Monthly Archives: September 2010

Want To Be a Chef?

I love to cook. I do. I love everything about it, and, when things get particularly gruesome here, I entertain fantasies of running away to culinary school. Apparently, I am not alone in this. And it is to people like me that … Continue reading

September 21, 2010 | Leave a comment | Share on Twitter

More on Glen Beck and Christianity

My friend Rachel Held Evans wrote a post about “Beckianity” last week that stirred up all sort of mess in her comment section. It seems some people like the idea of us as a Christian Nation TM, and can’t wait … Continue reading

September 20, 2010 | 1 Comment | Share on Twitter

N.T. Wright and C. S. Lewis

In a fascinating (and long) article in Touchstone, the famous (infamous, in some circles) Anglican apologist N. T. Wright gives his take on another infamous Anglican apologist, C. S. Lewis. In the article, Wright dissects Lewis’ best known book, Mere Christianity.  I agree with … Continue reading

September 20, 2010 | 1 Comment | Share on Twitter

Missing The Point

He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?1 In the mid seventies, Tony Campolo was giving a speech at Wheaton … Continue reading

September 15, 2010 | 24 Comments | Share on Twitter

What I Said at Big Tent Christianity

Thursday, I was on stage with Shane Claiborne and Johnathan Wilson-Hartgrove at Big Tent Christianity. Several folks have asked if I would post my speech – here is the manuscript – it is probably 95% accurate, as I often edit … Continue reading

September 11, 2010 | 10 Comments | Share on Twitter