In the Coracle

Book Summary: “Celtic Christianity: A Sacred Tradition, A Vision of Hope”

June 28th, 2007, 1 Comment

Students at Bakke Graduate University do a lot of reading, and for each book we are asked to write a 2-3 page paper that describes the book’s thesis and arguments, then interprets the author’s intention, and then applies the book to our ministry context. The specific format is this:

Description of the Book

a) Thesis: [...]

Current Podcast Subscriptions

April 3rd, 2007, 3 Comments

I’ve done this before and had some interesting comments, so I’ll update my list of current podcast subscriptions.
I don’t always listen to all of these – that’s a lot of stuff – but I find that these are the ones I’m usually checking out at least every now and then. I also listen to [...]

Recapping the Missional Matrix event

March 26th, 2007, 4 Comments

I’m an introvert. One of the things that means is tht it takes me time to process my thoughts; I can’t just respond on the fly. (That made it REALLY difficult for me when I was an engineer at Microsoft, which used to survive on rapid decisionmaking, highly conflict-engaged meetings and hallway conversations).
So [...]

9 Core Practices

December 10th, 2005, 1 Comment

The new book entitled Emerging Churches by Ryan Bolger and Eddie Gibbs has been getting rave reviews in the blogosphere. There’s a nice summary of the book’s 9 Core Practices of emerging churches here. I await delivery of my book.

Best. Documentary. Ever

November 15th, 2005, 2 Comments

Shannon and I are finishing up watching the Best. Documentary. Ever. It’s called “From Dust to Glory”, a behind the scenes look at the Baja 1000, the longest overland automotive race in the world. The movie interviews racers, crew and locals, getting a good sense of the passion of the sport. It [...]

Library Thing: social software for library

November 10th, 2005, 1 Comment

I recently ran into another very interesting social software. Called LibaryThing, it allows you to catalog your books, tag them like you can in flickr, del.icio.us and elsewhere, and then explore the social aspect – viewing other users who share books in common with you. It’s very simple to add books.
I’ve put a [...]

Website: MethodX

October 18th, 2005, No Comments

In doing some research on the Ignatian Method of reading Scripture, I found a really well-done website that you might want to use as well. MethodX includes descriptions and examples of the Ignatian Method, Lectio Divina, spiritual practices(disciplines), a spiritual personality test, and plenty of other goodies.
The website design is fantastic also.

Three thumbs up for Crash

October 8th, 2005, 1 Comment

I was doing some work around the house today and finally got to pop in the Crash DVD.

I’m quite late coming to this one (one of the hazards of being the parent of a small child), but if there are any other stragglers out there who haven’t seen this movie yet, I can’t recommend it [...]

Jason Clark points to McLaren’s podcasts

September 29th, 2005, No Comments

I just saw that Jason Clark pointed his blog readers to Brian McLaren’s sermon MP3s, and he does a better job of summarizing the first sermon in his entry. Read it here.

If you appreciate N. T. Wright and Dallas Willard, read Scot McKnight

September 20th, 2005, 4 Comments

I have been so powerfully affected by Scot McKnight’s blog (which I pointed you to earlier) that, when I ran across his book The Jesus Creed in Barnes & Noble a while back, I decided to pick it up to see how Scot writes in a bound-book form.
Even though I’m only on chapter 5, I’m [...]