imagination & creativity
October 29, 2008
I’m teaching a session on God’s design — as it relates to imagination & creativity — this week. My preparatory study has been exhilerating. (More in a future post?)
I’ve stumbled upon a new on-line acquaintance (I hope to make friend): Gregory Wolfe. (Have you met him already?) Mr. Wolfe is saying some things I think Jesus’ followers need desperately to hear.
I was indicted by his article Art, Faith, & Stewardship of Culture with [his] reference to “unwitting disciples of Karl Marx” and delighted by his article In God’s Image: Do Good People Make Good Art and the correlative concept that creativity is a constant invitation to virtue. (Of course, both of these bits need badly the thoughtful and nuanced context provided with their respective articles in full-length.)
It’s so encouraging that some fellow sojourners are using their creative gifts to engage with our wide-world … in many of its dimensions.
today i visited the asian grocery store off of 95/metcalf
October 22, 2008
It’s a mecca for cheap tea, spices, & curry! For just a moment or two, I felt like I was back in Chicago; it was blissful to feel a little different than the people around me – even if only for a few minutes.
I’m SO excited about the groceries I purchased; here’s a sneak peek at the fruit-dressing I made up for a luncheon I’m co-hosting tomorrow. (The limes at “Oriental Super Market” were so fresh & cheap; I bought 14.) Imagine this, drizzled over mangos, bananas, melons, strawberries, & grapes.) Yummy …
Grated zest and juice of 6 limes (about 2/3 cups)
3 tablespoons honey (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
pinch of sea salt
i love what David has to say here …
October 9, 2008
Legalize Neighborhoods Again! (Anybody else ready to start a campaign?!)
tonight’s unchristian lecture
September 23, 2008
Tonite, I attended a lecture at Church of the Resurrection on unChristian, a book written by David Kinnamon & Gabe Lyons helping to explain why people – as a rule of thumb – dislike or distrust Christians. It was quite interesting. The top six critiquescccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
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[After Jt roused herself from sleep in the key of c, she determined it might be best for the blog post to find completion on another day.]
the cradle of christian faith
July 23, 2008
The truth of Christianity is not like the universal truths of reason. The cradle of Christian faith is a story rather than a system. Though the Bible includes many literary genres, what holds it together is a narrative unity: the story of what God is doing in the world through Israel, through Jesus Christ, through the church.
—Kevin Vanhoozer, “Pilgrim’s Digress:Christian Thinking on and about the Post/Modern Way” from Christianity and the Postmodern Turn
we might call this lived-hyperbole
July 16, 2008
Robyn Okrant is living Oprah. (Wow.)
how cool is this place?
March 26, 2008
Browsing through some old trip pics; loving Venice all over again …
props to rustin (who gave props to brad) …
February 5, 2008
Who introduced me to The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard (who — let’s face it — probably deserves some props of her own).
It’s been three days since I first watched the thing … and. Well, I still want it (also) on my blog.
I want to think more about it as well. Maybe you do too. Here’s our chance:
it seems she’s onto something …
November 1, 2007
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
—Margaret Mead, (explored further in Continuities in Cultural Evolution)
in celebration of life …
October 20, 2007
I saw clouds (differently) for three days after I watched Bella.
Lord Jesus Christ, by your patience in suffering you hallowed earthly pain and gave us the example of obedience to your Father’s will: Be near me in my time of weakness and pain; sustain me by your grace, that my strength and courage may not fail; heal me according to your will and help me always to believe that what happens to me here is of little account if you hold me in eternal life, my Lord and my God. Amen.
—Book of Common Prayer, 1979
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