Category: meandering thoughts
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What does your Calvin Look Like?
The NYTimes posted an article this week about Mark Driscoll and his church, Mar’s Hill, which they conveniently entitled, “Who Would Jesus Smack Down?” Actually, the article is just as much about Calvinism as it is about Driscoll, in particular what the author calls “New Calvinism.” She writes of Driscoll: What is new about Driscoll…
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Defining the indefinable
So this dude facebooked me today with the following message: Hi Sarah, I was hoping to find out more about what the term Emergent Church means. I’ve done some Internet research, but have, so far, been unable to clearly grasp this concept. I checked out the blogger and facebook emergent church cohort, and I thought…
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Jonah 4
Whats the deal with Jonah in Chapter four? Is he angry? depressed? grieved? Is he right to be so? Is there a sense in which he is responding righteously or just as a petulant prophet who didn’t get his way? This is what is on my mind today…. lemme know if you any ideas;…
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Summerville
It’s been an interesting/low-key week. Since A left on Labor day, i have been busying myself with feeble attempts at reading for my thesis and making contacts with various folks regarding stuff for the school year (aka: thesis advisor, potential field ed, supervisor for work, etc.). Mostly, however, I find that my comings and goings…
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Ministries of Misery
So I finished my Ord exam today (whoopeee!) and am now back in that blissful state known as pure summer… which means that i finally have time to write a bit of substance. So what has been on my mind? Lots of things, actually. Due to exegesis exam, for starters, my mind is focused quite…
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Observations from Ords
So ords are almost over and, as I have struggled to finish my exegesis exam, I have learned a few things and made a few observations about how they affect one’s personal life. Without further ado: 1) There is no better time to execute a complete facelift of one’s blog than while sitting in the…
Deeper in me than I 