I don't spend a whole lot of time around mainstream evangelicals or Pentecostals these days.
Last month, my wife graduated from Candler School of Theology at Emory University, where she got a Master of Divinity.
If you follow me on Twitter, you've probably seen me quote, or link to things, from Rachel Held Evans (her blog and Twitter).
Recently, I reflected upon the concept of Theology After Google, to which a conference, a great podcast episode, and lots of blog posts have been skillfully devoted.
I'm a big fan of the Homebrewed Christianity podcast. I just got my first iPod for Christmas, and have been catching up on old and new episodes of this podcast, and some others, since then.
I got married, as I've said, on December 6, 2003. A couple of weeks after that, I got a job as a full-time, night shift (4pm - midnight) custodian at First United Methodist Church of Lakeland, Florida.
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.
One of the weirdest things about my life over the last four years or so, both for the last part of my time in Lakeland, Florida and the entirety of my time in Atlanta, is that I've spent the time being part of multiple churches.
The last couple of days, there has been a lot of talk about John Piper, and a blog post he wrote about a tornado in Minneapolis.
As I've said here before, when I look at church history I see strong, real links between the nonviolent, prophetic, anti-Imperial life that Jesus advocated for his followers, and the charismatic, Spirit-filled life that he advocated for those same followers.
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.
"That is the question at the heart of this crisis, and as we struggle together to answer it, I am convinced that what we don’t need is bigger buildings or fancier sound equipment, better pastors or more parishioners, newer ministries or deeper pockets. What we need is bigger banquet tables."
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