Art vs faith? More the same guy, really
I've started this post about one thousand times in my head and about 10 times on my computer. We'll see how far I get this time. This is about the similar conditions of the art world in the US compared...
View Articlehave a merry fair trade christmas!
why not shop fair trade for christmas and help those who make the products live just and sustainable lives? you can make a difference in how you spend your money. if you want to know more about fair...
View ArticleHorror Vacui
Catholic artist Daniel Mitsui posts an interesting essay on Medieval art, Modern perspectivalism, and the ideological baggage carried in the critical term--often used as a pejorative against pre-Modern...
View ArticleMusings on art, the south, and doing business in the south
My views on Modern ArtOne might get the impression based on my railings about Modernity that I am opposed to Modern art. Nothing could be further from the truth. As a matter of fact abstract and...
View Articleemerging is over! no, emergent lives! which is it?
just a heads up to some conversation about the demise (or not) of the emerging conversation. andrew jones kicked it off by declaring the end of the radical nature of the movement here and tony jones...
View ArticleFaith and creativity
Several years ago I heard a program on NPR that detailed a music program that connected an American folk music group with a folk music group of another country. Neither group could speak the other...
View ArticleGod, satan and the birth of haiti
if you've heard the comments by pat robertson about haiti making a pact with the devil and that is why the country is now so poor, you might want to read this 3-part article series by a haitian...
View ArticleMore Arts and Faith
So the American for the Arts is touting the recent study on the health of the arts in the U.S. called the National Arts Index. I've been comparing art and faith a lot lately, not just here on the blog,...
View Articlewhat do emergence and pentecostalism have to learn from one another?
there's some great conversation happening in the comments on tony jones' blog where he threw out the question what do emergence and pentecostalism have to learn from one another?. in the 2/3rds world...
View Articlea barna report: how different generations view and engage with charismatic faith
george barna has a new report out looking at how different generations view and engage with charismatic and pentecostal christianity. while i knew that charismatics and pentecostals made up an...
View ArticleHow It Was
How It WasThe earth trembled; its foundationsshook like silt; the sun, chagrined,fled the scene, and every mundaneelement scattered in retreat. The daybecame the night: for light could not endurethe...
View Articlehearing voices in church
(this post is part of the synchroblog: what is emerging in the church? to read other posts in the series please go here.)something strange happened at my church gathering yesterday. i went for the...
View Articlewhose voices? what emergence?
Linda's post Hearing Voices in Church is part of synchroblog co-ordinated by Julie Clawson, what is emerging?.Linda says "what i am delighted to discover emerging in the church are the voices of women...
View Articlejosh garrels: new music from an indie artist
i've just heard of josh garrels. he has an interesting sound that is a bit folk, a bit neo soul and a bit electronica. he ain't your typical christian musician but then he's an indie artist. i...
View ArticleEmotion's bad rap
I've pretty much had it with Christians, at least on the basis of Christianity. The discussions are just too frustrating and seemingly pointless, particularly regarding art and emotion. A recent...
View Articleemerging vs. postliberal (video)
funny stuff from xtranormal. i wasn't aware until very recently there is such a thing as postliberal. not too sure what it is but this should clear up how it differs from emerging. ;)ht: adrienne a.
View Articlea critique of the emerging church...by one of it's own
it's been eons since there has been a post on this blog but there is some good discussion going on over at roger olson's blog about the emerging church. the first in the series is: the emergent church...
View Articlepostmodernism is dead?
andrew sent me a link to this recent article postmodernism is dead and asked me what i thought. while i hardly feel qualified to comment one thing did jump out at me. the author says postmodernism will...
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