Friday Is For Friends: Blake Huggins.

It’s Friday For Friends time. Where I highlight a friend of mine in my RSS reader who I think you should be aware of. This week I’d like to direct your attention to the one and only Blake Huggins.

Blake’s recent post about metaphors and the kingdom of God is good as his thoughts on historicity and Scripture (part 3 of the series). And although it’s been sitting on my desktop for about a month, (haven’t found a chance to read it just yet) his senior thesis from school promises to be incredibly provocative in the best sense of the word. With a title like, Resisting the Empire & Practicing Nonviolence in a Post-9/11 World: Unmasking the Myth of Redemptive Violence & Exposing the Domination System, how are you going to go wrong.

I’ve gotten to know Blake primarily via the comments on my site where he often has some of the most insightful and provoking follow-ups expounding and developing my unintelligent, disconnected thoughts. Oftentimes after reading his well-articulated comments, I’m half tempted to just ditch my post and put his comments in it’s place.

Anyway check out Blake’s site and don’t forget about Troy Bronsink, Julie Clawson, Dave Lowitzki, or Jemilia Kwon

Friday Is For Friends: Julie Clawson.

In case you don’t remember, I’m going to be highlighting some people from my RSS reader every other Friday. Previously, I highlighted Troy Bronsink. This week I’m a cheerleader for Julie Clawson.

I have no idea why it took me so long to find/follow Julie’s blog, but I discovered it after our podcast with her on The Nick & Josh Podcast. After that, her blog has been a daily read of mine.

Julie is one of the few people blogging who consistently blogs CONTENT. Most bloggers have a really bad habit of talking about nothing new except letting people know about their gym work-out or what they ate for dinner. Unfortunately, I’m all too often one of these types of bloggers. But not Julie, each of her posts are well thought out and rich in reflection.

Some of her noteworthy posts include Women In The Emerging Church, Linguistic History and Biblical Interpretation, and Rejection, Redemption, and Roots, to name but a few. Here’s a recent post that is just as good on negativity.

She is in the process of planting a church in Yorkville, Illionois. And if you’re not reading her blog on a regular basis . . . you’re missing out.

And this is your bi-weekly edition of Friday Is For Friends. Be sure to tip your waitresses.