Archive for January, 2009

The Purpose-Driven Centrist: Yes He Can!

Like many around the country, I took time out of my business day last week to watch the inauguration. In fact, I was one of the hosts of a conference for a research project for which I work. Attendees came from all over the country, and even Australia and Canada, and we stopped our work, had lunch brought...
January 30th, 2009 | The Purpose-Driven Centrist | Read More

The Anti-Ombudsman: Prince B’s Pastoral Primer

Hello Darlings! I fear that I will be unable to distribute Big B or Little B awards this time, my dears. You all seem to be hibernating in the wake of holiday excess. Where’s the winking sarcasm? The scandal? The hip aloofness? The glamour, for Satan’s sake? Poverty and environmental concerns are...
January 30th, 2009 | The Anti-Ombudsman | Read More

Church Hopping: Chapel of the Holy Cross – Sedona, AZ

Location: Sedona, ArizonaWebsite: http://www.chapeloftheholycross.com/Architect: Marguerite Brunswig StaudeBuilt: April 1956 History: The chapel was finished in 1956, completed in 18 months at a cost of $300k. Architect Marguerite Brunswig Staude was inspired by the Empire State Building, the idea of...
January 27th, 2009 | Church Hopping | Read More

Meditations: “Perhaps” – Embracing the Risk Factor

There’s a little word, which I find unnerving, that shows up regularly in the Bible. It’s the word “perhaps” and its presence, if we ponder if for a moment or two, offers a critique of some values we hold dear in our western culture. The word shows up when Caleb seeks to conquer...
January 26th, 2009 | Meditations | Read More

Beirut/Real People – March of the Zapotec EP/Holland EP

The first few weeks of the year are generally a bit dull in the music world. The emphasis sales-wise is obviously the holiday season, and labels are content to let their big 2008 releases coast for awhile into the new year running on momentum and iTunes gift cards. Last year, it wasn’t until...
January 26th, 2009 | Music | Read More

Don’t Stop Believing, by Michael Wittmer

Being the quintessential sponge for soaking up anything that will make me think or piss me off, I eagerly agreed when Zondervan asked me if I’d be interested in reviewing a new book about why people like myself need to rethink their love affair with all things emerging. The author is Michael Wittmer....
January 26th, 2009 | Books | Read More

Burnside Sells Out: David A. Zimmerman

(Editor’s Note: For this edition of Burnside Sells Out, Larry Shallenberger offered to interview David Zimmerman, author of Deliver Us from Me-Ville and Comic Book Character: Unleashing the Hero in Us All.) BWC: David, you wrote a book about your narcissism, how you managed to escape it, and how...
January 22nd, 2009 | Burnside Sells Out | Read More

Part of the Solution: Food Waste

My husband ordered a value meal at our favorite restaurant recently, a special offer that comes with a freshly baked cookie for dessert. And when they say freshly baked, they aren’t kidding. They bake their yummy snickerdoodles every two hours in order to provide soft, gooey treats. I wondered how...
January 19th, 2009 | Part of the Solution | Read More

“Peace Looks Like Jesus Christ”

Three weeks ago, on December 27, in response to continued mortar and rocket fire targeting Israeli settlements, Israel launched a massive air campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. More than 220 Palestinians were reported killed in the first days of the offensive. Israeli ground forces entered Gaza...
January 19th, 2009 | Social Justice | Read More

Meditations: Hope and Despair

I give my apologies to Moses’ parents from the very outset if I’ve gotten this mediation wrong. Slander was never my intention. We all know the story. Pharaoh is distressed by the Hebrew’s capacity to “Be fruitful and multiply. In no time they’d outnumber the Egyptians and challenge the Dynasty....
January 18th, 2009 | Meditations | Read More
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