The new Harry Potter book is coming sooner rather than later. More info here.

Reading: The New Testament and the People of God by N.T. Wright, Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf
Listening: Regina Spektor, Iron and Wine, Weezer, Jack White, The Decemberists, Josh Ritter, Damien Jurado
Viewing: Waiting for Guffman, Arrested Development

I think if you asked us what the purpose of The Phoenix Project was, I hope we would respond with a two-fold answer.
1) That it is an environment where we can all come and be challenged, encouraged, and become more faithful to the way of Jesus. This is not to say that our current churches [...]

Al Mohler, Southern Baptist leader and spokesperson for the religious right, is critiquing churches who are not having services on Christmas day. Funny.
Secondly, on a recent interview on CNN with Anderson Cooper, he made the claim that if you’re married, its a God-given mandate that you should have kids. That parenthood is a sign of [...]

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good [...]

I like this piece.

I’ve added a new post at The Phoenix Project for anyone interested.

Reading: Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age by Ed Stetzer, Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf, The Gospels
Listening: Ozma, The Decemberists, Damien Jurado, Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine, Sigur Ros
Viewing: Season Two of Arrested Development, The Life Aquatic, Bottle Rocket, Melinda and Melinda, The Chronicles of Narnia - it was a long weekend and [...]

From the weekend . . .

Thanks Kristen for the pictures. And thanks friends and family for a good time. I’m 25. And thats hopeful and bothersome. More time left. Not enough done with the time that I’ve had.
On a side note, I’ve added Kristen’s blog to my blog roll. Kristen is recently engaged and soon to be married. Her fiance [...]