Survivor International published photographs of an uncontacted tribe near the Brazil-Peru border. The photos wee taken by the Brazillian government to show that the tribes do exist. Logging is forcing the tribes to move across borders which can possibly cause international problems. The tribe members tried shooting the plane with arrows. (via churchrelevance)
Entries from May 2008
May 31, 2008
My New Roommate is Santa Claus
You find all kinds of interesting things at rummage sales. You also meet lots of interesting people. You might even meet your new best friend.
May 31, 2008
The Birds of The Air Hate Me
So I’m guarding the rummage at our church rummage sale and I’m getting really bored from all the people asking me questions about how much things cost, so I pull out my guitar (pronounced geetar) and play a few songs. I’m in the middle of jamming to “Satellite” by Guster when I feel something graze [...]
May 30, 2008
Pastor’s Wisdom
Scot McKnight’s series on asking pastors what they would do differently if they started from the beginning of their ministry again was amazing. Unfortunately this is the last one (here). The bold font is my emphasis.
If I started again, I would prepare the same way; seminary training focusing on the classics of Greek, Hebrew, Church [...]
May 29, 2008
‘The Road’ is Becoming a Movie
Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel The Road is being filmed by John Hilcoat. The book is amazing. I can’t wait for the movie. Here’s the NY Times article on the film adaptation (via bookninja):
“Viggo Mortensen, who plays the father, said the same thing. “It’s a love story that’s also an endurance contest,” he explained, and quickly added: [...]
May 29, 2008
The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet by Rubem Alves
The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet by Rubem Alves is the most important book on the subject of Theopoetics. Unlike Amos Wilder’s Theopoetics: Theology and the Religious Imagination–which, although claims to be writing against the discursive, prosaic, and rationalistic, is written in a form that is discursive, prosaic, rationalistic–Alves’ language and metaphors are pure poetry. While Wilder marches, Alves dances.
This [...]
May 28, 2008
Peter Singer and the Problem With Suffering
The philosopher Peter Singer writes that Christians have failed to come up with a satisfying answer as to why God allows suffering (here). I think most Christians base the fact that there is suffering on the effects of sin stemming from the original sin. Singer believes the original sin was about wanting knowledge. I believe it [...]
May 28, 2008
I Was There: Ichiro’s Amazing Catch
If you missed Ichiro’s over the shoulder catch off of Varitek on Monday here’s footage below. If you want to see a better video click here. I was at the game so you can see me in the stands. Well I’m a little dot in right-center, but I’m there.
May 26, 2008
Heaven’s Broken Heels
In Matthew 6, when Jesus was showing us how to pray, he said, “Our Father in ouranos (heaven) hallowed be your name” and later he says do not worry for the birds of the ouranos (air) do not worry. In Greek mythology the god Uranus comes from the Greek word ouranos, who was the sky-god, and his [...]
May 25, 2008
Holly and Human Trafficking
The movie Holly opened to limited release in April and was featured in Portland last night at the Hollywood Theatre. Holly is about a young Vietnamese girl named Holly who was sold by her family to become a prostitute in Cambodia. A wandering American, Patrick (Ron Livingston from Office Space), accidentally comes upon her and a [...]
