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Thursday, June 21st, 2007I discovered a new blog yesterday - one that focuses on a topic near and dear to my heart. It’s called “When Religion Meets New Media.”
The author, Heidi Campbell, is involved with the Wikiklesia project I mentioned here about a month ago, and her blog concentrates on the religious response to, and use of, the [...]
Radical Individualism
Thursday, June 14th, 2007Some friends of ours have recently been transitioning into the tradition of Eastern Orthodoxy, and have written extensively about it here. It’s been interesting for me to observe for a number of reasons, primarily because it seems like they, along with other friends of ours, are seeing many of the same issues we see within [...]
An Army of Davids in the Church
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007As an avid follower of U.S. and world politics, I read a lot of politically-oriented blogs. One of my favorite is Instapundit. It is written by Glenn Reynolds, a Tennessee Law Professor. The content is right-of-center on the political spectrum, and is usually comprised of short, concise blurbs that are always informative, usually amusing, and [...]
Conversations with myself . . .
Friday, June 1st, 2007Our dear friend Kelly wrote a two part post on her blog “Restless Heart” yesterday, entitled “Who I Want to Be.”
It’s a great post, and her opening words struck me deepest. She says, “I tire of the constant mental/emotional energy wasted on seemingly consequential issues. I am sick of fighting, sick of division. I am [...]
Virtual Community
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007My apologies for not writing much in the last week. I think I’m still recovering from being out of town for so long. I’ve got several big ideas floating around in my head for posts, but can’t seem to get anything down on paper lately.
I did want to mention a post I saw this morning [...]
Common Objections . . . Part 2
Friday, April 27th, 2007In my last post, I spoke of several “common objections” a number of people have had to the path I am walking with God outside of the institutional church. In this post, I will address what I see as the two most significant of such objections.
I call them “significant” not because I think they are [...]
Common Objections . . . Part 1
Thursday, April 26th, 2007I promised in a previous post to address many of the objections I have seen (and felt) levelled against those of us who have chosen a life outside of the institution that calls itself “church.” There are enough of them that I cannot do so in one post, but I will cover a bunch of [...]
Leaving and Coming
Thursday, April 26th, 2007My Journey Away From Organized Religion Into the Arms of Christ, Part the Fourth
After everything happened the summer of 2000, I stopped reading my Bible. I went to church, only because I’d begun attending the church my best friend went to and I wanted to see her. When other people at church asked me how [...]
Broken Hearts and Broken Promises
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007My Journey Away From Organized Religion into the Arms of Christ, Part the Third
It was the very same year that God began to deliver me out of legalism that I fell in love for the first time. I had a best friend who I will call “D” who happened to be a boy, and our [...]
My Journey out of Church and into the Body of Christ: A Personal Testimony (Part 5)
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007So where do I find myself at present . . . ?
Recently, my wife and I have both been challenged by dear friends who are concerned about our decision not to remain within the framework of an institutional, organized church. Given how much these friends mean to us, these conversations have touched off a great [...]