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Assembled, Apart
Over the past few days churches around the country have grappled with the idea of canceling worship, moving to online presentations of worship, “making things work.”
Something has been missing. Perhaps what I mean to say is that, well-intentioned as these conversations have been, I fear they miss the bedrock of what worship is supposed to be: the people of God have been gathered by the mysterious…
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Glenn O’Brien’s Style
Sad to learn this morning that Glenn O’Brien just passed away. Glenn was not only the writer behind GQ’s “Style Guy” column, which ran for sixteen years, he was also a cultural pioneer. In the 1970s, he worked for Andy Warhol and hosted a public access TV show called “TV Party,” which he co-founded with Chris Stein from the band Blondie. Guests included nearly every “who’s who” figure at the time – Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Clash, David Byrne, Klaus Nomi, and Fab 5 Freddy. His music column in Interview magazine was also considered a touchstone for music criticism, particularly in how it covered the 1980s NYC punk scene. And Glenn would later go on to be an editor and writer at publications such as Rolling Stone, High Times, Artforum, and elsewhere.
In a few of his interviews, Glenn cited Fred Hughes as his biggest style influence. The two met when they worked together for Warhol. Hughes was a Texan with an eclectic sense of dress – he mixed Savile Row bespoke tailoring with trim jeans, and liked to wear his watch on the outside of his shirt cuff (like Gianni Agnelli, before this became a meme on the internet).
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Pentecostliness
This week I have read a blog post from TheMillennialPastor and hearing the newest Soundcloud stream from the guys at Technicolor Jesus. For different reasons and in different ways each have touched on church(y) issues that are on my mind this week.
Sunday we will be celebrating Pentecost, the Christian Church’s birthday and a signifier of the continued presence (and challenge) of God in our…
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The Way Things Are
The Way Things Are
I have noticed that I, and frankly, a lot of us in the world, are always nudging for things to move forward, or get a little better, or a little more developed. We sit and look at something (a situation, an organization, a product – in my case, church) and we think, “this is good, but if we did this, then…”
It’s not all bad. In fact, I would say it is exactly because of this tendency that humans…
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Over the Hump
There’s always a tipping point.
Throughout our lives we have moments that we can look back to and recognize, “that moment, that moment was the threshold moment, the tipping point, that led to…” We encounter tipping points every day, the choice to make one comment over another in a conversation (for better or ill), the choice to say yes to one engagement over another, the choice to make peace…
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The Fox Trap
Leaders have got to lead. Whether they are laser-focused on one agenda or are able to see the whole field at once, leaders have got to lead. Today I wrap up a brief series of pieces on leadership and pluralism; the other two can be found in prior posts The Hedgehog and the Fox and The Hedgehog’s Dilemma.
I don’t want to spend time on the detailed and really particular nuances of the philosophical…
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The Hedgehog's Dilemma
The Hedgehog’s Dilemma
I have some comments about our political climate today. I hope to be respectful and bipartisan (really, nonpartisan). That said, there is an uncomfortable truth that our culture is trying to ignore even as we talk about it all the time. We are a polarized nation.
As the political season continues to ramp up we’ve seen rhetoric become more and more divisive. Each constituency is pitted against the…
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Women in Ministry Initiative
Women in Ministry Initiative
If not for women, I would not be here.
This is not a snarky comment and hopefully there are no misogynistic undertones. I have accomplished what I have in my life because of the direct love, guidance, mentoring, and teaching of powerful females in my life. Were I to sit down and ‘count the ways’ women have shaped who I am, we’d be here all day, I would tell stories I shouldn’t, and I would still…
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Hedgehog or Fox?
In perhaps his most famous essay, The Hedgehog and the Fox philosopher Isaiah Berlin ponders a phrase by the ancient Greek philosopher, Archilochus, “a fox knows many things, but a hedgehog one important thing.”
He starts by placing great writers of history into one of the two categories, and then comes upon Tolstoy. Berlin perceives that Tolstoy is a fox by talent, but a hedgehog by conviction.…
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Something Special This Way Comes
Something Special This Way Comes
Today is Super Tuesday! While many are focused on politics (and taking often fairly corrosive positions), I have decided that Super Tuesday should actually be super. There’s a lot of negativity, back-biting, and divisive talk out there; today let’s pay attention to things that lift us up. This week’s offering is not about my less-than-profound ponderings, but rather showcasing very cool things…
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Jesus, Etc
One of my great joys is getting to know other people’s stories. I’ll take any story; our stories are an expression of who we are. They reveal hurts overcome, wounds covered up, loves that have changed our lives, and obstacles that have defined us.
One of my other great joys is music. I could blame my parents who are avid musicians and lovers of this great and diverse art form; I could just as…
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Nintendo Stands With Apple: “Sorry, FBI, You Can’t Hack The Game Boy Either”
Apple has said no to the FBI’s demand for backdoor decryption of an iPhone. Nintendo joins them.
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Ordinary Miracles
Have you ever witnessed a miracle?
I ask you to ponder this. Take it seriously.
We live in an age where Christians, not to mention culture at large, are divided, confused, even embarrassed on the issue. There are many leading Christian leaders over the past five hundred years who almost dismiss the miracle as superstition seeking validation. There are others who whole-heartedly say that they see…
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Farminary
In May Princeton Seminary will be holding its annual reunion and the graduating classes of 2010 and 2011 (who were enmeshed from the beginning) will hold a joint reunion. As we get ready for this time to reconnect with each other and our school, I have agreed to join a few classmates in highlighting something new and interesting about our school on a weekly basis. So, for the coming several weeks…
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First Steps Home
Yesterday I offered a reflection on Ash Wednesday. In it was a prayer that I give on Ash Wednesday, asking God to give us the blessing of being made uncomfortable. I ask that we be led to feel the way we separate ourselves from God through what we have done and what we have left undone. The first steps of Lent begin with a rending of our hearts, according to the prophet Joel.
I hope this does not…
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Ashes Fallin' a Little Close to Home
Ashes Fallin’ a Little Close to Home
“Consider yourself dead to sin and alive to God in Jesus Christ” – Romans 6:11
I will be repeating this phrase this evening as I smear a messy (and barely legible) cross on the foreheads of a few dozen adherents at my church. The words themselves are haunting, a sharp imperative to think of ourselves as dead and gone in relation to sin – anything that separates us from God. We are only alive, we…
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Saying Goodbye
Yesterday I presided over a memorial service for a person in my church. He was a good friend who had fought disease valiantly, and along the way he taught me a lot about humility, perseverance, and courage. Being given the chance to be there for his family and to lead his friends in saying their goodbyes was nothing short of an honor.
I’m realizing today that I have a mixed up set of emotions…
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