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Anchored + Emerging…really?

April 26, 2010 10 Comments

I forgot what site I was on where I first saw this ad for George Fox Evangelical Seminary. Now, I have many friends who are alums of George Fox and I’m pretty sure I know some folks who have gone through the seminary program there. I love the fact that George Fox was founded by Quaker pioneers and is still influenced by that tradition. But…as far as an ad campaign…really?

Anchored + Emerging. I get it. Ancient + Future. Creeds + Coffee. Yup – we got it. You’re rooted, but you’re also open to new things. Yet, what is that new thing…? A 30-something white male looking like he’s filled with postmodern angst, has a goatee, a semi-funky haircut and count ‘em, not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 piercings (both ears, a stud under his lip and an eyebrow ring!). It’s like they were TRYING to fit the parody of “You Might Be Emerging If…”

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How I Fell in Love with a Game Called “Cornhole”

April 23, 2010 1 Comment

I owe my new recent fascination with the sport (yes, I used the word “sport”) of cornhole to none other than Theology After Google organizer Tripp Fuller. I was a bit skeptical at first…a sport with a name like cornhole? Really?

Then I watched two videos that forever changed my perception of the game (I mashed them together for my youth group here). And then I played cornhole. Sure, it may have helped my passion for the game that I made it into the championship game at Theology After Google. But it’s great fun. And then Tripp started telling me how much his youth group loved the game.

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Conversation with Andy Root about his book, The Promise of Despair

April 21, 2010 Leave a Comment

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Yesterday afternoon I had the privilege of having a conversation with Andy Root on his LiveBlog about his newest book, “The Promise of Despair.” I knew Andy a bit from my time at Princeton Seminary, and have since been increasingly impressed with both the rate at which this guy can turn out quality books, and the stuff that he’s been writing.

It was fun to get to talk with him about Chapter 3 of “The Promise of Despair,” which is entitled “The Attach of the Zombies: The Death of Belonging.” In Chapter 3, Andy talks about how, fundamentally, we just don’t know who are neighbors are anymore. Our old ideas of belonging and community are changing and so we have to rethink what that looks like in our faith communities today.

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Jennifer Knapp is Back

April 14, 2010 14 Comments

“Undo Me” was probably my favorite Jennifer Knapp song for the longest time. I loved her energy, passion, guitar skills…she was GREAT in concert. I think I first saw her when I was a senior in high school at Creation ’98 at the Gorge at George, and then a couple times when I was in college. I still remember seeing her open for Third Day at a concert in Spokane that a bunch of us went to…

Her music was great – and then….she was gone. I don’t remember knowing much about what happened when she took off, but I just remember no more new Jennifer Knapp albums and being bummed.

Yesterday, on my 30th birthday, I received some wonderful presents from my wife, GLEE returned and I found out that Jennifer Knapp was coming back to the music scene with a new album to be released on May 11th. The interwebs were also all atwitter about another fact of Jennifer Knapp’s life that I hadn’t known: she’s gay.

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