September 2004

Celebration of Man at The Burning Man
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The Burning Man festival has come and gone. Roughly 40,000 people came and gathered in a desert to experience a 6 day celebration of life, existence and being man. As they ask questions about our meaning and purpose as man,...
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My New Weekly Column @ the San Diego Reader
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Beginning in October I will be writing a weeky column for the San Diego Reader called Sheep & Goats. This column involves attending churches in the San Diego area and writing a review. The San Diego Reader is one of...
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Culture & Christ
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I'd like to find examples of film (or music, art, or other works) that communicate a view/attack of Jesus by our culture. (The more absurd, subtle and false the better.) For example, I was watching the movie Love Actually and...
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Quote on Community
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Next-Wave: What, in your eyes, are key-essentials for churches that desire to reach postmodern people? Dr. Grenz: The ultimate key is "community." The best apologetic we have in the postmodern context is the vibrant, local community of disciples who are...
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Reflections on a sense of urgency
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In my life I often procrastinate and react to situations rather than pressing continually toward 'the upward calling of God'. I wake up in the morning with no sense of urgency. When we fell in the garden, we now had...
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Too many masters with my work
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Things are a bit crazy. I have way to many jobs which is pulling me in a lot of directions. I am an Elder/Pastor at Kaleo Church, write a weekly column at the San Diego Reader, recruit biotech (clinical development...
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Bjork – Medulla
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Bjork never ceases to amaze me. Ever since the Sugar Cubes the world has had a strange fascination with this little Icelandic pixie with a punch. The last album of hers that I've owned was Homogenic and I recall listening...
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The Station Agent – Film Review
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A man born with dwarfism retreats from society and becomes a loner. When he finds himself stranded at an abandoned train depot in New Jersey, he's forced to come to terms with his shy nature, and in the process meets...
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Love Actually – Film Review
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This ensemble comedy tells ten separate (but intertwining) stories of love in London (with a small portion set in France), leading up to a big climax on Christmas Eve. A subtle attack on Christianity is communicated. Full Review >
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Gideon, Unity & Diversity
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Today I was proud of my son Gideon, who at the age of 17 months began wrestling with the concept that has plagued philosophy since Thales of Miletus, Heraclitus and Parmenides. He gathered giant foam letters & numbers and tried...
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