You've probably seen those demotivator posters, right? Maybe even run into a few that people made on their own. Well, now there's a website where you can create your own. You load a digital pic, type in the text, and it creates it for you. I plan to get a lot of use out of this. You can check it out here:
Motivational Posters
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Random Thoughts - 2
This is one of those great big metathings happening in christianity right now. Who's right? The new Emergent church? The traditional Evangelical church? And let's not even talk about the fundamentalists!
Since everyone is clamoring for my take, here it is. I think that there isn't a right or a wrong. Someday, 20 years from now, we'll have synthesized the good from both into a better christianity. I think the Emergent church has... emerged... to show the Evangelical community what it is lacking. And because it is focused on what the Evangelicals are lacking, it is itself lacking.
Just like Paul and James. You wouldn't have a complete understanding of the relationship of Grace and Works without them. If Paul had never wrote, we would be stuck in a legalistic works driven world. Without James, we'd all be grace nuts and sinning left and right. They exist in tension, to create the room between where we can grow and move on.
Emergent theology has risen to create a tension in Evangelicals, to bring us to a more centered point of view. It's the very definition of synthesis.
So what does this mean for us? We move on to a point where we find the good in Emergent theologies and the good in Evangelical theologies. We don't bow down to theology, to ideas, but we use them to give us a better understanding of God and a better way to be church.
Since everyone is clamoring for my take, here it is. I think that there isn't a right or a wrong. Someday, 20 years from now, we'll have synthesized the good from both into a better christianity. I think the Emergent church has... emerged... to show the Evangelical community what it is lacking. And because it is focused on what the Evangelicals are lacking, it is itself lacking.
Just like Paul and James. You wouldn't have a complete understanding of the relationship of Grace and Works without them. If Paul had never wrote, we would be stuck in a legalistic works driven world. Without James, we'd all be grace nuts and sinning left and right. They exist in tension, to create the room between where we can grow and move on.
Emergent theology has risen to create a tension in Evangelicals, to bring us to a more centered point of view. It's the very definition of synthesis.
So what does this mean for us? We move on to a point where we find the good in Emergent theologies and the good in Evangelical theologies. We don't bow down to theology, to ideas, but we use them to give us a better understanding of God and a better way to be church.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Magnum Opus
It's done.
16 chapters.
111 pages.
1,577 paragraphs.
37,164 words.
It's strangely relieving, and terribly depressing.
I want to cry and shout for joy.
Of course, I can't forget that I'm just getting started. After all, all I have is a first draft. I have to edit edit edit. And try to get it published.
For now though, I'm just going to sit back and relax.
16 chapters.
111 pages.
1,577 paragraphs.
37,164 words.
It's strangely relieving, and terribly depressing.
I want to cry and shout for joy.
Of course, I can't forget that I'm just getting started. After all, all I have is a first draft. I have to edit edit edit. And try to get it published.
For now though, I'm just going to sit back and relax.
U23D Review
3d is no longer a cheap gimmick.
It's pretty sweet.
U23D was one of the coolest experiences I've had in a cinema. It looked like Bono was right there, singing to me. The Edge was being awesome on guitar right in front of me.
If you're not a U2 fan, you might still be able to enjoy the technical aspects of the 3d. I'd probably wait until Journey to the Center of the Earth to really enjoy the 3d, but this was pretty cool.
If you are a U2 fan... then you should definitly see this. They do all the classics. Beautiful Day, Vertigo, Where the Streets have no Name, Sunday Bloody Sunday... All of those plus more. The Fly made an appearance, and the ended with "With or Without You" which has special meaning to me.
I highly recommend it in your local 3d theater.
It's pretty sweet.
U23D was one of the coolest experiences I've had in a cinema. It looked like Bono was right there, singing to me. The Edge was being awesome on guitar right in front of me.
If you're not a U2 fan, you might still be able to enjoy the technical aspects of the 3d. I'd probably wait until Journey to the Center of the Earth to really enjoy the 3d, but this was pretty cool.
If you are a U2 fan... then you should definitly see this. They do all the classics. Beautiful Day, Vertigo, Where the Streets have no Name, Sunday Bloody Sunday... All of those plus more. The Fly made an appearance, and the ended with "With or Without You" which has special meaning to me.
I highly recommend it in your local 3d theater.
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