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Theology From the Mop Closet

February 19th, 2010

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.

Thy Kingdom Connected

February 8th, 2010

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.

Creation ethics and other weirdness

December 17th, 2009

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.

John Piper and actions of God

August 21st, 2009

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.

A church story, on Pentecostals, Anabaptists, and politics

August 16th, 2009

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.

Jimmy Carter leaves the SBC

July 22nd, 2009

I want to bring specific attention here to the recent letter that Jimmy Carter wrote, concerning his departure from the Southern Baptist Convention after six decades, due to its doctrines concerning women.

The Out of Bounds Church

June 23rd, 2009

A few years ago, during the process of earning a PhD, Steve Taylor wrote The Out of Bounds Church? to show the ways the church was and is changing.

Ascension Sunday

May 24th, 2009

Today, in liturgical churches at least, was Ascension Sunday, the day that celebrates the return of Jesus into heaven.

Jesus is my ideology

March 6th, 2009

There is an interesting discussion happening at this post from Tony Jones. It is spurred on by a youth pastor trainer in various street fighting techniques who apparently believes that Jesus' direct statement to turn the other cheek is an ideology that fosters martyrs and victims.

Atlanta happenings for Thanksgiving week

November 20th, 2008

For those in the Atlanta area who are interested in such things, there is a lot of great stuff happening in the next week or so.

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