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Christianity Without “Hooks”
By Steve on June 9, 2012
What if sharing Christianity came without hooks? What if “bait & switch” evangelistic tactics were scrapped all together? How does one introduce another to the Life Christ brings if we aren’t allowed to use a little well- intentioned manipulation occasionally?…
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Lady Gaga & The Church
By Steve on June 4, 2012
Lady Gaga came to Hong Kong and I wasn’t invited to go protest. Man…I am really outside the “in crowd” circle! Seriously though, one of the benefits of not hanging out with the fringe elements…
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The LOST finale episode redux
By Steve on May 16, 2012
I recently re watched the finale episode of the T.V. series LOST. It’s been two years now since the show wrapped and I remember there was a real polarization between those that thought it it was a grand,…
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When Heaven Touches Earth: La Sagrada Familia
By Steve on May 6, 2012
Sorry for the delay in posts but I just returned from 10 days in Spain. What a beautiful country! And more generally, what is it about Europe that is just so darn cool? The food,…
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What if Christianity became Beautiful Again?
By Steve on April 13, 2012
Brian Zahnd’s starts his new book Beauty Will Save the World by telling the story of Prince Kiev, a pagan ruler of Russia who lived a thousand years ago. Seeking to discover a new religion…
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“Let’s Bring Heaven to Earth”…Bono
By Steve on April 9, 2012
For a while I had been wondering what has been happening with Bill Hybels from Willow Creek. Seemed in the 1990’s we were all reading his books and watching his teachings. Haven’t heard from him…
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Theology Without a Net
By Steve on April 4, 2012
A few years back in grad school I took a class called The Politics of Ideas. During the obligatory introduction you get during these types of classes the Professor warned us that we would be…
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The Church as the Conscience of the State? Bad Idea
By Steve on March 20, 2012
A video making its way around the news circuit features the church of Pastor Dennis Terry hosting GOP candidate Rick Santorum for a political “revival” meeting. Its a little scary… And its indicative of what…
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I’m on a Book Roll Now: Reading Pete Rollin’s “Insurrection”
By Steve on March 15, 2012
In my last post I mentioned how I hadn’t finished a “Christian” book in 10 years. Even my wife was surprised when she read that. Now, don’t misunderstand, I’ve started a number over the years…
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The Book that is bringing my “Spiritual Mojo” back!
By Steve on March 11, 2012
I’ve been a Christian for 36 years and in all of that time I can name 3 or 4 moments where I met a person, attended an event, or, as in this case, read a…