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Archive for May, 2009

Loving Is Coming

Posted in Missional Church, advocacy, authentically black, church, equality, family, friends, history, kids, life, politics, race relations on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We’re in a season of celebrating at my house. The reason? Rochelle and I decided a few weeks ago that life was too short not to live with great joy! Plus, we realized that there is much to celebrate in life (and my mom bought me a sweet grill). One of our upcoming celebrations will [...]

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“Enough” by Will Samson, a review

Posted in Missional Church, blogs, books, consumerism, missional, politics on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This my review of Will Samson’s newest book, Enough: Contentment in An Age of Excess which I also posted over on Viral Bloggers.
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I’ve been speaking to my friends and anyone else who would listen lately about the lack of exegetical living in the contemporary American church. By it I mean that my lifestyle, and the lifestyles [...]

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The Real Thing (a reflection on “Lars and the Real Girl”)

Posted in Bible, equality, family, grace, life, movies on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Last night I began preparing for my summer preaching series, “Summer Blockbuster.” I’m going to take a look at movies that subversively — even to the authors and producers — tell the gospel in beautiful and compelling ways. One of those movies will certainly be “Lars and the Real Girl.”
Lars… is about a quirky young [...]

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