The NAE (National Association of Evangelicals) under the able leadership of Leith Anderson is continuing to try to build consensus and articulate for the world mainstream evangelical views.
NAE calls for continued resettlement of refugees. #WeWelcomeRefugees http://nae.net/nae-calls-for-continued-resettlement-of-refugees/ …
PowerPoint slides for adult education course at Cornerstone Church.
I'm not doing much blogging but still tweeting regularly. By posting my tweets here every once in a while, I can make them searchable for me and others.
Loved David McCullough's voice (narrator of Ken Burns's The Civil War) reading his audiobook The Wright Brothers. Pleasant, not profound.
"Someone who, through the force of their example, animated a desire to read more, study more and know more." http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opinionator/2015/09/12/there-is-no-theory-of-everything/ …
Rising Strong by @BreneBrown (Aug 2015) is a vivid, warm proposal for responding to disappointment and addressing conflict.
Video which @PLeithart describes: Simon Chan, @FredFredSanders, Ephraim Radner, Tom Rausch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZOPrJnTRp8 … https://twitter.com/firstthingsmag/status/642352025934544897 …
Between the World and Me, #2 on NYT Bestseller List of Hardcover Nonfiction, @tanehisicoates's reflection on race, was good education for me
Andy Rowell retweeted Oxford Academic
A matter here for @RichardHammar
Andy Rowell added,
Watch the other BYU receiver hug the referee after he signals touchdown. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13592022 …
42 year old pitcher Bartolo Colon doing his thing. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/147630622 …
Crying my way through #9 NYT Sept 13 paperback nonfiction bestseller Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Audiobook read by him is moving.
BREAKING!! @espn calls the #BURoyals head shots the best amongst all college football teams! http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13573538/schlabach-best-offseason-last-gasp-picks …
.@runofplay on Jonathan Franzen, #Purity, and where real life fits in http://gran.tl/1UiWuzu
Tullian Tchividjian Files for Divorce: lost his ministerial credentials earlier this month. @CTmagazine @tmorgan815 http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2015/august/tullian-tchividjian-files-for-divorce.html …
"Why former 49er Chris Borland is the most dangerous man in football" http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13463272/how-former-san-francisco-49ers-chris-borland-retirement-change-nfl-forever …
Simon Fowler (@sifowler) tweeting for The rWorld non-profit: Putting relationships at the heart of American life.
Ruth Graham retweeted Oliver Roeder
All is forgiven; I 
this.
Ruth Graham added,
Satire: "Amazon's new internal EmpathyTrack enables employees to secretly report on colleagues’ lack of humanity." http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/amazon-chief-says-employees-lacking-empathy-will-be-instantly-purged …
Karl Barth's lectures on Ephesians have been translated & are available for free download! https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/399 …
"CCCU and Dissenters" from @scotmcknight http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2015/08/17/cccu-and-dissenters/ … citing @cgehrz
Executives at Amazon worry about work-life balance and warehouse workers worry about physical health. @ezraklein http://www.vox.com/2015/8/17/9166023/new-york-times-amazon …
"The reason we are here is to get stuff done, that is the top priority." Jeff Bezos, Amazon in The Everything Store. http://www.vox.com/2015/8/17/9166023/new-york-times-amazon …
Ten tips for seminary students: http://bit.ly/1MuEoEv
He says, “I was raised in a Catholic tradition. I'll start there,” and I think he means to *finish* there. But he’s delicate with Lovell.
Amy Schumer: "I think people hate women… My experience has been sort of tricking people into listening." http://www.gq.com/story/amy-schumer-late-night-roundtable …
Colbert: "take everything with gratitude. It doesn't mean you want it. I can hold both of those ideas in my head." http://www.gq.com/story/stephen-colbert-gq-cover-story …
The Best of Times for Church Leaders https://willwillimon.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/the-best-of-times-for-church-leaders …
Andy Rowell retweeted The New York Times
I'll assign today's article on http://Amazon.com when we talk about task vs. relationship in leadership.
