From the monthly archives:
Vanity on the rise among college students according to the results of this survey. Interesting. Being a good student of Research Methodologies and Statistics I will have to hold off my judgment until I read the results of the survey, its methodology, etc. It seems that even the title of this test, “Narcissistic Personality Inventory” [...]
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In my work with college students it has been interesting to see what type of “Christian” writers and thinkers influence them. Though the list of people vary, there are usually a couple that are really influential at certain times in a ministry. Over the last couple of years two of those people have been Donald [...]
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So time is ticking away and we are getting closer to the Rob Bell event at UCLA. On Thursday, March 8th, Bell will be speaking about his new book Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality and opening up the time for discussion. This event is one of six campuses that Bell [...]
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“Remember that you are dust, And unto dust you shall return.” Instead of writing something new, I am looking back at an old post, Ash Wednesday and the Beginning of a Journey, which reflects on the journey that begins at Ash Wednesday, and how I, an Evangelical Protestant began to see the importance of this [...]
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Scot McKnight always has some thoughtful and provocative posts on a variety of topics, especially of the issue of women in ministry. Here is a great post, Women in Ministry: Are you Biblical?, where he makes some great observations and ask some questions, leaving us to wrestle with them. Scot always seems to have a [...]
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It is almost always without fail that when reading Donald Miller I will laugh out loud through various parts of his book. Last night was one of those nights. Laying in bed late at night I tried hard not to wake my wife up as he was busting me up. I came across this line [...]
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The following post is a sidetrack from my ongoing reflection on the book Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer. To read earlier posts on the series you can click on the links below. Vocation and Identity: Part 1–True Self Vocation and Identity: Part 2–Birthright Gifts Vocation and Identity: [...]
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Speaking of vocation and identity, did anyone see LOST on Wednesday night. And by vocation I mean pushing a button. But that fits into the relational aspect of vocation and identity that I discuss below. Pushing the button, which seems trivial, only has a lot of meaning in the context of community. Crazy! LOST, identity, [...]
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The following post is an ongoing reflection on the book Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer. To read earlier posts on the series you can click on the links below. Vocation and Identity: Part 1–True Self Vocation and Identity: Part 2–Birthright Gifts Vocation and Identity: Part 3–Limitations and [...]
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The following post is an ongoing reflection on the book Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer. To read earlier posts on the series you can click on the links below. Vocation and Identity: Part 1 Vocation and Identity: Part 2 Vocation and Identity: Part 3 “But he said [...]
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