who started this incredible missional organization called ServLife, said that he and his wife joke around about their job. As missionaries, its their calling to go to the third world and comfort the afflicted and then to come back to the States and afflict the comforted. I like that. Kind of sounds like Jesus.
Anthem of the oppressed and marginalized on one hand. And a prophetic Joshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1132689710893352332005-11-22T15:01:00.000-05:002005-11-22T15:01:50.906-05:00We Will Watch The Universe Die
by Joshua Blankenship
We were born in a time beyond time.
We were born in the mind of God, so
we were born in a time before time.
Previous to the dust of stars
we were made before Mars was a twinkle in God's eye;
before million-mile rings went twirling by
only to be caught in the arms of Jupiter.
We will outlast those two
and the rest of the brothers nine
to Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1132586084139253202005-11-21T09:45:00.000-05:002005-11-21T10:14:44.226-05:00I started thinking yesterday about what the difference was between churches that look the same as other churches, and yet are drastically different. These faith communities, which may have the same type of buildings, budgets, and bodies (the Baptist way of determining if a church is healthy is to notice the size of these 3 B's) but be totally different regarding philosophy and its actual practiceJoshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1132518507096535782005-11-20T15:27:00.000-05:002005-11-20T19:22:09.790-05:00Its beginning to shift from it "should be" to it "could be" . . .
Safe Environment
Connective Environment
Authentic Environment
Relevant Environment
Encouraging Environment
Giving Environment
Conversational Environment
Relational Environment
Learning Environment
Artistic Environment
Hopeful Environment
Inspiring Environment
See the best in things & people Environment
Relaxed Environment
- Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1132337520289691382005-11-18T13:05:00.000-05:002005-11-18T13:12:00.300-05:00reading: velvet elvis by rob bell
listening: regina spektor (really interesting sound, if norah jones put beatnik verse to song and jumped on a trampoline while singing it), the who, nick drake, coldplay, wolf parade, nada surf
viewing: harry potter, arrested development season 1, and :::cough:::cough:::: home on the rangeJoshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1132249493359978002005-11-17T12:36:00.000-05:002005-11-17T12:44:53.370-05:00
I wonder what this map looks like today? I wonder how much map would be left if there was a dot for every Wal-Mart . . . I wonder how much map would be left if there was a dot for every church?
I don't really like conquest. It's probably hypocritical for me to say that since where I stand today is on the shoulders of conquest. Everything I have. My position. My status. My spot (perceived by Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1132237265479790542005-11-17T09:18:00.000-05:002005-11-17T09:21:05.490-05:00a great and challenging prayer from a friend in england:
King of kings, Lord of lords, almighty God, victorious Christ.
We get so used to rattling off these phrases in church. They always sound a little hollow to me. Some might say that�s because I don�t really believe it, or I might kid myself that I�m just bored with tradition and that�s why they don�t mean anything.
But that isn�t the truthJoshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1132235876317110092005-11-17T08:56:00.000-05:002005-11-17T08:57:56.333-05:00today is harry potter and the goblet of fire day. well actually, tomorrow cause it starts at midnight. but that comment should elicit greek "whoopah!"s everywhere. i whoopahed. have you?Joshnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1132170091542087042005-11-16T14:33:00.000-05:002005-11-16T14:41:31.556-05:00What is God doing in your life? I think a better way of asking that question is what am I doing in God's life? Or even better yet, what am I doing with God's life?
I kind of like this scene in Bruce Almighty, Bruce is sitting around doing nothing and yet complaining. Bruce is complaing about God not doing stuff for him and doing miracles. And God says,
"A single mom who's working two jobs andJoshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1132090533103283962005-11-15T16:11:00.000-05:002005-11-15T16:35:33.116-05:00I think fear makes a great enemey. I've heard that before. It was phrased in a much more intelligent and quotable way. I think a lot of people, organizations, institutions, churches . . . thrive off fear. If you can create enough fear about something, you can strenghten the allegiance or alliance on your side. I'm not saying people do this purposefully. But when you use fear to create a "us" Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131984326974365122005-11-14T11:04:00.000-05:002005-11-14T11:05:26.976-05:00A quote I found from a guy named Vincent Donovan (I've never heard of him) in his book Church in the Midst of Creation.
