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N. T. Wright delivered a lecture entitled Worship and the Spirit in the New Testament at a conference called The Spirit in Worship and Worship in the Spirit which was sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music last month. When it starts with this line:
At first sight, it appears strange that those who have written about the Holy Spirit in the New Testament have not usually given much attention to worship, and those who have written about worship in the New Testament have not usually given much attention to the Holy Spirit.
…you know it’s going to be good. I looked for audio of this lecture to no avail. If you have any luck, please contact me. 03/12/2008
The powerhouse Southern Baptist denomination has signed a new-and-improved “Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change”. “Jonathan Merritt, a young leader who helped inspire the new declaration, expressed his motivation in language that resonates deeply with Southern Baptists: to trash this beautiful planet - which is God’s handiwork and declares God’s glory - is like tearing out pages from the Bible.” 03/10/2008
That Martin Luther? He wasn’t so bad, says Pope. “Pope Benedict XVI is to rehabilitate Martin Luther, arguing that he did not intend to split Christianity but only to purge the Church of corrupt practices.” [via] 03/09/2008
Twitter is The New Facebook. 03/08/2008

Public library hypothetical

March 6th, 2008 | Comments (8)

Hypothetical Thursday

If you had to sacrifice your life to ensure the survival of the modern public library system, would you do it?

In other words, if you choose to live, the public library system as we know it ceases to exist and will never return. If you choose to die, the public library system continues on.

Leave a comment with your answer!

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The latest quote from @jbquotes on twitter, taken from The Omnivore’s Dilemma, p.68:
The short, unhappy life of a corn-fed feedlot steer represents the ultimate triumph of industrial thinking over the logic of evolution.
03/06/2008
Pepsi Raw is made without any high fructose corn syrup, instead using coffee leaf and cane sugar. This intrigues me for two reasons: 1) I’m in the middle of reading Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and 2) I love carbonated beverages. 03/05/2008
Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be) (@ Amazon) comes out on April 1, and it will be very interesting to see the reactions in the blogosphere.
You can be young, passionate about Jesus Christ, surrounded by diversity, engaged in a postmodern world, reared in evangelicalism and not be an emergent Christian. In fact, I want to argue that it would be better if you weren’t.
I agree with the first sentence, but not the value statement of the second sentence. Anyway, you can download in the introduction and first chapter to whet your appetite. 03/02/2008

“How to pray” - my first sermon outline ever

March 2nd, 2008 | Comments (0)

Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to deliver a sermon(ette) at one of St. Mark’s Lenten services. We’ve been talking about prayer as a congregation, so every Wednesday’s sermon has related to prayer in some way or another. I was asked to speak on “How to pray” and I had a great time going through the whole process. You can download it below if you’re interested. I’d love your feedback (positive and/or negative)!