Entries from August 2005

Green Day and Jimmy Eat World

August 24, 2005

Last night when Jake (above with his wife Abby) and I got back from dinner, I had an IM waiting for me from Zach. Turns out Jimmy Eat World was in Atlanta last night with Green Day and so he hooked me, Jake and Abby up with floor tickets and VIP passes. The last time [...]

Posted in General, Tunes | 21 Comments »

Celtic Blessings

August 21, 2005

Sarah’s in Scotland right now, and I just finished looking through John O’Donohue’s book, Eternal Echoes. Some great stuff, especially some of the Blessings at the end of each chapter. I wanted to share some of them with you. May they bless you.
A BLESSING
May you awaken to the mystery of being here and enter
the quiet [...]

Posted in Theology | 4 Comments »

Jesus, the 33-yr old Virgin…

August 21, 2005

This is beautiful. I was chatting with my buddy Andrew tonight and he had some thoughts on Jesus and sex. So, his thoughts are below - but the above graphic work is of course his…and beautiful:
Everyone’s laughing about the freak who’s the 40-year-old virgin, and who doesn’t think he’s a freak. And yet, Christians worship [...]

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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Where is the Emergent voice?

August 19, 2005

So I’ve been thinking…and I’ve been thinking a lot about Israel and Palestine. Now, much of what I’ll say, please remember that I just spent the summer in Bethlehem, and so this issue is pretty close to me right now in many ways, and that’s why I’m paying extra attention to it recently. But I’ve [...]

Posted in Emergent, Politics | 39 Comments »

Felicity and an Affair

August 17, 2005

It’s been a few days since Sarah left for Scotland, and she’s been having a very good time at Iona. I’ve been here in Atlanta, eating rather poorly (but doing better thanks to some of her friends who are getting me in for some food in the cafeteria), reading, emailing and getting hooked on Felicity. [...]

Posted in Random, TV & Film | 1 Comment »

Relevant becomes irrelevant with “Jonah” article

August 17, 2005

Two weeks ago, as I was browsing the internet while over in Israel, I thought, “I think I’ll go check out Relevant and see how they are doing.” I did end up ordering some t-shirts from Randomshirts.com, one of my favorite t-shirt companies, so that was good; but then I ended up reading this article [...]

Posted in Ministry, Theology | 8 Comments »

Taizé Founder, Brother Roger, Killed During Vespers

August 17, 2005

FRANCE: Taizé Founder Stabbed to Death. Brother Roger, a Swiss Protestant theologian who became a leading ecumenical figure through the community of monks he founded in Taizé, in eastern France, in 1940, was stabbed to death by a woman during a service there yesterday, the police said. They said the 36-year-old Romanian stood up during [...]

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Disengagement [Thoughts from Palestine]

August 16, 2005

My friend Alyssa has some thoughts on the disengagement. Go here to read the full post; below is quote I found to be pretty perceptive:
Now it appears that this pullout merely means that Gaza will be a caged fight between the P.A. and those fed up with its practices. Now I realize this all sounds [...]

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Feeling lucky

August 16, 2005

I had the past week to spend with the girl I love. Sarah and I spent the week with her parents eating well, driving around Atlanta, shopping and laughing a lot. I’m having one of those “Damn I’m lucky” moments right now…

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Listening to your girlfriend…

August 16, 2005

This post could get me into trouble, but…it’s a funny story anyway. So, last week, Sarah’s mom, Sarah and I went to lunch at Panera down close to Emory in Decatur. It was pretty busy and we needed a place to park, and all the spots in the Panera lot, so Sarah innocently suggested parking [...]

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