"According to Donavan two almost opposing worldviews are bitterly vying for attention and dominance; the religious view and the secular, scientific view. The former is still involved with the saving and redeeming of a fallen world, while the latter focuses on the creation of a Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131983789612074542005-11-14T10:55:00.000-05:002005-11-14T10:56:29.623-05:00http://www.newswithviews.com/PaulProctor/proctor82.htm
I just threw up, laughed out loud, and cried simultaneously. HOW PAINFULLY OBVIOUS CAN IT BE THAT THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY?Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131981134276707152005-11-14T10:11:00.000-05:002005-11-14T10:12:14.296-05:00Joshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131736337673672782005-11-11T13:44:00.000-05:002005-11-11T14:59:34.930-05:00Somehow, another talking head as tried to represent my Christianity to everyone by misrepresentating. Pat Robertson had some really dumb comments to make. How unusal? And I go to this one site a couple of times a week to laugh and remind myself how serious this "thing" and I see where they are belittling the loss of Kyle Lake because he was a part of the emerging movement. They even hint that hisJoshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131650886032136012005-11-10T14:26:00.000-05:002005-11-10T14:29:32.780-05:00
Its crazy what a simple google search can lead you to. One moment you're searching and the next you stumble into a world of animal masks and mascots.Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131650688026797842005-11-10T14:24:00.000-05:002005-11-10T14:24:48.036-05:00
Pretty scary. I think.Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131564872167312102005-11-09T14:25:00.000-05:002005-11-09T14:34:32.180-05:00I'm excited. You might not be able to tell because I didn't use an exclamation point. But I am. I'm going to the 2006 Emergent Theological Conversation. I'm looking forward to it. I know I'll learn a lot and be stretched and challenged. And that will be nice. But I am really just looking forward to a couple of days away to just think and be with good company in good conversation. Thats nicer.Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131556821532154682005-11-09T12:19:00.000-05:002005-11-09T12:21:05.690-05:00
Isn't she cute?Joshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131482640421406742005-11-08T15:43:00.000-05:002005-11-11T10:57:54.583-05:00Joshnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131398189024354452005-11-07T16:16:00.000-05:002005-11-07T16:16:29.026-05:00As a new season begins to take shape in my life and God begins to "flip some switches" that have to long waited to be flipped but have lacked the ability to release themselves to be flipped. As my heart churns and stirs and swells with restless anticipation and eagerness of what could happen. Of a dream and a hope finally close enough that I'm able to see some distant edges through the morning Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131397357011179252005-11-07T15:58:00.000-05:002005-11-07T16:02:37.023-05:00I think its about to begin. Pray for me. Pray for us. I need wisdom and patience more than ever. I'm really, really struggling with some weird tensions that I've been able to walk away from for a while. But now they're back and they're pulling me. And I don't really want to be pulled, but led. Very noticeable difference you might imagine but very subtle to discern in actuality. I really need God Joshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131294860145051652005-11-06T11:33:00.000-05:002005-11-06T11:34:20.156-05:00The point of all teaching is not knowledge, but life change. Even in academia and especially in the church.Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1131041074352933802005-11-03T13:03:00.000-05:002005-11-03T13:09:58.496-05:00Viewing: Arrested Development - Season One
Reading: God's Politics by Jim Wallis
Listening: David Crowder Band, Sigur Ros, Rosie Thomas, Robbie Seay Band, Sufjan Stevens, ColdplayJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1130962973616016062005-11-02T15:21:00.000-05:002005-11-02T15:24:51.940-05:00This is the best and most moving piece of art I've felt since Johnny Cash's Hurt video. I'm sitting in my office crying. Watch it at least two times in a row. And then watch it again.
Sigur Ros - Gl�s�liJoshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1130872202198483952005-11-01T14:09:00.000-05:002005-11-01T14:10:50.613-05:00Un-freaking Believable. You have got to see this.
Bible Poker Chip Tracts and self described as "ultra-cool" on the website.Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1130858824561952862005-11-01T10:26:00.000-05:002005-11-02T15:11:11.690-05:00Watershed Moment #4
ServLife.org
Be Humbled Here
My heart is so heavy. I'm just having such a difficult time processing my thoughts on loss, injustice, money, what I can do versus what I will do. So many things are just weighing in on me. A community who loses a friend and a pastor. A friend and community who loses a fiance and worship leader. A young woman in the Sudan fearing rape and Joshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1130768042716423482005-10-31T09:13:00.000-05:002005-10-31T09:14:02.736-05:00Just wanted to let everybody know about a really tragic situation so that we could stand together alongside another community who is deeply hurting this morning. Kyle Lake, who is the pastor of UBC Waco (the main �college� church at Baylor university and where David Crowder is the worship leader), passed away yesterday after being electrocuted during a baptism at church. Crazy stuff. He was 33 Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1130707424264979512005-10-30T16:23:00.000-05:002005-10-30T16:23:44.266-05:00I love my wife. She's superb. But she likes to read books that I wouldn't normally read. She started this new crime/law fiction book. I think it was written by a Christian which should make it that much more of an incredible read. :) But on the inside dust jacket one of the endorsements by another author said, "This book is excellent. It's fiction that reads like fact."
