http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/ 2nd-Storey Window Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:30:02 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2004. Christianity Entertainment People http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/archive/48.html Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:27:48 GMT Sojourners, as many of you may by now know, has undertaken a campaign to bring religious issues into the political arena that go beyond the agenda of the Religious Right. In the face of Falwell's and Pat Robertson's callings for Christians to vote for the only God-ordained candidate (George W. Bush), this group has issued a petition, which they hope to run as an ad in the New York Times, calling Christians to take back their faith and take a hard, long look at major issues other than merely abortion or gay marriage. I strongly recommend you take a look at what they have to say and think... (more) http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/comments?id=48 http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/archive/47.html Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:22:14 GMT I want to scream curse words at the top of my lungs while tearing out my hair with one hand and flipping the bird with the other(I wish we had a more violent way of telling someone we didn't like them) and kicking holes in the wall with my feet. The cause of all this rage? 1) 24 and not married, possible but not really 2) fantasy baseball team in the basement for good, nope were solidly in 4th place Or is it 3) People who call themselves Christians, but spend all their voice on things that don't matter as much. [BINGO, We have a winner. Tell them what they've won Bob.] Yesterday... (more) http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/comments?id=47 http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/archive/46.html Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:14:49 GMT This morning I read this article. This kid whow was barely yet a teenager had published five books of poetry before his death. He was friends with Jimmy Carter, who gave the eulogy at the funeral. His poetry and his life were committed to peacemaking. But young Mattie had a very rare form of muscular dystrophy, for which he was also an advocate. It took not only the lives of his older siblings before him, now it has taken his. His funeral was well-attended--even Oprah came, not to mention firefighters, and Harley Davidson afficionados who support the Muscular Dystrophy Association. People who... (more) http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/comments?id=46 http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/archive/45.html Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:18:46 GMT Well, the big religion news right now is that the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest protestant denomination with over 16 million, is leaving a larger alliance of over 200 Baptist denominations as part of the SBC's continuing conservative swing. You can read more about it here. Issues cited for leaving ranged from a liberal view of Scripture (the SBC's hold that it is inerrant), gay-friendly churches in the alliance, and growing anti-Americanism among other alliance churches. Characteristic of fundamentalist churches--Scripture is inerrant and infallible, gays are to be avoided or at... (more) http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/comments?id=45 http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/archive/44.html Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:04:47 GMT I am a huge movie buff. I love to go to the theater, rent DVD's and watch filmed entertainment. I think it not only entertains, but sometimes it can even portray more accurately what it means to be human than some dusty old books of theology. Last night I saw the new film starring Mandy Moore--Saved! The film has been heavily criticized by, you guessed it,Christians. Did you read that article? I did. I also saw the movie. Apparently, the reviewer and I both saw two different movies, because I did not see the film as an attack on my faith, or on Christians in general. I think it exposes some... (more) http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/comments?id=44 http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/archive/43.html Wed, 26 May 2004 16:55:52 GMT I've been spending the last couple of weeks digging myself out of the hole I dug last semester. To do that has required me to spend much time contemplating the book of Philippians. Paul in this book lays out what it means to be a citizen of heaven. What does the Christian life look like? He talks at length about imitating the example of Christ demonstrated in the Gospel. He pontificates ad nauseum about imitating people who imitate the example of Christ (namely Timothy, Epaphroditus, and himself). He describes for them a new way of approaching the world around them through the self-emptying... (more) http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/comments?id=43 http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/archive/42.html Thu, 20 May 2004 07:53:30 GMT I am reading Leonard Sweet's Post-Modern Pilgrims: First Century Passion for the 21st Century World - here is a piece that caught my eye as I work with both youth (this summer), college ministry (I'm coming Kansas), and yet am a part of a body of believers that embodies many generations - and both moderns and postmoderns. 'I plead guilty, and am guilty, of being a man of his time. We are all time travelers. Even Jesus existed in time. The question I have to face in my wn ministry is this: Will I live the time God has given me? Or will I live a time I would prefer to have? Postmodern... (more) http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/comments?id=42 http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/archive/40.html Wed, 19 May 2004 15:14:04 GMT This is a recent post from my own blog, editorbishop.blogdrive.com I've often wondered at why the world doesn't make any sense to me. From the sock-eating monster in my washer and drier to the strange, perverted insanity that NPR tells me about the situation in Iraq, the world is not the way its supposed to be. Man has struggled with this issue for quite some time now. I am not the first, I will not be the last. I believe that it is the world's nature to be chaotic. It is this chaos that early humanity personified and set in oppostion to their deities. The universe was created in... (more) http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/comments?id=40 http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/archive/39.html Wed, 12 May 2004 14:58:15 GMT Disclaimer: What follows is the beginning of my thought on this issue not the end. If you become offended, fine. Let us discuss. Every morning I wake up and turn on National Public Radio (sometimes before I wake up) and get my morning dose of Iraq with yesterday's body count. This has been the case since 'major combat operations' began last year. Every morning I am reminded of what Jesus said, "To him who strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also." Violence breeds violence. In thinking about this I have come to a sticking place in my own life. The theorhetical... (more) http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/comments?id=39 http://2ndstorey.blogdrive.com/archive/38.html Thu, 06 May 2004 14:30:48 GMT I found this article in the New York Times this morning to be rather interesting. Governor Puts Communion Aside After Upsetting New Jersey Bishops An excerpt: Bowing to pressure from New Jersey's increasingly outspoken Roman Catholic bishops, Gov. James E. McGreevey said Wednesday that he would no longer receive holy communion during Mass because his support for abortion rights and other social causes contradicts church doctrine. During the past month, bishops of Camden and Trenton have stepped forward to declare that Mr. McGreevey, a former altar boy who attends services at St. Thomas... 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