What is the relationship between a seminary student from Denmark, a day at a desert indie rock concert, and the American church?Asking a QuestionSomething sobering, sad and rather haunting happened to me recently. I asked a simple question, and received an answer I never anticipated.We are friends with a young woman who is getting her … Continue reading Too Many Choices, Shopping, and "We Walk"

Franz Liszt and Joshua Bell at Disney Hall!Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

A year ago, I took my first trip to the desert with my oldest daughter and her friends, to experience the Coachella Music Festival for the first time.This year, I took a trip to the desert again, (daughter in separate car - "Da-aaa-d, driving with you would be soooo uncool!") but I really ended taking … Continue reading Sir Paul in the Desert

This people, is/am/are the Ting Tings @ Coachella!Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Coachella 2009 people. On stage now - Airborne Toxic Event. Yes, its a band.Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Today is Good Friday.A day of remembering an event which often feels so immense that it seems the world can scarcely bear it. I know I hardly can. It is too hard, and painful, and deep and wide. It seems too much.Tonight our family attended a Good Friday service of worship that is taken from … Continue reading Good Friday

This video of John Wooden is about eight years old, but really, it is timeless.http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf

And they say North Korea wants to launch a missile. I have something for your missile, Dear Leader!

Rob Bell was asked how he could present the gospel on Twitter. Although not 140 characters, this was his answer: “I would say that history is headed somewhere. The thousands of little ways in which you are tempted to believe that hope might actually be a legitimate response to the insanity of the world actually … Continue reading Twittering the Gospel

Recently Rob Bell was interviewed in CT – and shared a theology to which I wholly subscribe, although I am not a theologian. One comment in the article is that Mr. Bell is reframing the gospel in North America for the last couple of hundred years, with many of his comments contained within his new … Continue reading Evacuation Theology