In a blogging first, I was cited on The Christian Century’s blog as "the most troubling" among several bloggers who commented on Amy-Jill Levine’s December 26 article, "Misusing Jesus: How the Church Divorces Jesus from Judaism" (about which I blogged here). This is the closest I’ve gotten to being called out since the seventh grade. Continue reading “Getting Slammed by The Christian Century”
Yearly Archives: 2007
Why Football is Inferior to Baseball
The Clock. Sure, I admit to being bruised by the Eagles’ loss to the New Orleans Saints on Saturday. But what makes football games like that so painful to watch is the clock. In football there are three major factors – the two teams on the field, and the clock. The teams play against eachContinue reading “Why Football is Inferior to Baseball”
Yo! I’m from Philly!
I don’t do these kind of quizzes often, but this is right on. And judging by my lack of any hint of a North Central accent, no wonder I couldn’t understand my co-workers when I worked for a company based in Minneapolis . . . What American accent do you have? Your Result: Philadelphia Continue reading “Yo! I’m from Philly!”
McGwire Not Admitted
Good news from the land of baseball. Mark McGwire was not elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. The baseball gods must be smiling . . .
Sustaining Emergent
A post by Sarcastic Lutheran got me thinking about worshiping communities, mission, and financial sustainability. She writes about traveling to Detroit at the invitation of the Bishop’s Office to explore the possibility of a planting a postmodern, emergent ministry in an arts community adjacent to Wayne State University. This pocket of artsy folks is otherwiseContinue reading “Sustaining Emergent”
The Lutheran Zephyr 