I have a close friend, Andy, and Andy runs in a number of different circles that give him an interesting perspective on political and religious debates.
I hadn't planned on writing anything here about the Cordoba Initiative and it's planned Park 51 Islamic Cultural Center in Lower Manhattan.
Each year, I try to reflect on the music and the seminars that I see at Cornerstone Festival (see past posts).
Last week, we were at Cornerstone Festival 2010. Most years, I write a post or two in advance of the fest, previewing shows and seminars that I'm looking forward to, but this year it just didn't happen due to a lot of craziness that I'll talk about later.
Last month, my wife graduated from Candler School of Theology at Emory University, where she got a Master of Divinity.
I've made no secret that I love Donald Miller. His books and blog have encouraged me, shaped my thinking, and challenged me.
If you follow such developments, you may have seen the Christianity Today interview with Jennifer Knapp in which she discussed her return to music, her faith, and her homosexuality.
Thanks to TheOOZE Viral Bloggers, I recently got to read Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other Networks by Dwight Friesen.
Recently, for various reasons, there has been a good deal of talk about the merits and failures of abstinence-only sex education.
Right. So 2010 is a few days old now. Welcome to it. Lots of folks have been reflecting upon 2009, reflecting upon the 2000s, and imagining things for 2010 and the 2010s.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.
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