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11.4.08 : : election day

roman
spainish
english
french
russian
german
chinese
ottoman
austro-hungarian
aztec
incan
japanese

these are just a small sampling of the empires that have risen and fallen in the last two thousand years. leaders, dictators, kings, queens, presidents and prime-ministers have all come and gone, and will continue to come and go.

and yet a movement, started by a jewish peasant who died in poverty and who rose as a King, continues on… but, the kingdom of Heaven is not like the kingdoms of this world.

the events of today, while really and truly significant… joyous for some and agonizing for others, are but a fleeting moment.

may we all gain a sense of perspective to see the events of today in their proper light.

9.12.08 : : familiar?

so, here’s a post by a guy who writes blogs… incisively insightful, and it rings true from real life:

LeaderMan vs. Servant Leader

wow.

some of this guys other posts are pretty good, too:

Awesomely Bold Leadership

This Church is Pretty Awesome (and i sort of agree with #10)

8.18.08 : : i predict a brouhaha

so… a few posts ago i wrote a bit about femininity.

this issue is fascinating to me, mainly because i am having an ongoing realization that the religious track record related to women is none too good… orthodox judaism, fundamentalist LDS churches, and fundamentalist muslims, et al. all treat women in a horrifically narrow and mono-dimensional way.

but, then we have the person of Jesus, who dignified women, who touched women, who let women touch him, who let women fund his ministry, who taught women as equal to his disciples, and who allowed women to be the first witnesses to the resurrection (read the gospel of luke looking for how Jesus treats women… it is fascinating) and we should think that Christianity might do better regarding women.

and we have… at times… at other times… back to the none too good.

even today, there are still significant portions of what would seem to be faithful, Bible-believing Christians who practically keep women down in any number of ways (insert your own litany of offenses here).

so, i predict a brouhaha in Christian circles over a new video just produced by the folks over at nooma. i am aware that predicting a brouhaha regarding a nooma video (”starring” rob bell) is about as prophetic as predicting the sunrise, but i think this will be a bit larger than normal.

the latest nooma video (#21 - she), that i just watched on facebook, is all about the feminine characteristics of God. it is very, very well done and i think quite accurate.

wait… i think hear the first blogosphere rumblings now…

8.14.08 : : stuff Christians like

so, my friend david robinson recommended this site on his blog and i’ve had a blast reading various entries over the last couple of days… the blogger is actually a professional writer and his style and wit are just great and spot on…

http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/

here are some direct links to a couple of my favorite posts:

on rob bell

on songs that sound “Christian”

Christian emoticons

the whisper of importance

awkward youth group rap

enjoy!

8.8.8 : : more thoughts on CD covers and Christian art…

so, tim keel (author of the very good book “intuitive leadership” and pastor at jacob’s well church in kansas city) took my blog post below (”fascinating…”) and turned into a better, more thoughtful post.

you should check out his thoughts by clicking here…

and, as i’ve been preparing this post, apparently another blogger took up tim’s post and posted it again here and more discussion has ensued.

a blogging we will go, a blogging we will go… blogging is fun.