david dark shares some of his experiences of finding significant messages in the cultural arts
Emergent
reimagine : mark scandrette
mark scandrette doing his slam poetry from ‘the church basement roadshow‘ tip from bob, my pics from the roadshow
justification : love
There is no justification for love, for if there were, then it would not be love. If we love because we are compelled through force, then it is not love. If I give some money to the poor only because someone is holding a gun to my head and demanding the action, then this is not a loving action. Neither is it loving if I act in order to gain a reward, even if the reward is simply the feeling that comes from doing the act. As soon as we say that we should love, then love disappears, for love is the law that has no law, the way that knows no ‘should’. Love is the law that tells us when to subvert the law, when to obey the law and when to break with laws, yet love is a lawless law that cannot be argued for.
mass of links : something i really should organize
in my ever growing list of links. i realize i should probably at some point organize them, or offer commentary of my own.. naaah…
- myyearbook.com continues to grow. will it be the next myspace / facebook?
- the new romantic engagement process.. not so much
- andy is moving to nashville.. yeah! more music city bloggers
- jim palmer on the church basement roadshow.. i think he nibbed one of my pics. good thing we are friends &:~D
- top twittering church leaders... why am i not on this list?
- andrew wrapping up business of the church series: strategic planning
- allen on how the church is very political
- bw3 breaks down ‘the shack’ in the way only he can do.. really loong, but great, thoughts
- josh on scriptures that you can laugh at
- simple youth ministry is into the txt game. bit more expensive than my plan
- i have the blogger part taken care of, so if i were a woman, i’d go to this..
- so what your telling me is these sexy teen dramas are bad?
- teens and their tattoos. just don’t get the tramp stamp kids
- start of a new job position, teenage green marketing manager. watch for it
- what if rock horror picture show was remade with teen cast? imagine
- i still like the children’s book. but for my lazy day, this will do
- most modern libraries in the world.. the one down street from my house is not on the list, though they just got some renovations. i was really hoping
- i’m a new contributor to the technopastor. look for me to.. well give much of the same babble
- go ahead and get started on next years vbs. i enjoyed it!
- i don’t know if they set the pace or just take the lead in adopting technology
- wisdom of crowds, customer evangelism.. your consumer is important, you should listen
- to be a rigid parent or not to be & have some rebellious child. that is the question
- is today’s generation more or less colorblind (cough.. racist)
- my wrestling will be more family friendly now.. now erin might actually like it (she is my family and it will be her friend)
- sync any desktop cal with google cal.. nice!
- brains (featured above) courtesy of asbo jesus
- rowan williams address to the lambuth conference. brian mclaren got a chance to talk as well
- 10 secrets to better blogging.. dang, are they secrets now?
- the difficulty of singing contemporary
- wasting your money on short term missions..
- print made us more individualistic. great book that i loved
- worshiping the messenger, missing the message (possibly the best title ever jim)
- sam is noticing that people are interested in gen y.. y?
- say it aint so thunder! say it aint so!
- what makes a congregation distinctly methodist? hmm… exactly
- how your church can break into social media and get free pub!
- "typical baptist" (okay, shaun gets the best title award)
- best hardware & software.. stuff you should have or strive to have.
- chris on 50 steps to establishing a social media practice
emergent revival : the church basement road show
so monday night i convinced wifey to join me at the church basement roadshow as it pulled through town. i had agreed to help with set up and whatever else being a part of the cohort. got to catch up with some fun peeps i don’t hang with enough, lilly & sally come to mind. jay gave a quick run down. reba was there, though i didn’t get to say hi to her in the chaotic fun. there were other friends that actually don’t have a blog to link to, so just know they were there. since it was saint b’s dixon was obviously there, but too busy to have good times chat. apparently holly, whom i’ve never met before and only read her blog occasionally, is now in town which was a new surprise.
this was by far the most creative book tour i’ve been an attendee of. the mix of old school 1908 revival, the fun play with personality and cultural norms, the impassioned storytelling, singing the revival song (especially after lilly, wifey, and myself had a conversation on singing not being the only worship way), the overlaying theological questions to faith and practice explored, and fellowship. i even got to toot on the trombone.. too bad i played sax in junior high, the woodwinds are significantly different than the brass instrument in playing, so it sounded more like fart sounds to me.. which, i guess is amusing in itself.
we bought the balm of gilead, hook line and sinker. way to go tony, mark, & doug. brilliant!
more fun photos from the church basement roadshow