Since I don’t get the chance to pick up a copy of Christian News Northwest anymore I have to switch my local newspaper update to The Southwest Community Connection. I want to point out the Faith Forum articles in the October and November issues.
October featured Scott Kolbet, the pastoral associate at St. John Fisher Catholic Church. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘faith’
November 5, 2008
The Southwest Community Connection Faith Forum Update
November 4, 2008
Eve by Mackenzie Bartels
I saw this painting over the weekend. Was struck by it. Spent fifteen minutes trying to describe why I was struck by it and then finally gave up. The artist is Mackenzie Bartels, a local Portland artist, and her website with other works is here. This piece is called Eve.
November 2, 2008
As We Watch
My sister played in her last high school volleyball game this weekend. I passed up on the Oregon State vs. Arizona state football game for it, but I was glad to be there anyways and see my family. My brother is a photographer and he positioned himself on the opposite side of us in the [...]
October 15, 2008
Moralism in Christian Fiction
The fantasy author L.B. Graham has a short blog (here) about Moralism in fiction and what makes Christian fiction. I’ll have my own response to it, but not right now. In the meantime you should read it.
October 9, 2008
Moralism is the Downfall of Christianity
A lot of my friends aren’t Christians, but we tend to have a lot of talks about God and spirituality, usually over cigars on the back patio. I never know quite what to say and always end up feeling like an idiot for what I do. I read this blog by Matthew Raley titled “What’s [...]
September 13, 2008
Rob Bell Likes Art Chocolate
Jake Dockter talks with Rob Bell about art and faith (here). Here’s a quote from Rob:
People have to ask themselves questions about what they even want or desire. Because it all begins with a deep dissatisfaction of how things are. And we do not change without pain. So a person would have to be in enough [...]
September 8, 2008
For Writers, Readers, and Everyone Else 009
Image Journal has a couple of short-stories that impressed me. Tony Woodlief’s “Name” is about a Vietnamese prisoner of the Khmer Rouge, who is thought to be a spy. The other is Geoff Wyss‘ “Child of God” about a Catholic high school teacher who is upset about the dismissal of a student for being pregnant. [...]
September 6, 2008
Confessions of a Republican National Convention Security Guard
Avi Steinberg wrote an interesting and humorous article for Slate, “Confessions of an RNC Security Guard” (here) which details his experience being a security guard during the Republican National Convention. His observation of the late night Republicans is wry and witty and I want to share the last few lines:
All the hotels in the area [...]
September 4, 2008
Two Videos For Your Viewing Pleasure
Here are a couple of video links. If you’re an Emergent hater then too bad, but I think these are good. The first one is by Brian McLaren about politics (here). And the second one is by Rob Bell about living a disciplined life with a clear purpose (here, with Portugese subtitles. I don’t know [...]
September 3, 2008
Christian News Northwest Highlights
As an avid reader of Christian News Northwest I decided I’d highlight some of its articles. I usually read it because I’m at work and I have nothing to do, but I always find something that either irks me or interests me that I want to share. And until they use my idea to improve [...]
