I will pick up blogging after the New Year! Until then, have a great night.
Archive - December, 2005
More Lewis…..even though I have been reading him my whole life, he gets more and more amazing.
This is a great article that I just read on C.S. Lewis. If you are looking to read up on Lewis, now is the time as Christian History and Biography, as well as Christianity Today Magazine are filled with them.
I have been reading Lewis my whole life, and I am just continually impressed with the breadth and variety of not only his work, but of the man himself.
Here are a couple of snippets from this article that I find fascinating, but that I need time to think through, for I believe they have a lot of implications in various areas of the Christian faith.
The rising costs of trying to live in the city….
“People earning the median income can afford only 2% of the homes in the Los Angeles area and 24% in Boston.”
More of the young and hip fight urban urge
This is a sobering article about what it costs to try and live in some of the U.S.’s biggest cities.
My wife and I bought a home this year in Los Angeles, and it was a pretty frustrating experience, especially knowing what our friends are paying for, for homes in other states such as Arizona and Texas.
Try bringing out a pastor from another state, for a position in Los Angeles. End of story.
I hear stories about pastors coming from places like Ohio where they live in a five bedroom home on like three acres, that had cost like less than $200,000. That won’t get you a small, run down condo in Los Angeles. Pretty scary.
I think this is going to be a big concern for churches in the future…though I alread know it is now.
Bono and the bloggers….
Brian Leport at Fog City Narrative has a wonderful blog, and it is one that I have been reading for a while.
He does a great job posting about an issue regarding Bono, Relevant Magazine, and some other bloggers. This topic has been brewing for a couple of weeks, but I haven’t had much time to blog over the holidays.
is Bono anti-Christ? is a great post by Brian and it will catch you up on the issue at hand.
I’ve posted before on Bono and my experiences of seeing U2 in concert. If you happen to read that post you would have read that my experiences of seeing them live were about as worshipful an experience than I have often had in church. When they closed with “Yahweh” and “Psalm 40″ last time in Los Angeles, it was unbelievable.
New college pastor blogger…..
I love the college ministry that I pastor, and I am therefore, always looking for, and trying to find other college pastors who blog.
Here is a new, and good one. Chris Gonzalez is the college pastor of Vital Impact Ministry in Tempe, AZ. Check out his new blog.
And if you are a college pastor who blogs, or who is wanting to blog, I am wanting to connect with you.
More Pictorials….
I have been enjoying the blog pictorials going around. Here is a new one:
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