Mark Driscoll on Emerging/Emergent, orthodoxy and orthopraxy

Lord willing, I want to be an agent of change

I am working through Nate Larkin's book, Samson and the Pirate Monks: Calling Men to Authentic Brotherhood, and got this quote from a review of the book:

"In the course of its evolution, the church has managed to shed many of its original qualities. Two of these are the devotion to truth and the brotherhood of all men, which often appear to have been replaced by the devotion to keeping up appearances and competitive piety."

I'm not going to harp on what has been inserted into the church, because I could do that all day. I'd like to help bring back the original qualities, especially the brotherhood of all men. I need it.

Quotes to read every few weeks

Daniel Spoto, in speaking of Francis of Assisi - "Stories of saints too often describe them as essentially perfect, always pious, suffering without complaint, ever clear about their commitment and destiny. How much more credible and moving are the accounts of those who endured struggles to remain true to their beliefs. Whatever one takes it to mean, saintliness is not a position one attains or state of life one achieves, the way one is called a doctor after receiving a medical certificate. However we chose to discuss it, holiness is certainly a lifelong process, and genuine saints probably never think about it. Their energies are directed toward God, not toward a consideration of their own merits or excellence. Most of all, their lives proclaim to the world the existence of a reality that transcends it."

Be safe.

Funny Sign
Originally uploaded by tenioman

Ugh. Just Ugh.

You can see more at Ed Stetzer's photoblogging of a Christian Retail Convention. Some of it's funny, almost all of it is sad.

UPDATE: I'm trying to figure out the "Premium Christian" moniker. Does that mean that they also sell plain "Christian" sunglasses? Just wondering.

Yes, I did.

I bought my daughter a Star Wars shirt.

A photo of mine was used by the government!

I'm not one to toot my horn, but this made me feel really good.
I was contacted via Flickr by someone from the US Green Building Council in Louisiana. They wanted to know if a picture I had taken of a swamp in South Carolina to use as a header for their website! I told them yes as long as they would credit me. They agreed and now my picture is part of their site!

Go here to see the site (picture on top, name on the bottom). You can then go here to see my Flickr stream. The original picture (they cropped it) is here.