Andy Rowell added,
Powerful 6 minute story here: 'Running Away Is The Best Policy': Syrian Refugee Recalls Journey To Greece AUGUST 14, 2015 5:27 PM ET @npratc
Miguel Cabrera started an untucking war with Jose Altuve (via @ZachJMayer) http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/8/14/9158255/jose-altuve-miguel-cabrera-uniforms-first-base-untuck-mlb-baseball … https://vine.co/v/epuBnVvBV2H
New blog post: Summary notes of #GLS15 Session 1, @BillHybels The Intangibles of Leadership http://bit.ly/1IKTMqA
"If there's laughter in the room, people will solve whatever problem is there, no matter how hard it is." – @edcatmull #leadership #GLS15
"Don't just deliver, over-deliver!" – Jack Welch #GLS15
"If you have a charismatic cause you do not have to be a charismatic leader." – Jim Collins #GLS15
The key one is fifth from the left. @millinerd @JoelBGreen @brehmcenter @AndyRowell @james_ka_smith
I'm just making the point here that Collins and Hybels describe leadership quite similarly to Northouse's textbook definition.
Andy Rowell retweeted Willow Chicago
"Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal" Northouse
Andy Rowell added,
@WarrenKinghorn FOLLOWS YOU
psychiatrist and theologian at Duke, co-director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School
Ellevate Network, Ellevate Asset Management…past head of Merrill Lynch & Smith Barney ….past research analyst…..mom….crazed UNC…
Andy Rowell retweeted steve carter
Good to see "vision" critiqued as "giving an inspirational speech" is most common poor understanding of leadership.
Andy Rowell added,
Andy Rowell retweeted steve carter
"Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal" Northouse
Andy Rowell added,
How Ben Roethlisberger Grew Up and Became One of the NFL's Great Teammates http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2505720-how-ben-roethlisberger-grew-up-and-became-one-of-the-nfls-great-teammates …
Howard Schultz: America Deserves a Servant Leader. President needs to be unifier and like Pope Francis. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/opinion/america-deserves-a-servant-leader.html … @lead2purpose
Today @Zondervan @ZonderAcademic released these! @leithanderson thanks for believing in me & all you taught me.
Eagles' Chip Kelly challenges NFL status quo on player acquisition, scheme, sports science, and practice techniques. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2511711-chip-kelly-and-his-relentless-assault-on-the-status-quo …
"You're so…snooty! And look down on people!" "I think you mean I'm pretentious and condescending."
"Black churchicality" is "an alternate mode of social life… a clearing." @jkameroncarter https://syndicatetheology.com/commentary/what-was-dylann-roof-shooting-at/ … @synd_theology
Remember the Seattle boss who set a minimum salary of $70,000? Read about the unexpected consequences By @patcohennyt http://nyti.ms/1KEoQz3
@HeatherVacek1 FOLLOWS YOU
Historian, theologian, @pghseminary, reader, writer, runner. Author of _Madness: American Protestant Responses to Mental Illness_ - …
25 years later the stars of Friday Night Lights reunite to relive their story http://on.si.com/1U7jUnH
Twitter wants to become more like Facebook, and it's a terrible idea http://bit.ly/1JSdG41
BREAKING: Two Christian colleges-@EMU_News & @GOSHENCOLLEGE-to permit hiring of faculty who are in same-sex marriage http://bit.ly/1VlmTKM
If you have been taken in by Rob Bell's mess, please kindly consider: http://www.academia.edu/2053275/The_Single_Individual_in_Ordinary_Time_Theological_Engagements_with_Sociobiology … See especially Moltmann quote on page 81.
Former pastor Rob Bell's lecture tour quotes Chopra & Rumi; "maps Christian faith onto modern evolutionary science." http://www.religionnews.com/2015/07/28/rob-bells-everything-spiritual-tour-explores-evolution-universe/ …
Twitter's changes http://ift.tt/1U6FNDV #textpatterns
and just tweet as you would want tweeted unto you.
On Twitter, I think it is best to be blissfully ignorant about who doesn't follows you, receive favorites as surprises,
Mark Driscoll Confirms Move to Phoenix http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2015/07/27/mark-driscoll-confirms-move-to-phoenix/ …
For book and movie recommendations for 10-, 7-, and 5- year olds, I have been helped by https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ and http://www.parents-choice.org/adv_search.cfm
I have gotten all these movies via DVD from the Hennepin County public library.
