Archives for the ‘media’ Category

critical realism | or why I enjoy reading N.T. Wright so much

I have been reading through N.T. Wright’s major work in progress Christian Origins and the Question of God. I am a little ways into the second volume in the series, but from volume 1 and what I have read so far from volume 2 there is one thing which makes me keep reading with appreciation [...]

some links & thoughts

With the start of the new year, new terms for school, studying, & teaching, the first real thrust of winter; things have been busy. Here are a few different articles that I found worthwhile enough to save. How To Spot a Church Movement – Tall Skinny Kiwi Andrew Jones passes on some wisdom that he [...]

the gospel according to lost by chris seay | a review

{full disclosure: To comply with federal regulations, I want to state that I received this book in return for my review. I did not receive any other compensation for this review.} So the week leading up to Christmas, I received Chris Seay’s recent book The Gospel According to Lost; it sat in my stack of [...]

good church design

There are good designers and then there are the hacks. The hacks, bless their heart are usually secretaries who are called to create the organisation’s newsletter and/or their website among other things. While I don’t like the dark theme of Mars Hill Church’s website, they continue to produce some quality designs. Here’s one of them: [...]

two perspectives

There are two ways that one can go, either fear & protection or openness & love. Here are examples of each from Christendom. TheResurgence – Churches & Pig Flu Tall Skinny Kiwi – Swine flu and a calm, reasonable, rational Church I haven’t been keeping up with this whole ‘thing’; I kind of quit consuming [...]