arts and mission

April 23, 2010

Yesterday, we had one of the most engaging PlantR meetings I have been a part of. A panel of three artists led us through a dialogue of the merging of mission and the arts. Churches don’t do artistic expression well, at least not in my lifetime, or for most of the last century. There are [...]

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creating new forms of common life

April 19, 2010

Instead of continuing to spend such energy trying to make outworn patterns of institutional life serve us, it seems appropriate to devote more attention to the task of creating new forms of common life that may, over time, allow a new consensus to emerge. And it seems probably that the relearning of the meaning of [...]

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five things

April 14, 2010

My friend Blaine sometimes does a post called Five Things where he writes about five things he’s into right now. I like the idea, and I’m stealing it. He tells me he stole it from someone else anyway. So…five things I’m into right now: The Antlers — Steve McCoy twittered about them a few weeks [...]

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should we fire god?

April 13, 2010

At the Ecclesia National Gathering in February, my friend Jim Pace pulled out of his bag a galley copy of his now released book, Should We Fire God?, and handed it to me. Seeing Dallas Willard across the small conference room, I wondered aloud if I could get him to sign it for me. Thankfully, [...]

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two new websites for harbor ministries

April 12, 2010

Last week, we launched two new websites for a non-profit called Harbor Ministries: the main website and one of their main initiatives called RhythminTwenty. Both of these sites were built on WordPress, once again showing how well it can function as a content management system that doesn’t necessarily look or behave like a blog. I [...]

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pedernales falls

April 12, 2010

Yesterday, our family stumbled on Pedernales Falls State Park. We spent a long weekend at a dude ranch outside of Banderas where I performed a wedding. I decided to take the scenic route home, and noticed that the route I was taking was going to pass right by the park. The name was familiar from [...]

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viralhope and ecclesia press

April 7, 2010

This week saw the release of ViralHope: Good News from the Urbs to the Burbs (and everything in between). It is a collection of writings by 50 different Christian pastors, writers, and thinkers that was compiled and edited by my friend, JR Woodward. I’m thankful to be one of the 50, as there are many [...]

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gearing up for passion week with @passionweek

March 17, 2010

The image to the left is from a carved door from the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome. Though it dates to 400 years after the crucifixion, it is, arguably, the first known image of the event. It might have been that the crucifixion was too sacred, too horrific, or maybe both, to portray. But [...]

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plundering the archives in honor of st. patrick

March 17, 2010

In honor of St. Patrick, a look at my posts of St. Patrick’s days past: 2005: honoring st. patrick — an encouragement to drink green beer 2006: the prayer of st patrick — a prayer worth praying on other days too 2008: happy st. patricks day — the story of St. Patrick Veggie Tales style

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some reading for the season

March 16, 2010

I’ve had a few books come my way from InterVarsity which were timely reads for the current season of Lent and Easter to come: The Mystery of the Cross: Bringing Ancient Christian Images to Life, by Judith Couchman This is a book of forty short essays describing how the cross has been portrayed artistically throughout [...]

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johnchandler.org

March 15, 2010

With my hands in several different projects around the web, I decided to create a simple bio/landing page a few years ago located at JohnChandler.org. (JohnChandler.com was long ago picked up by a Ford Dealership bearing my name in Amarillo.) I link to this site from twitter and often in blog comments. It serves as [...]

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evil and the justice of god

March 8, 2010

Much of my Christian journey over the last decade has been a growing understanding of how following Jesus shapes how we join God’s work in the world today. It’s not just that we are being formed to be like Jesus, but that we act with the intent of seeing God’s kingdom come through our continuation [...]

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creation project

February 26, 2010

Today, we broke a bottle of champagne over Creation Project and declared it launched. (The server seems to be doing okay, though perhaps a bit sticky.) The site features two blogs and links to other writings from my friend and fellow Austinite Jonathan Dodson. The homepage is a modified magazine format, featuring the latest post, [...]

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you go, flannery

February 25, 2010

I’m not sure how it was that I was able to live over three and a half decades without being aware of Flannery O’Connor. What I’ve learned and read of her in the last few years has me wanting to make sure others are aware of her. (If you watch Lost, you might be familiar [...]

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