February 2005

Emergent Interviews #4, 5
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Two soundbites from people I interviewed: Glenn Murdock Public Relations EmergentYS. Some people in the emergent movement are open to reinterpret everything. How we view God & the Bible. Most people believe the format needs to change but the principles...
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Emergent Interview #3
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Shawn Beaty is the Senior Pastor at North Hills Church in Oceanside. Beaty calls North Hills Church a re-plant. One and a half years ago, they took over an older church that was dying to start over again. They began...
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Music that made an Impact
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The San Diego Reader is asking 20 writers to discuss the album or CD that we would take to a desert island, were we to be stranded there. They continue..."Or to write about the album or CD ("popular" or classical)...
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Emergent Interview #2
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Matt Mills started an experimental internet caf?© church. He‚Äôs at the EmergentYS Convention trying to figure out what the future church looks like. ‚ÄúPeople say they want to reach out to the unbeliever. The vast majority are just spiritual baby-sitting....
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Emergent Interview #1
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I'm going to post one interview a day from people I met and spoke with this week at the EmergentYS Convention. In these interviews I listened to people speak about their faith, beliefs, view of the church and what exactly...
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The Bible in Legos
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Someone has a LOT of free time on their hands. They've recreated many of the Bible's stories with legos. (Here is God creating Eve.) Some of these are pretty funny. Warning: Some lego scenes depict nudity, sexual content, violence, and...
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Finding A Wife
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Many single people in our congregation struggle with finding a wife. I found this to be a good, Bible-based way to help find a wife: The Top 15 Biblical Ways to Get a Wife (more…)
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February Culture & Theology Newsletter
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There are a number of new articles this month for your review: Duane Smets contributes a review of Adbusters Magazine (see below) as well as the new Bright Eyes album, Wide Awake Its Morning. Tom Moller continues his writings with...
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9.5 Theses on Worship
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Here are the 9.5 THESES ON WORSHIP and a link to the article at Christianity Today... 1. Our heavenly Father wills that the whole life of believers should be worship. 2. The word worship, when applied to public gatherings of...
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Churches Charging Money for MP3s
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I was over at djchuang's metablog. We're in everyone's favorite topic area, money and churches. Check out this conversation. What do you think? Should churches give it all away free, cover their costs, use money for missions? http://www.djchuang.com/b2/blog.php/2005/01/27/p998 2/8 Note:...
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