My favorite Apple thing (and I have had iPhones and MacBook) is the earbuds ("EarPods") which have survived much yanking & are comfortable.
in order that we can look out and also that people can look into the Church.” Karl Barth, "Fragebeantwortung bei der Konferenz der WSCF."
“The Church must be a building with many, many windows and doors on all sides, in order that people may go out and that people may come in,
Perhaps Christians should see Facebook and LinkedIn as a tool for transparency so outsiders see you're NOT weird but trustworthy.
On Facebook, I have labeled basically everyone as "acquaintance" so my timeline only shows me "big news." If you haven't, FB must be awful.
On Facebook I'm conscious single people, parents of disabled kids, and the poor are pained by constant selective depictions of ideal family.
Theory continued: On Facebook people are scanning for significant news about family/friends so opinions/resources appear narcissistic.
Theory: There are more people on Facebook who are eager to hear from you. But there is also a higher chance you will annoy people there.
E.g. Organization: TeamSnap app helpful. Stations and reps then fun in practices. Structure rotation of players for variety & winning.
Finished coaching 9-10 year old baseball. Lessons: organization is crucial, communicate rationale for approach, structure around values.
Also liked Selma, Mandela, Hannah Arendt. Intense: Whiplash, 12 Years a Slave, Birdman, Philomena, Her, Edge of Tomorrow, Boyhood, Ida.
Pixar's Inside Out is a must see. Parents and 10-, 7-, 5- year olds enjoyed it.
We enjoyed Begin Again (2013) by director of Once (2006) John Carney. Also Chef (2014), Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Museum Hours (2012).
John Smoltz at Hall of Fame: "Baseball is not a year-round sport . . . Play other sports." http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/john-smoltz-warns-young-players-about-tommy-john-surgery-in-hall-of-fame-acceptance-speech … / Ditto all sports.
Via Apple Contacts, one can still share contacts between Facebook and Gmail. http://blog.contactually.com/2015/05/3-facebook-contacts-workarounds-to-give-you-control-of-your-network/ … /Though I haven't tried it.
Facebook friend suggestions are out of date stretches because it does not know who you currently email. Thus Facebook increasingly stagnant.
So you can be emailing via Gmail or Outlook with a person frequently but LinkedIn and Facebook don't know. Or vice-versa. $ and privacy.
So Facebook and LinkedIn don't allow you to export contacts. Nor can Facebook import contacts from Microsoft or Gmail. Silos, privacy, $.
This website where you can paste in something in capitalized letters and it will change it to regular type is handy. http://convertcase.net/
All of the lectures from #KBC2015 and #KBPC2015 are now up and available at http://av.ptsem.edu/
If Wendell Berry wrote The Lord of the Rings Frodo would have never left the Shire.
Divinity Dean Richard Hays Stepping Down Aug. 1; Professor Ellen Davis to serve as interim dean. http://bit.ly/1TM9ee2
I must use cash for vacuuming the car, the ice cream truck, and a Craig's List purchase. That's it.
That theory about birth order debunked for good: http://ow.ly/PQkRL http://fb.me/4sNXBKJnU
James K.A. Smith retweeted LA Review of Books
In which I review Peter Harrison's recently published Gifford Lectures for @LAReviewofBooks:
James K.A. Smith added,
Barth Conference June 21-22: Moltmann–pastoral election; Gregory–ethics as gratitude; Jennings–sad banking; Rutledge–a formed church.
Expect National Association of Evangelicals president Leith Anderson to be realistic and candid in his counsel.
Lesser leaders can lead paid staff, only great leaders can lead volunteers well.
I recommend posthumous Feb 2015 Allure of Gentleness by Dallas Willard–his apologetics. Sad not to have his final edits but much wise here.
Andy Rowell retweeted Brian Anderson
The Volunteer Church and Volunteering by @leithanderson and @foxjill are Aug 4 releases from @Zondervan.
