Lately I have been thinking about what we are saved for. What is the purpose of salvation? What is God trying to do by offering us salvation? I think too often we see salvation as the goal, but maybe it is just a first step to a much much bigger goal.
When salvation is the goal, [...]
saved for… what?
5 Fears for Seminary
This past week I spent in Pasadena, CA, interviewing for a possible part-time youth ministry job. Mike and I are headed out to Pasadena in July so I can attend Fuller Seminary. I spent a lot of time interviewing for the job but was able to catch some time around the seminary to take care [...]
christarchy?
“Anarchy” is from the Greek anarchos, from an- “no” and archos “ruler.” Anarchism, fundamentally, is a basic opposition to any concentration of power that imposes a will upon a human being, to any kind of rulership. We see this every day in our lives- from bosses or teachers, to governmental rules, to controlling relationships. Any [...]
Big City Mountaineers
Ok, so I hate making plugs for money, but this is SO COOL.
I work at a social service agency in the city of Chicago called Christopher House. I work in a after-school college-prep program for low-income students, grades 8-12. Almost all of our students will be first-generation college students when then finally get off to [...]
check it double-deck it!
I’m pretty excited about this one. On my favorite website and everything. Although most of the other stuff is more interesting, it’s nice to get in there a bit!
why i am glad gas is $4 per gallon
It seems like we don’t really care of the consequences of our actions, unless they have consequences for us. So we can know all the right things to do in life, but unless they have some personal consequence or benefit for us, we sometimes get lazy about doing them.
One great example? Driving. We all know [...]
theological reflections on the environment
I was a little disturbed this past week about a blog conversation that went on at jesusmanifesto.com under the blog post “Jonah on Climate Change“. I’m not going to get into the discussion on there, but I just wanted to share a few of my on environmental thoughts.
1) If you don’t believe that Jesus is [...]
bike lane
I loved this picture and the caption that went with it:
“Further proof of Big Oil’s commitment to promote using fewer non-renewable resources.”
Although I have to say that after riding all over Chicago these past two years, I might be ready to handle this one!
Mental Detox
So Mike and I did something last night that we have been talking about for months… we got rid of our TV. Actually, it hasn’t gone far yet- it’s currently sitting in the back seat of our car waiting for me to take it to the Chicago Recycling Center.
This week is Adbuster’s Mental Detox week. [...]
the gospel of or the gospel about?
I have been struggling lately to connect the two gospel messages I find in the bible- the gospel of Jesus and the gospel about Jesus. The gospel of Jesus can mostly be found in the gospels, and the gospel about Jesus can be found in the letters of the NT (especially Paul’s). How are the [...]
