Scott Hutcheson, a dear friend of mine who is a food writer and community development guy, has an absolutely brilliant piece today entitled Filling the Hungry With Good Things. It is a brilliant commentary on the Gospel of Luke's understanding of the impact of Christ's birth. Check it out.
Call me sentimental, but this time of year seems like a good time to reflect on community life. Chris Marshall wrote: "I often say that church is not someplace you go but it's a people you belong to."
Sometimes I wonder what we would be if we were fully awake. It seems our senses and minds are half asleep, desensitived to everything except the most painful or novel things. At times there is a wakefulness around me and it seems my mind is opened for brief moments and I see it: the Glory.
Over the holidays we were talking about all kinds of fun stuff, like Christmas memories, favorite food, best presents, and ... American national debt. Yes, I am a geek. But I made the comment that most Americans have no concept of how deep the well of debt goes in the American economy. This morning Billy Kenney sent me the following article which I share with you all here:
In the continuing sadness and frustration about what I would call urban legends and over-generalizations being made about "the emerging church" and their theological beliefs, I was reading a new book by Bob Whitesel that has something of merit to repeat here.
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