Chapter five of This Beautiful Mess gets me right here:
I have to admit: I'm not a fan of Christmas music. I can pick out a very small number of Christmas songs that I like.
I've been ranting about academics and theology and all those things the last few days.
Chapter four of This Beautiful Mess begins the part of the book that is designed to teach us how to see the kingdom of God.
Chapter three of This Beautiful Mess starts off like this:
Some time ago, I purchased The Practice of the Presence of God, and haven't yet gotten around to reading it. Understand that I have a massive list of books that are sitting around waiting for me to read them, but lately there hasn't been much time to do so between the freelance work and other things. Anyway.
I've been doing a good amount of ranting about false dichotomies and wanting a third choice, and so on, lately.
Chapter two of This Beautiful Mess covers the idea that Jesus cannot be separated from his kingdom.
Chapter one of This Beautiful Mess introduces the idea of the kingdom of God, and how it can be beautiful and messy at the same time.
I've recently found a site called Christians Confess. I have to say, this is one of the most beautiful things I've seen on the Internet.
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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