dogma, and being the church, still.

Christdot :: Christ. Period. :: Emergent Trojan?: ” The problem with wrestling is that sometimes you end up wrestling with stuff simply because you don’t know what else to do – this is why the Church needs to be a part of the wrestling, and happens to be one of my greatest critiques of one […]

what is "relationship with god" anyway?

Iconoclastic1, at YOTR, said:I’m an admitted atheist on this board, but I am doing my best to learn and understand the dynamics of faith. One aspect I hear often alluded to yet never explained is the concept of a relationship with God. Please help me to understand what this relationship means and what it entails, […]

new books!

mitt and i just got back from halfprice books: a new kind of christian | brian mclaren (link) uncle boris in the youkon, and other shaggy dog stories | daniel pinkwater (link) christianity through the centuries – a history of the christian church | earle e. cairns (link) the lost gospel: the book of q […]

what is my motivation?

what an interesting question. fear fear often motivates me. i tend to work hardest to avoid being chastized. lame, but true. when it comes down to getting something truly finished, my ADD kicks in, as well as my perfecitonism, fighting each other, so that i get a little paralized, torn between very creative ideas, and […]

random spillings

tonight is a funny night. we have wine, no power, and time. this leads to thinking, and posting (powerbooks still work when there’s no power!). storms i both love, and dislike, thunderstorms. when there’s a lot of lightening they are beautiful, of course. but when there are tornadoes, they are scary. spoke with tricky called […]

garrett dimon on balance and teamwork

the guy who’s design i ripped off is becmoing my new hero: GarrettDimon.com After writing about the blending of design and programming the other day, it really got me thinking. I really think web design, and almost everything in the world is just one big balancing act. In politics, for every extreme conservative, there’s somebody […]

brian mclaren on dright friesen

i posted a comment at brian mclaren’s conversation at dwightfriesen.blog.com. i debated how much to sound like i know what i’m talking about, and how much to make sure it was obvious i just googled for it. in the end, i just said, “afaict”, and left it up to the reader.