I probably shouldn’t be writing this.
First, because I’m widely viewed as negative. So this is sort of the pot calling the kettle black.
Two, I vowed not to write anything today and instead focus on work. But I’ve got 4 sets of proofs out and I’m sitting and waiting.
Third, this will probably start stuff with people [...]

Here are the final links for my latest collection of thoughts on Subverting the Empire. You can now find a button in the right sidebar as well.
Part One - Why We Do What We Do
Part Two - Dangerous Criticism
Part Three - Undermining (featured in Next-Wave Magazine)
Part Four - Agitating
Part Five - Reminding
Part Six - Critique [...]

I know this isn’t some huge insight . . . but I was writing a comment and I stumbled upon a new connection for me.
Our economy has now become our politic. Meaning that we can no longer distinguish our political theory (democracy) from our economy (capitalism). I’m sure there are a thousand books out there [...]

Last week, this site was host to a collective of many of my friends retelling the stories of how they left the traditional models of church for various reasons (click here for a pdf version of The Exodus Papers). I want to thank all of the readers who left us encouraging comments and shared with [...]

TheExodusPapers.pdf
8 Friends. All under the age of 25. Former staff members and leaders in churches and denominational offices. A self-employed graphic designer, a party planner, a salesman, a violinist, a horse whisperer, a banker, a photographer, a convenience store manager, a nurse, a [...]

I’ve had a couple of people email me and ask for a place with all the links. So I hope this helps. Again, thanks for the comments and sharing your thoughts as we thought through this. I hope it was as helpful to you guys as it was to me.

Tags: War, Hezzbolah, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, [...]

This past weekend we went to visit our good friends Nick and Leslie in their new home over in Birmingham. Which consequently is in a small village community on the edge of the downtown districts. After going and thinking through some of the comments from my first post on this topic last week, I thought [...]

This is a continuation and a development to a certain extent of my previous post on “The Art of Slow Living“. Note: This post is not called “The Evils of the Suburbs”, although some of my city friends would think so. It’s called “The Challenges of the Suburbs” and would love to hear the thoughts [...]

I want to live slower.

In a time and place where the young elite (and the middle-aged elite and the not so young-elite but just plain young, and for that matter the plain middle-agers . . . and even some older people . . . and kids . . . and . . . well it’s [...]

From time to time I get in a really weird creative mood. It usually happens when I’m smart enough to put my theology books down for a little bit and to read some fiction. Currently I’m reading A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. And if you’ve ever read You Shall Know Our [...]