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Recordings from the Karl Barth Conferences at Princeton Theological Seminary in June. http://av.ptsem.edu/ http://www.ptsem.edu/library/barth/events/ …
If you are paying too much for your phone, switch over to @republicwirelss. I am heavy user and do $25 a month plan but usually pay $17.50.
There is a new Google Calendar if you have iPhone or Android. http://www.google.com/calendar/about/ http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/google-calendar-for-iphone-more-ways-to.html …
I highly recommend the free app @Podcast_Addict for podcasts if you are on Android.
Interesting interview with Coursera founder and Stanford prof Daphne Koller on NPR's From Scratch by @JessGHarris. http://www.npr.org/series/126166186/from-scratch …
YDS excited to welcome Dr. Willie Jennings to our faculty. Great addition! http://notesfromthequad.yale.edu/notes/2015-07-17-110000/prize-winning-theology-and-race-scholar-willie-jennings-joining-yds-faculty …
Wishing my beloved advisor Willie Jennings every blessing as he prepares to leave Duke for @YaleDivSchool.
Meanwhile, back home, some good news about a bad story: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/disabled-undercover-cop-waits-for-robbers-in-vancouver-but-only-finds-kindness …
I liked PLANT a lot – a web comedy about church planting – and they're fundraising for season 2! http://ow.ly/PJFpq
Public Radio show producer and host of From Scratch, a show about the entrepreneurial life
Declaring What She Sees: Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman https://willwillimon.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/declaring-what-she-sees-harper-lees-go-set-a-watchman …
Sketch of Brooks's religious background is at: http://www.aleteia.org/en/society/article/is-david-brooks-converting-to-christianity-5844469127577600 …
Most of Brooks's examples are Christians & quotes Tim Keller, James D. Hunter, and Charles Taylor. Background is observant conservative Jew.
Brooks's previous book Social Animal drew upon social science literature; this time history. He is a seeker–searching, recently divorced.
. . . Frances Perkins, Dwight Eisenhower, Dorothy Day, A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin, Johnny Unitas, and Joe Namath.
In Road to Character, David Brooks seeks moral lessons from: Augustine, Montaigne, Samuel Johnson, George Eliot, George Marshall, . . .
Authority, #Mission, and Institution: Matthew 28.18-20 in Karl #Barth's Doctrine of Baptism: https://www.academia.edu/7630594/Authority_Mission_and_Institution_A_Systematic_Consideration_of_Matthew_28.18-20_in_Karl_Barths_Doctrine_of_Baptism … via @academia
Discipleship is stunted unless it includes both the centripetal phase of worship and the centrifugal phase of mission. Avery Dulles
Republic Wireless’s Next Target: Data ‘Breakage’ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/07/07/republic-wirelesss-next-target-data-breakage/ …
“The best thing you’ll read all day,” “This is a must-read,” “The seven books you should read this summer,” etc. = “I don’t read very much.”
Lester Ruth (@jl_ruth) gets some well-deserved recognition: "Yes, Jesus Has Always Been Our Boyfriend" via@CTMagazine http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/june/under-discussion-yes-jesus-has-always-been-our-boyfriend.html?share=eofyWo3Lp2G24O76b3JXJTwECZLMDccI&&visit_source=twitter …
9 minute film of life-story of Jan Hus for 600th anniversary of his death July 6 by Hussite Museum, Czech Republic. https://vimeo.com/130072911
Notre Dame may have known of John Howard Yoder's sexual harassment, ignored it http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/allegations-sexual-harassment-against-john-howard-yoder-extend-notre-dame …
Episcopal Church elects Michael Curry first black presiding bishop: http://www.religionnews.com/2015/06/27/episcopal-church-elects-michael-curry-first-black-presiding-bishop/ … @RNS
At the book release for John Webster's festschrift, 'Theological Theology', with editors Sarisky, Nelson, & Stratis.
It's official! Starting July 1, I'm a Visiting Professor of Theology for Fuller Seminary, a 3 year position based in @FTS_Sacramento
United Theological Seminary Welcomes New Faculty http://omkt.co/AAE7jE via @PRWeb Good to see two friends here!
