My friend Chris just wrote a blog entry on the current (well, ongoing) wrestling match that Mennonites are going through regarding their particular tradition. For decades, many Mennonites have toyed with the idea of going Evangelical™ saying that Anabaptist distinctives didn’t speak to our cultural setting. Chris, rightly I think, challenges this. You should read…
Month: July 2008
Stage Manager
I kinda wanted to do something “just for fun” today. So I translated 1 Corinthians 12 (yes, I find that fun), wrote some e-mails, thought ahead for my fall Sunday School class, and did this video of my new presenter remote. I had been using Salling Clicker – but I just got an iPod touch…
I shouldn’t have called…
Yes, I know that – but I’m tired. I’m getting ahead of myself, let’s step back. Two weeks ago we were outside for worship. It was hot, but it was also extremely humid so that the basement wasn’t an option. Not more than five minutes before worship began a gentlman came up to me wanting…
Whose banner is it, anyway?
I just caught a segment on some first time voters on CNN, one line during the interview caught my attention and gave me the chills. The two first time voters were talking about war (in general) and here is what one of the first time voters ended with, “Well, we don’t like war, but sometimes…
Worship Wars….Kicking Up Again
Jesus found me at a point in history where the “worship wars” were in full swing, though I was both chronologically and in faith to realize it at the time. Thankfully, I came to faith in a Mennonite environment where people still knew how to sing so hymns tended to be sung well (oh, 606,…
Dr. Horrible
What do you get when you combine the (insane) genius of Joss Wendon, unheroic heroes, villains with a conscience, a writers strike, and some catchy tunes? You get Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. This odd short-film/musical is about a B-list villain who, through his vlog, longs for both world domination and the love of the woman…
