I’ve had “Write a Blog Post” in my task manager for a week now. I have a few ideas brewing, but nothing substantial enough to post today. Instead I’ll offer a few things that other people have written!
Andrew Jones (aka Tall Skinny Kiwi) re-posts a snippet from a series he did in 2003 called Postmodern Truth:
“if you can change
the way you process information
then we have a message
from God
for you
for
apparently
either God is not able
to speak to you in
your language
or
we
the church
need to go back
to the drawing board
and yet if we are honest
we have too much investment
in our drawing board
to rethink it
in todays
world.”
Geoff Holsclaw, one of the pastors at Life on the Vine in Chicago, has some challenging advice for those of us who want to make a difference, change the world, etc: When Pushing the Envelope, Don’t Destroy the Letter. Here’s an excerpt:
“Because letters written on hearts are from Christ, the ministries and individual which pushes the envelop in the name of Christ must take care not to destroy those letters in the process. Our zeal is no excuse for running over people and communities. So, when you are pushing the envelope, be sure you don’t destroy the letter.”
You know that “Serenity Prayer?” Yeah, that one. Well, Michael has posted a much more theologically robust version of it that I quite like (ht: Halden):
Triune God of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, grant me:
the serenity to know that all will be reconciled in Jesus Christ,
the courage to participate in the change you are bringing,
and the wisdom to remember that ‘be realistic’ is not one of your commandments.
I found the video below really insightful. What do you think? (ht: Jonathan Brink)