Pursuing our own integrity with different ideas, along different paths: "@fullerseminary and Me" http://www.jrdkirk.com/2015/06/29/fuller-and-me/ …
The @booksandculture Historical Adam Symposium is available now. A lot worth reading here. http://bit.ly/1JjdLzZ
"Business critics say Twitter is falling because the suits don’t know what do to with the service. In…" http://tmblr.co/ZA1xby1oLIPWk
Baseball has changed because of statistical analysis. Data analysis will grow in importance in churches and theological education as well.
I recommend "How Google Works" even if you have to constantly remember this is a rather unique company. Themes: ideas matter, great people.
The #BenedictOption discussions have begun. Something radically different for a radically different world: http://goo.gl/QfKgnK
Musing about the "Benedict Option" and Christian sexual ethics after #SCOTUSMarriage: http://spiritualfriendship.org/2015/06/27/the-benedict-option-and-the-dazzled-pagan-eye/ …
Thanks to @ptseminary and the #KBC2015 for recordings of the live stream! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/princeton-theological-seminary-channel …
Moltmanniac retweeted kessia reyne
This was a hilarious moment during Bruce McCormack's lecture today. #KBC2015
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Barth On Christology’s ‘Identity Problem’ https://theologyoutofbounds.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/barth-on-christologys-identity-problem/ … #KarlBarth
Karl Barth Conference: Karl Barth and the Gospels @ptseminary #KBC2015 Streaming Live: http://av.ptsem.edu/live/ #KBC2015
Billy Graham's grandson steps down from Florida megachurch after admitting an affair http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/06/21/billy-grahams-grandson-steps-down-from-florida-megachurch-after-admitting-an-affair/ …
Five good, and tough!, questions for me from @MrJoshuaRogers and @BoundlessTeam — http://www.boundless.org/blog/five-questions-with-bestselling-author-andy-crouch/ …
Sheryl Sandberg reflects well thirty days after her husband's death: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155617891025177&set=a.404308695176.365039.717545176&type=1&permPage=1 …
passionate about creating an integrated system of theogical education and always trying to find a better way to do something
@DarrenSumner FOLLOWS YOU
Christian theologian and instructor in theology, church history, and religion in western Washington | PhD, University of Aberdeen
For a beautiful read, read @winbassett on using poetry while working as a hospital chaplain. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/250578?Src=longreads# …
Today Wheaton College announced it has removed Dennis Hastert from center named after him http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/05/29/after-indictment-dennis-hastert-steps-down-from-wheaton-colleges-hastert-center-board/ …
RT BREAKING: Swiss Police confirm that, when arrested, all seven FIFA officials threw themselves on the ground and pretended to be injured.
"Silicon Valley’s religion has a clear eschatological vision of the future-a vision of increasing dematerialization." http://marginalia.lareviewofbooks.org/the-vibrant-religious-life-of-silicon-valley-and-why-its-killing-the-economy-by-samuel-loncar/ …
Lots of great responses from @timkellernyc in his question and answer session on Twitter today on preaching.
"Grace works." These beautiful words were spoken to me on the telephone today by my friend, brother and mentor. Thanks Jay Kesler. @yfcusa
See also the recent discussion between @JohnPiper, @ajwtheology, and @DrTomSchreiner http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/should-a-woman-preach-next-sunday … All rides on 1 Tim 2:12.
"he too had never seen civil disagreement on a matter of importance in the university classroom." Carl Trueman, http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2015/05/in-praise-of-the-dying-art-of-civil-disagreement …
Historian Elesha Coffman correctly exegetes 1 Cor 9: All Things to All People? it’s explicitly evangelistic http://www.christianitytoday.com/gifted-for-leadership/2015/may/all-things-to-all-people.html … @GFLblog
Andy Rowell retweeted J.D. Greear
A new but typical application of complementarian position, which rests as usual entirely on 1 verse: 1 Tim 2:12.
