A Soundtrack & a Prayer for Haiti
Saturday, January 16th, 2010 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Music | No Comments »We could all use some joyous piano rock. Especially after this week. Which works nicely because Ian Axel's "This is the New Year" is the free weekly download from iTunes. I think they switch out the freebies on Tuesday, so you've ...
Christians Demand Retailer Lip Service
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 10 Comments »Just what you always needed—a web site to show you which retailers will wish you a hearty "Merry Christmas" while taking your money and which ones are heathen bastards and say something sinful like "Seasons Greetings" or "Happy Holidays". It's ...
Now That’s Funny: Christian Chirp
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Internet | 6 Comments »If you haven't heard about it yet, Christian Chirp is a new Christian alternative to Twitter. In and of itself, that's funny. I'll let you revel in it. Now go look at the site. It's down right now because of a ...
Conference Week: Story & Cultivate
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 5 Comments »I've been working in church communications since 2004 and this week I went to my first church communications conference. Two of them actually. Making up for lost time, I guess. I hit up Cultivate in Chicago and Story in Aurora, ...
Is That the Gospel?
Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 4 Comments »Last week I couldn't sleep and started writing the following to express the doubts and frustrations I was feeling. I'm not sure if any of it makes sense or if it's accurately communicating what I'm thinking, but I wanted to ...
We’ll Take Any Newborn
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, God, Church & Stuff | 2 Comments »A few weeks back I pondered the difficult question of adoption and abortion. I asked the church why adoption isn't standard practice in the face of abortion. Well, one church has answered. Pastor Vic Pentz of Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta ...
The Civilized Church
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Sexuality | No Comments »We talked about gays in church yesterday, so how about gays at Christian rock festivals today? Po-mo emergent guy and fellow Twin Citizen Tony Jones offers an interesting recap of a panel discussion held at the recent Cornerstone festival titled ...
Come Watch Us Argue Over Gay People
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 2 Comments »I just blogged about an exciting new slogan for the Episcopal Church over at Church Marketing Sucks: "Come Watch Us Argue Over Gay People." Considering I attend an Episcopal church, the process of writing the blog entry and the article it ...
The Crusades Were a Bad Idea: Let’s Not Do It Again
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Books, Daily Grind, God, Church & Stuff, Music, Politics, Society, Technology | 1 Comment »Update: I've been Snoped. Ouch. It appears the stats in this video are of questionable accuracy. They're not denied outright, but there are significant questions. Despite all the rhetoric (my own included), perhaps the real question this post should raise ...
Gene Robinson: Not a God-Fearing Christian?
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 3 Comments »The Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation last week following his appearance in Washington, D.C., to deliver the invocation at Sunday's inaugural concert. His prayer wasn't carried by the live broadcasts, which prompted a flurry ...
