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Links for January 14th

Going Underground – Things The Tube Can Teach You About Web Design | Makak Media | Bromley – London
A surprisingly good article that compares London's Underground to web design and usability.
tags:
user-experience
usability
design

Links for January 10th

Googling history | Beyond The Beyond
On Google Books: "Despite its flaws, it will be the the source of much historical scholarship, from around the globe, over the coming decades. It is a tremendous leveler of access to historical resources."
tags:
books
google
education

Links for January 9th

Oldest Known Hebrew Script, Recently Deciphered, Links Worship and Justice – Duane Shank – God's Politics Blog
The oldest known Hebrew script in existence, dating back to the 10th century BCE, links worship of God with pleading for the poor. Beautiful.
tags:
old-testament
worship
activism

Links for January 8th

rethinking the word “pastor” « the carnival in my head
Wonderful thoughts on the word 'pastor,' reminding folks that it doesn't mean what many think it means.
tags:
church
ministry

Links for January 1st

The Inescapable Love of God – Jesus Creed
"When it comes down to the bottom argument in Robin Parry's (aka, Gregory Macdonald's) book The Evangelical Universalist we find an argument about God's love." This has been an interesting series, and one that is worth following. Regardless of conclusion, I think it is important to avoid dogmatism on this issue.
tags:
scot-mcknight
theology
universalism
Living a Good Story, an Alternative to New Years Resolutions
"A story gives a goal a narrative context that makes sense to the brain, making them more likely to actually be achieved."
tags:
story
donald-miller
Faster Future: Publishing possibilities now and beyond: 2020 vision
"We're in for a big change: Where the noughties were a decade of discovery, the teens will be a decade of realisation. And not discovery of new tech. The future isn't digital; it is self-organised."
tags:
culture
future

Links for December 31st

Syncretistic Missional Ecclesiology: The Failure of Missional Church « Church Planting Novice
"Missional ecclesiology requires an entirely new way of thinking about church, from the bottom up. Church plants and established churches have failed to recognize this important point. As a result, they have created a syncretistic ecclesiology, blending institutional church with missional church."
tags:
ecclesiology
church
missiology
mission

Links for December 30th

CSS3 . Info – All you ever needed to know about CSS3
Enough said. All you ever needed to know about CSS3.
tags:
css3
css
design
ongoing · After Branding
"In 2010, you are whatever the Net says you are. Deal with it." Great ways to deal with what the internet says about you. Everyone, regardless of profession, should read this.
tags:
design
business
culture

Links for December 29th

The Bible and Universalism – Jesus Creed
The discussion of Christian universalism continues. Money quote: "There are universalistic sounding passages (no one disputes they "sound" universalistic) and there are hell passages. Big question: Why has the tradition shaped the universalistic sounding passages by the hell passages and not the other way around?"
tags:
theology
universalism
scot-mcknight
Reclaiming the Mission » Top Ten Posts 2009: Merry Christmas and a Look Back at This Blog
David Fitch looks back at the top ten posts of 2009. All of these are wonderful. I've probably linked to at least some of them individually, but this is a worthy link as well.
tags:
church
ministry
ecclesiology
mission
missiology

Links for December 28th

24 ways: Make Your Mockup in Markup
Meagan Fisher writes on designing websites in the browser, with HTML and CSS, rather than as Photoshop mockups. It is such a hard transition for many of us, but it is so important.
tags:
css3
css
html
design
Can Evangelicals be Universalists? – Jesus Creed
The beginning of a series from Scot McKnight on Christian universalism – what it is, what it isn't, and issues surrounding it. This post is really short, but there are great comments on it.
tags:
universalism
scot-mcknight
theology
Let's Get "Universalism" Straight – Jesus Creed
"The first order of business, which is his too, is to get this term "universalism" straight and I want to attach adjectives to his descriptions." Here are solid definitions of what is being discussed in this series.
tags:
universalism
theology
scot-mcknight
Hell as the Problem for Christians – Jesus Creed
Continuing the series on universalism by bringing up the question of hell.
tags:
theology
eschatology
universalism
scot-mcknight
Theological Defenses of Hell: Calvinism – Jesus Creed
Continuing the question of hell in the universalism series. This part of the series, and the book, examines the calvinist view of hell.
tags:
scot-mcknight
theology
universalism
eschatology
Theological Defenses of Hell: Freewill theism – Jesus Creed
Continuing the question of hell in the universalism series. This part of the series, and the book, examines the freewill theism view of hell. As Scot notes, it does not deal with open theism, which I think is a big weakness.
tags:
scot-mcknight
universalism
eschatology
theology

Links for December 27th

Meep Meep – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan explains why he thinks Obama's first year has been a success. I can agree, for the most part.
tags:
obama
politics
andrew-sullivan
Person Of The Year – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan names Neda as his person of the year. Intense.
tags:
peace
andrew-sullivan
iran
24 ways: Make Your Mockup in Markup
Meagan Fisher writes on designing websites in the browser, with HTML and CSS, rather than as Photoshop mockups. It is such a hard transition for many of us, but it is so important.
tags:
css3
css
html
design

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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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