August, 2010

Links for August 31st

Let's build bigger banquet tables | Rachel Held Evans

"That is the question at the heart of this crisis, and as we struggle together to answer it, I am convinced that what we don’t need is bigger buildings or fancier sound equipment, better pastors or more parishioners, newer ministries or deeper pockets. What we need is bigger banquet tables."

tags:

church

jesus

rachel-held-evans

Links for August 27th

small is plenty « the carnival in my head

Thoughts on why small things really are enough, in life, church, ministry, and so on. There's a great deal of depth (though it isn't guaranteed and can be missing from small things) that is available to us when we do small things, and these are beautiful.

tags:

spirituality

church

ministry

kathy-escobar

Links for August 25th

The Parent Company Trap – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – 08/23/2010 – Video Clip | Comedy Central

"Fox News is either evil or stupid for not mentioning that Alwaleed bin Talal is News Corp.'s largest shareholder."

tags:

jon-stewart

politics

video

Alex McManus » Blog Archive » The Cart and the Horse

"We oftentimes proceed as if Jesus and Paul focused on evangelism and they did not. They didn’t focus on church planting either. They focused on discipleship. Neither evangelism nor church planting happen without disciples."

tags:

ministry

church

evangelism

Offending and being offended

August 22nd, 2010

I have a close friend, Andy, and Andy runs in a number of different circles that give him an interesting perspective on political and religious debates.

The Cordoba Initiative and Manhattan

August 20th, 2010

I hadn't planned on writing anything here about the Cordoba Initiative and it's planned Park 51 Islamic Cultural Center in Lower Manhattan.

Links for August 20th

Beyond City Limits – By Parag Khanna | Foreign Policy

"Cities — not so-called failed states like Afghanistan and Somalia — are the true daily test of whether we can build a better future or are heading toward a dystopian nightmare."

tags:

globalization

economics

culture

cities

How God works in the world

August 19th, 2010

I don't spend a whole lot of time around mainstream evangelicals or Pentecostals these days.

Links for August 19th

the best part of wanting to change the world « eugene cho

"The best part of wanting to change the world…is that you get changed in the process." This is a powerful read for me, especially since I can relate to parts of it and hope to relate to other parts of it.

tags:

activism

faith

Links for August 15th

RGBa & HSLa CSS Generator for Internet Explorer | Journal | Kimili

This generates IE-specific CSS filters (that you can load with a conditional comment) to cause IE to support RGBa color, which is one of my favorite parts of CSS3.

tags:

tools

ie

design

css3

css

Links for August 13th

jQuery Mobile | jQuery Mobile

"A unified user interface system across all popular mobile device platforms, built on the rock-solid jQuery and jQuery UI foundation."

tags:

programming

design

jquery

mobile

javascript