Thoughts on a rainy Friday
March 30, 2007
Just some thoughts on Friday, now that Spring Break has officially begun:
- Spring Break has begun for Columbia Seminary students, and it’s raining. Which normally would be a downer, but the fact that it’s going to clean up some of our pollen - that, my friends, is joyous. Although, now there are little lakes of pollen all over the ground. Oh well.
- Why is it that I always get goosebumps when Miss Johnson gets Emilio to finally open up in class in Dangerous Minds? I love this movie, and not just for Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise.”
- I’ve been reading some great books recently, which I will be posting more thorough reviews of later. I highly recommend these books: Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives (although, WTF Mark Driscoll?), An Emergent Manifesto of Hope and Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith.
- Looks like the PTS Logo Contest is starting to shape up. I have received six logos so far and I’m still expecting a couple more, but looks like we’ll actually have some logos to vote on. Fun.
- I just picked up two books that I’ll be reading in the next few weeks for my Pastoral Care of Couples & Families care. They look good. The Namesake and Stacy Johnson’s A Time to Embrace: Same-Gender Relationships in Religion, Law, and Politics. I’m especially interested in this book.
- Finally, I may have signed up for Facebook. I know, I know. What about Virb? Well, Virb is cooler looking than MySpace, but no one really uses it yet. So I jumped off the Virb ship, and I love Facebook - the functionality of it is way better and it has a nice design too. And the best part? I was able to get my wife to sign up. So, that’s cool. Anyway, I guess we all really can be friends now [if you're a reader from the blog, and you want to be friends, please specify under "Met Randomly" something about the blog so I know that you are a blog reader and not some random spam friend. Thanks!].
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Adam Walker Cleaveland: I am a 28 yr old 
March 31st, 2007 at 2:21 am
Hmmmm….Adam, much respect, but calling out the Mark Driscoll inclusion with a “WTF”?….Are you serious?
This guy is emergent…whether you of he recognize it. (Although I will admit he doesn’t admit it for theological reasons…nor, seemingly, will you…which causes me to wonder if “Emergent” is really as “listening focused and open” as it claims to be)
Be that as it may, interesting thoughts. I appreciate them.
Still, I would say Driscoll is the leader of the real emergent church, those who trust Jesus Christ, believe the biblical witness, and proclaim the creeds. This guy is the shit…although, admittedly, he says immature things sometimes (although even so…is he really wrong? I doubt it…and if he is, I would love to see you critique his current sermon, point by point…not with generalizations.
April 1st, 2007 at 1:04 pm
You’re reading the Namesake for a pastoral care class? That is rad because that book is great.