Andy Rowell added,
"Grudem is ready to throw the Nicene faith overboard, if only he can keep his complementarianism" http://steverholmes.org.uk/blog/?p=7507 via @SteveRHolmes
Film clips from @BreneBrown by @twotp prior to April 2011 about returning to church. http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/jesus-wept http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/grace-is-not-attractive …
Excited to read: Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission (The Gospel and Our Culture Series) May 6, 2015 by Michael J. Gorman
Big news at Eerdmans: welcoming James Ernest. Introducing the Next Eerdmans Editor in Chief http://wp.me/p1cJiv-3oe via @eerdmansbooks
Theologian @JonRCoutts reviews Disunity in Christ by @CSCleve of @BethelU @DukeDivinity at @Reformation21 http://www.reformation21.org/articles/disunity-in-christ.php …
Many of us at @BethelSeminary attend and enjoy @wcagls Global Leadership Summit. It and http://seminary.bethel.edu/academics/st-paul-programs/transformational-leadership/ … used to have formal tie.
Andy Rowell retweeted Willow Creek
"Go where leadership is taught." @BillHybels along with biblical, theological, spiritual formation = @BethelSeminary
Andy Rowell added,
U2 and B.B. King "When Love Comes to Town" 1988 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRHV-HWhqWQ … and May 15, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzZvezvpoXc … @Overstweet @danielsilliman
Andy Rowell retweeted Daniel Silliman
One of my favorite Twitter friends @danielsilliman chronicles B.B. King's conflicted relationship with Christianity.
Andy Rowell added,
Gregory wanted monks for church leadership because of their integrity but had to teach them how to navigate its complexity. @GDemacopoulos
Andy Rowell retweeted George Demacopoulos
Demacopoulos did excellent translation of Gregory the Great's classic "The Book of Pastoral Rule." Bio will be good.
Andy Rowell added,
What was God doing before creation? Making a hell for those who pry. – Calvin http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes.iii.xv.html … from Augustine http://www.ccel.org/ccel/augustine/confessions.xiv.html …
President Resigns at Northwest Nazarene U. After No-Confidence Vote http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/president-resigns-at-northwest-nazarene-u-after-no-confidence-vote … and http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2015/may/christian-college-president-resigns-tom-oord-evolution.html … @CTmagazine @Mepaynl
Andy Rowell retweeted David Congdon
Yes, David Bentley Hart's comments here zing with his usual verbal flair–this time defending universalism.
Andy Rowell added,
Dad, husband, and 44th President of the United States. Tweets may be archived: http://wh.gov/privacy .
Dean announces @CSCleve appointed associate professor of the practice of reconciliation and the director of @dukecfr http://bit.ly/1dZt2Lt
Andy Rowell retweeted Christianity Today
Rich article here with lots of statistics and data to ponder.
Andy Rowell added,
Andy Rowell retweeted Sharon Hodde Miller
Yes, be "brave" about the right things in the right way, not just going off. Similarly, "lean in" rightly.
Andy Rowell added,
Andy Rowell retweeted The Gospel Coalition
An opportunity here to hear Tim Keller's one hour seminar on preaching.
Andy Rowell added,
% of Americans who are Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran fall; nondenominational Protestants grow: http://pewrsr.ch/1PC1ozX
December 2014 column from outgoing ESPN ombudsman about ESPN's preference for entertainment over journalism (truth). http://espn.go.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/501/serving-sports-fans-through-journalism …
Phil. 4:8 — the social media version (edited and improved)
A prayer of lament from Baltimore resident @RebekahAEklund : http://ow.ly/MyZ6H
.@sherylsandberg posts a sad but lovely farewell to her late husband, @davegoldberg. https://www.facebook.com/sheryl/posts/10155493238390177 …
Dear church leaders: @civarts is offering scholarships for you to attend this year's conference. @AndyRowell @cicw
“Theological Police”? Paleo Evangelicals and Ben Carson http://ow.ly/MwsYq my latest at the Anxious Bench
Updated: Dave Goldberg died of head trauma and blood loss, according to a Mexican government spokesman http://nyti.ms/1IbBNie
In lieu of an essay about conversion to Catholicism or Orthodoxy: All I Really Need to Know I Learned from… http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/04/all-i-really-need-to-know-i-learned-from-evangelicalism …
"The spark of life is movement, color, love." Alessandro Giuliani, aesthetics professor (Mark Helprin, A Soldier of the Great War, 45). @ahc
.@UCBerkeley finds high levels of depression among graduate students: http://bit.ly/1yS111S
Q is next week in Boston! A friend is speaking and asked for advice—here's my reply. http://andy-crouch.com/extras/q_tips
News! I'm joining the faculty at Duke Divinity as Assoc. Professor of the Practice of Reconciliation & Dir. of the Center for Reconciliation
Evangelism is every leader's job. Here's how to do it well: http://s.hbr.org/1Gf7jpp @GuyKawasaki
"Don't think of them as kids, think of them as little human startups." Dying. #veep
Watch the 2015 MLK Lecture with Professor James H. Cone: https://youtu.be/ziEGUYKkVGY
I got a little obsessed with the phrase "No, totally": http://nyr.kr/1ah07R4
Home, the new album from @JoshGarrels is out today on iTunes & NoiseTrade https://itun.es/us/DtJa6
My kids were mostly interested in *playing* basketball next to the TV r lil worried about tough kids at school who are big Wisconsin fans.
