As you probably know, there is a group of really vocal, largely ridiculed folks who believe the rapture will happen tomorrow at 6pm.
I missed writing for the series from my friend Rachel Held Evans that sought to restore unity, but followed it closely and saw some wonderful things.
As you may know, Rob Bell has a new book that just came out.
I don't spend a whole lot of time around mainstream evangelicals or Pentecostals these days.
For the last month or so, instead of reading the NASB Bible I've had for the last few years, I've been reading The Voice New Testament, which I got through Thomas Nelson's BookSneeze program for bloggers.
The last couple of days, there has been a lot of talk about John Piper, and a blog post he wrote about a tornado in Minneapolis.
On a different note from my earlier post, I want to look at Pentecost from a different perspective.
Today, in liturgical churches at least, was Ascension Sunday, the day that celebrates the return of Jesus into heaven.
So today is International Women's Day, which is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.
There is an interesting discussion happening at this post from Tony Jones. It is spurred on by a youth pastor trainer in various street fighting techniques who apparently believes that Jesus' direct statement to turn the other cheek is an ideology that fosters martyrs and victims.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.
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