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Forget The Church, Follow Jesus: ‘Reverts’ Return to their Childhood Religions

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Part 12 in series How Millennials Who Gave up on Church are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community Two articles in national media today picked up on some of the same themes as this week’s THW theme, albeit from rather different perspectives. Forget The Church, Follow Jesus by Andrew Sullivan If you go to the second floor [...]

Story Failure: Why We ‘Lose it’ in High Stress Environments, Like Hollywood

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

The stories we develop to survive life’s most painful experiences are usually the same stories that fail us in high stress environments (Follow Up to Spiritually Thriving in a High Stress Environment, Like Hollywood!) “People who are caught up in the pursuit of excellence are particularly vulnerable to stress-related disorders.” - Psychologist Archibald D. Hart Like [...]

Spiritually Thriving in High Stress Environments, like Hollywood!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Contrary to popular belief, the most commonly used drug in Hollywood is not cocaine or ecstasy. It is adrenaline.

Connecting to God in Hollywood

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Soul-Nourishing Practices in a Soul-Deadening World “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” -Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 11:29) by Gary David Stratton, PhD As I write this, I am watching my 14-year-old daughter, Micaiah, take a riding [...]

VIDEO: Shane Claiborne on ‘How Bad Theology Kills’

Friday, March 16, 2012

Shane Claiborne a pioneer in the New Monasticism movement and author of “Jesus for President” and “The Irresistible Revolution” sits down with JD Walt of Asbury Seedbed to discuss why getting theology right makes a big differences in the lives of people. Asbury Seedbed is a resourcing network of Asbury Theological Seminar http://asburyseedbed.com/

A Divine Masquerade: The Beauty Behind the Mask, by Margaret Feinberg

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

If we were to take off our masks and give ourselves wholly revealing the beautiful work of God in our lives, then what might God do? by Margaret Feinberg Confession: Masks sometimes scare me. Though the artistic flair of a masquerade half mask can be spectacular, full masks make me uncomfortable. Not only is there mystery in [...]

Tis the Movie Season to Be Jolly: Thirty Favorite Christmas Films, by Gary & Sue Stratton

Thursday, December 8, 2011

What better way to get in the holiday spirit than to fire up the DVD, Blu-Ray, Tivo, Wii, XBox, Laptop, IPad, or Smart Phone and watch your favorite Christmas movie. Here are a few of ours. We divided them between ‘sacred’ views of Christmas focused more on the birth of Jesus, and ‘secular’ versions focused [...]

LOST Lessons of Servant Leadership: What the Island Taught Me About Heroic Character

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Curiously, one of the most influential aspects of LOST in my own life is its unique insight into the nature of servant leadership. One of the key storylines of LOST’s first season is the tension between Jack (Matthew Fox) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway) for leadership of the small band of plane crash survivors desperately seeking to balance the twin goals of survival and rescue.

Why my Christian education has troubled me, by Mike Friesen

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Not everything that claims to be ‘Christian’ education is actually Christlike Mike Friesen is one of my favorite former students, 20-something bloggers, and friends. He asked me to respond to his blog post yesterday (5/2). It fit so remarkably with the meetings I was in last week that I asked him if I could repost [...]