I’ve been attending a series of seminars called “Ancient-Future Emerging Jesus” which is an interesting mix between a spiritual practices workshop and an exploration of the Gospel of Thomas, I mentioned it previously, so if you want more information check this post out. Anyways, one of the questions was “What is Gospel to You?” That’s [...]
Well, I haven’t been around much lately. This summer I took a nice size course load to try to get my college “career” jump started again. I don’t think I’ve ever gone into the details of my past failures here (on the blog) so a quick summary is probably in order. Back in my junior [...]
I view the act of eating as a religious act. One in which I feel the least number of steps between the ground and our plates is the more religious route, one in which organic food (where the essential rape of the Earth does not play a part in the ‘food cycle’) is the more [...]
Over the next four Wednesday’s (starting this upcoming Wednesday, the 22nd) I’ll be participating in and speaking (on a panel with other speakers) in the Ancient Future Emerging Jesus seminar(s). If you live in the Atlanta area please consider joining us, the event will be held at Unity North in Marietta, and promises to be [...]
This past week Becky and I went to hang out with her best friend, a recent grad of Lee University, and some of the people that her friend has grown close to over her college career. It’s kind of awkward writing this post, as some of them will read it, but it’s on my mind [...]
Disclaimer 1:Beware: If you can’t tolerate strong language (four letter words) then you may want to leave the site now. If you can’t tolerate strong language but still want to understand why I wrestle with agnosticism, take an hour and read as much of this site as you can. Disclaimer 2:This was written in a [...]
In what seems like a previous life, I was a red blooded patriot, after September 11th I wanted to join the military (I was, of course, too young, and am thankful that I didn’t). I lauded at a friend that said he would never join the military, I told him I thought he was a [...]
In the continuation of the theme of the last post, I wanted to explore how we can approach this topic in a better manner. Shane Claiborne has a list of fourty things you can do to celebrate interdependance day. Some things include: Learn where your utilities come from—the source of your electricity, gas, and water. [...]