From the monthly archives:
The Gospel constantly speaks of the fruit which the seed must bring forth if it falls on good soil and of talents given to man which must be returned with profit. Under cover of parable Christ refers in these words to man’s creative activity, to his creative vocation. Burying one’s talents in the ground, i.e. [...]
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These stories are courtesy of Ivy Jungle’s Campus Ministry Update for January 2008. Female Drinkers: A recent report in the journal, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research confirms that male college students consistently out drink their female counterparts, with one exception: parties with themes, especially sexual themes or costume parties. Those who play drinking games also [...]
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Brian Kiley, who was a former student in our college ministry, and is currently a student at Fuller, has a great new blog. Live Generously. I especially love his latest post on “speaching.” Check it out. Brian, I’m wrestling with this right now…and have been for a while. Looking forward to hearing more.
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In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day I want to leave you with an excerpt from one of his speeches. I was reminded of this part of his speech by Shane Claiborne when he spoke at our staff chapel this last Tuesday. I started thinking about the importance of how we not only help [...]
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I usually don’t like to blog on the weekend, and I usually start feeling that way by Friday. So as I get close to shutting it down for a couple of days, here are some things to check out. I’ll keep it short and simple…so if you are looking for a really exceptional roundup of [...]
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Last night our college ministry partnered with our Middle School, High School and Young Adult Departments in hosting a night with Shane Claiborne called, “Have Less, Live More.” It was the culmination of six months of collaborative study and teaching on the Minor Prophets between our departments and we brought Shane out to embody some [...]
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Bel Air Presbyterian Church files a formal complaint over same-sex blessing ceremony I’m very curious what you think about this issue. I think how this issue is talked about or addressed within the church (Bel Air Presbyterian Church), is very different than how it is perceived outside of it. I have been in constant conversations [...]
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In the previous post, What Buying, Collecting and Amassing Large Libraries of Books May Say About Us, I reflected a little on Amazon’s new wireless reading device, Kindle. A couple of the questions that I raised were: Will a movement towards electronic reading promote more collaborative writing efforts? How will this effect new theological thinking [...]
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