This is a neat interview with “Reverend Billy” who created a film, “What Would Jesus Buy.” Rev. Billy is actually a character created to do what amounts to “theological street theatre.” So, if you go to the site remember – he’s not a Televangelist, he just plays one on TV. How do I feel about…
Month: December 2008
Facing the Demon
My friend Shane wrote this post over at God’s Politics. Every year some friends of mine go down to the Gallery in Philly and do a circus on the sidewalk to promote “Buy Nothing Day.” It’s done to critique the insanity that is Black Friday and, given the events of this year’s fiasco, it might…
Stage Hand 1.5
My favorite presentation remote is Stage Hand. It’s slick, it runs on my iTouch, and works wonderfully with Keynote. A few months ago I did a video review of one of the inital releases of Stage Hand and folks seemed to like it. Well, it’s changed so much over the last several releases I felt…
Upcoming Journey at Central
I got my hands on a copy of Jesus Christ from Cover to Cover this week and I’ve begun working though it (though I need to finish the excellent Under the Cope of Heaven before I dive in fully). It looks like this is going to take over a year to work through the whole…
Advent Conspiracy
I’ve been trying to introduce the concept of Advent to Central for the last couple of years. Admittedly, I’m doing this because I hate the month of December in this culture. Everyone is runs around like an angry bunch of lunatics – leaving a wake of tension and stress in their wake. I dislike venturing…
Wonderfully Eye Opening Post
I came across this post at the Better Bibles Blog this morning. It’s a wonderfully well-done example of the issues which come up as a translator moves from one language to another – in this case Koine Greek to Modern English. It caught my interest because I mentioned the phrase, “No one knows the day…