I thought the point of Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1130707389761820972005-10-30T16:09:00.000-05:002005-10-30T16:25:29.426-05:00::sarcasm implied::
theres nothing like a prayer that asks God to meet the needs of the church. God! meet the needs of the church? how about a prayer that says God, will you meet the needs of the poor and oppressed? God will you meet the needs of the widows and single mothers? or how about God meet the financial needs of my family? don't you understand what we think are "needs" would be lavish Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1130433129112026912005-10-27T13:10:00.000-04:002005-10-27T13:12:09.113-04:00reading: gods politics by jim wallis, the gospel of john
listening: pilotdrift, fionna apple, david gray, david crowder band, coldplay
watching: crashJoshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1130264305522765492005-10-25T14:06:00.000-04:002005-10-25T14:18:25.530-04:00Ok. So I'm back. It was and is quite what you would imagine marriage to be between an ugly man and a beautiful woman. Great for me. Alright for her. The honeymoon was excellent and has further cemented my desire to live on the beach somewhere in the global south, all while reading, writing, smoking cigars, and dreaming. Hopefully I'll get some pictures up pretty quick.
We spent 22 hours Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1130250638901411452005-10-25T10:27:00.000-04:002005-10-25T10:30:38.906-04:00
My groom's cake. I don't like to brag. I really don't. I try to be humble in all things. But this cake is freaking awesome! It's Mr. T! Who has ever had a 3D Mr. T cake at their wedding before?! Who I ask?Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1129494879801067932005-10-16T16:31:00.000-04:002005-10-16T16:34:39.806-04:00A couple of you guys asked me about our vows while we were at the wedding. So I thought I would post them here for now. I'll post Anna's vows to me when she actually gives them to me. But for now, here are my vows to her and then our vows that we wrote to God. And by the way, marriage is really, really good. And I'm wearing a ring and don't really feel like a girl. For the most part.
VOWS TO Joshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1129302720908483282005-10-14T11:11:00.000-04:002005-10-14T11:12:00.913-04:00I'm getting married tomorrow. :)Joshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1129209807129536162005-10-13T09:22:00.000-04:002005-10-13T09:23:27.130-04:00Excerpted from the emergent southeast site.
All conversations evolve, that�s a given. I mean, everything evolves so it stands to reason that a conversation should also evolve. But I think the question is, �what do we evolve too?� If we look at the �natural� evolution of the Christian faith do we see a model of what the evolution of a conversation is, or should be? Let me explain how I see it.
Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1129061659793681012005-10-11T16:12:00.000-04:002005-10-11T16:14:31.970-04:00Reading: Amusing Ourselves To Death - Neil Postman, The Gospel of John
Listening: Sufjan Stevens, David Crowder Band, Coldplay, Johnny Cash, Rosie Thomas, Nick Drake, Pete Yorn, and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Viewing: Freaks and GeeksJoshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1129038077912461432005-10-11T09:18:00.000-04:002005-10-11T09:41:17.920-04:00When we all get to heaven. What a day of rejoicing that will be.
You see its not really like that. Its when heaven gets to us. I think N.T. Wright said history is like 2 trains running at full speed at each other. Our world is full on heading towards the future . . . the end. And in the other direction God is full on speeding back towards us, bringing new creation with him. And then there is Joshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1128953882688346312005-10-10T10:10:00.000-04:002005-10-10T10:18:40.340-04:00My friend Nick put a link on his blog that a friend sent him or something like that, to this article. If you're lazy, the best two thoughts are below.
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How about Jesus� Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes?
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the Joshnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1128446817746649882005-10-04T13:25:00.000-04:002005-10-04T13:26:57.750-04:00"I think there is more to Jesus than just coming to set up a way to atone, justify, sanctify. I think he came to show us a higher way of living. Came to show us new creation."
I wrote that down last week and meant to include it in my posts on new creation but forgot about it. I'm still planning on coming back and revisiting some of those thoughts later.Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1128437458608864662005-10-04T10:50:00.000-04:002005-10-04T10:50:58.613-04:00I really like Michael Caine.Joshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716202.post-1128432551829991402005-10-04T09:27:00.000-04:002005-10-04T09:29:11.830-04:00Ladies and gentleman, due to the constant "comment porn spam" I am getting, I am installnig a new feature today that will make you verify a word before you can comment on the blog. An inconvenience I'm sure, but a necessary step that I must take. Please forgive me. And please comment. I only wish that you didn't have to take an extra 4.5 seconds to do it now. My deepest apologies.Joshnoreply@blogger.com2