In the midst of the run-up to the American Presidential Elections, there is a discussion simmering in the ‘Emergent’ blogosphere on whether or not Christians should vote. David Fitch, Brian McLaren, Scot McKnight and Anthony Smith have all weighed in with their views, some relevant and some not so relevant to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘church’
Why Not to Not Vote.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, politics, rants on September 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Angels on the Balconies
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, friends on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I remember the first night I was at CORE, my current church in Dublin. I immediately noted the likeness to Late Love, a ministry I took part in in Belfast, particularly in the worship sessions. I remember describing it as similar to Late Love, but I could hear female voices, which I loosely described as [...]
America’s Chickens Coming Home to Roost
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, politics, race, rants on August 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I realise that this is a number of months out of date, and as an Obama supporter, I could do well to leave this issue alone. I want to discuss Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and some of the remarks he made in his church about America, white supremacy and the plight of the lowly, oppressed black [...]
Weak-willed women
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, feminism, rants on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sitting in “a church” yesterday, I waited to hear how the pastor would interpret 2 Timothy 3.6, which talks about unwholesome folk who “worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women”. With the friend to my left being an incredibly intelligent and fiercely feminist young woman (and yet somehow a Christian), and [...]
“I thought I was fit”, he said, coughing up a lung.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, sport on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I played my first game of competitive football in about 2 years this evening, was just 6-a-side on a caged astro pitch with 3′x8′ goals, but it was great to get a bit of sport in. It helped that we won; I may have been the least useful to the team, but I enjoyed it, [...]
Suspension of Disbelief
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, faith, rants on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Following on from my previous post…)
I think that part of my problem with the Bible begins with teaching, not dissimilar to our the remarks of our preacher friend here. I’ve never doubted the authority of the Bible, I have always believed that it is God’s way of communicating with us. But recently, I’ve begun to [...]
Reverence and Relativism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, faith, rants, thoughts on February 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend I’m at a conference called “Mind Your Head”, about engaging your brain in Spiritual matters. I need to note my thoughts now before they’re replaced with someone else’s thoughts.
I find I’m becoming a lot more relativist in my views on Christianity. Don’t get me wrong, I believe there are very important truths found [...]
Blaze of Glory
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, dublin, faith, ibiza on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Before I left Ibiza, I told Ben about how I couldn’t possibly tell my church about everything that I did in Ibiza. They’d be fine with some of it, but worshipping in the clubs, dancing with drug users, giving workers condoms and Messages with “Jesus Loves Porn Stars” on the front would all be more [...]