We enjoyed the Duke win but we usually cheer for the underdog so understand the many annoyed. Games are close. Players are kids.
Not to mention: Philippians 2:12-13 "continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you."
So this tweet wrong: @PastorTullian Apr 4 When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, “Sin and resistance.”
. . . and outwardly and publicly, before men and according to the judgment of men by works" (Barth, IV/2, 525). [2 of 2]
Luther speaks of "a twofold justification, inwardly in the spirit and before God only by faith; . . . [1 of 2]
[On justification and sanctification], "Luther himself [speaks]… with the same kind of two-sidedness as… Calvin" (Barth, IV/2, 525).
Righteousness is endlessly complicated. http://bit.ly/1BsRzMN #KendrickLamar
I think biblical concept is not "self-love" but sabbath–strict 1/7th self-care (Deut 5:15) interrupted for occasional emergency (Mt 12:12).
Barth (with Luther and Calvin; contra Tertullian, Chrysostom, Augustine, Aquinas) says we are not commanded to love ourselves (I/2, 387-88).
Great interview with @QCook323 on Dan Patrick Show today http://www.danpatrick.com/?s=quinn+cook
"Baseball is struggling to hook kids" http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/baseballs-trouble-with-the-youth-curve–and-what-that-means-for-the-game/2015/04/05/2da36dca-d7e8-11e4-8103-fa84725dbf9d_story.html …? / I'm coaching 3rd-4th graders. Teaching them @ practice, failure, high fives.
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (1940) probes priest's role (service vs. purity); 1920-30 persecution of Catholic church in Mexico.
I recommend Small Victories (2014) by @AnneLamott for its many vernacular depictions of why the good news is good news.
Preaching after Easter – Part 1 http://wp.me/p2vVa8-lL
RT @bradleypenner: Good article on the Barth Wars between McCormack and Hunsinger. http://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/04/barth-wars …
Before you watch #WolfHall on #MasterpieceTheater, read my piece on how it distorts history – at @washingtonpost http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/04/05/how-wolf-hall-will-entertain-millions-and-threaten-to-distort-history-in-the-process/ …
We liked the contemplative unharsh "Museum Hours" (from library) recommended by @Overstweet http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lookingcloser/2014/01/overstreets-favorite-films-2013/ … http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/october-web-only/nothing-better-than-real-thing.html?paging=off …
When Pope Francis comes to Congress, lawmakers will be expecting Santa Claus. What they'll get is John the Baptist.
great piece on the best worship music you've never heard by @wenreagan in @CTmagazine http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/april/best-worship-music-you-wont-hear-on-christian-radio.html?share=rLLFuJkSSSvETynEomdr3tm8DAS46%2byt&&visit_source=twitter …
Male execs didn't like first personal computer because it had a keyboard and typing was considered women's work. @WalterIsaacson Innovators
Please pray for Andy Stanley as he prepares my next sermon.
We're having a special outreach for Palm Sunday. Bring a frond.
Here's my Sunday column, which may startle regular readers: I rise in defense of evangelical Christians: http://nyti.ms/1yniycy
Looking for a reporter focusing on American Christianity. @RNS is hiring! http://www.religionnews.com/about/careers/
Key to academic writing. Pull out wand & turn scary prof-in-your-head into a toddler throwing a temper tantrum. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fbXS1polkQA …
AMBS accepts responsibility for John Howard Yoder's sexual abuses, apologizes to victims http://www.elkharttruth.com/living/faith/2015/03/22/Anabaptist-Mennonite-Biblical-Seminary.html … /via @jamesdpitts
"Cattywampus, onomatopoeia and antidisestablishmentarianism." Wisconsin players have fun w/ stenographer at presser. http://es.pn/1AYSq8Q
Singing in the first person: on “I” and “we” in worship http://bit.ly/1H96IuO
Lyle Schaller loved and shaped churches of America. Wrote 100 books. #1 church consultant. Read my CT tribute: http://bit.ly/1H2t6SW
Reading Backwards with Richard Hays – Brief Reflections (Gupta) http://wp.me/p2Rhc-1FO
In our next cover story, Jeffrey Goldberg explores the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. http://theatln.tc/1AtkWyY
THIS JUST IN: 49ers LB Chris Borland tells @OTLonESPN that he is retiring, says he fears brain injury. » http://es.pn/1LlgcG6
.@mrianleslie's piece on Doug Lemov and teaching is too good to excerpt. Read the entire thing. http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/11/revolution-changing-way-your-child-taught …
YES, here it is: Lila honored with the National Book Award: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/books/lila-by-marilynne-robinson-honored-as-top-fiction-by-national-book-critics-circle.html?_r=0 …
I thought Lila by Marilynne Robinson was more accessible and enjoyable than I remember Gilead and Home–the first 2 of the trilogy–being.
I've got some tough news, junior. Grandma's personal brand was retired today. Let's remember all the relevant content she aggregated for us.
I made a browser extension that replaces the “What’s happening?” question on Twitter’s text field:
@dgpogue FOLLOWS YOU
Follower of Christ, Husband, Worship Arts Pastor at City Church in Minneapolis, Songwriter, Coffee Enthusiast, St. Louis Cardinal and…
Richly deserved. Jean Vanier, friend of the disabled, living saint if you ask me, wins the Tempeton Prize. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/11/jean-vanier-templeton-prize_n_6842884.html …
The terrible loneliness of growing up poor in Robert Putnam’s America: http://wapo.st/1x0H6Y1
My new book OurKids: The American Dream in Crisis is out today. Many thanks for your tweets. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476769893/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER …
RT @roddreher Daniel Taylor's novel of ideas 'Death Comes for the Deconstructionist" is very, very good — and important. / @BethelU proud.
My More magazine story on Nadia Bolz-Weber @sarcasticlutheran was just named best magazine article/Wilbur Awards: http://bit.ly/1xXb7rW
Who to follow on Twitter: those who recommend quality resources and keep self-promotion low. Bonus: reads tweets so gets Twitter, expertise.
If you don't like Twitter, look through the people I follow and try some of them. I recommend them.
When people post great links on Facebook, I comment: "Try Twitter. You'd like it." Facebook=personal updates. Twitter=ideas/resources.
A Beginning Song by @TheDecemberists @colinmeloy http://youtu.be/Cm6xtkX_Dvs / I think it's about longing for contentment around so much good.
BIG NEWS: Quest Church has purchased the building formerly known as Mars Hill Church. Join us in support and prayer: http://wp.me/pT6R-34F
Fred Craddock, influential homiletics prof, died today. @ChristianCent had a good story on him just last month: http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2015-02/people-s-preaching-class …
.@DecentFilms @AndyRowell Starting the Chronicles of Narnia in chronological order is like watching Star Wars starting w/ Episode I
Low #expectations, however well-meaning, can end up confining & restricting both typical kids & kids w/ #disabilities http://ow.ly/JVTwk
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Fred Craddock at around 11 am on this day. We will continue to honor his life and work.
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