about 13 hours ago - 1 comment
I find myself wanting to advocate justice for the hurting and pronouncing judgment on the religious. in this, i have become the very thing i despise… I am quick to offer grace to the rebellious and wayward. but i am slow in offering to the religious, if i offer it at all. yet i must. More >
about 13 hours ago - 1 comment
I find it interesting and completely hypocritical that some yell the loudest about this area of culture, all the while ignoring other blatant cultural atrocities. Why pick on this sin as opposed to others? I have never seen picket signs and petitions protesting overeating or gossip or adultery.
Most won’t find it too shocking to More >
about 13 hours ago - No comments
Doesn’t matter what you do or who you are: Jesus. Loves. You.
And there’s the summery of the book. See ya!!
Just kidding… well in a way I am. I wanted to pull a few quotes and thoughts from the book I liked (and make a few comments if needed), but essentially that is it – Jesus More >
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
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Here is my current article on the XXXChurch called “Someone who Understands”. It’s under the Couple’s section of the blog. Or you can just read it below…
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Someone Who Understands
By Chris Kozacek on Jan 11, 10 at 07:20 PM | Share This | Comments (1)
My wife and I have a 19-month-old boy.
He is just More >
about 1 month ago - 1 comment
like so many others… I went to see “Avatar” this week.
I had heard from a few of my friends what an amazing movie it was. I had also heard from a few other people, that I should be wary of it/or not see it at all, because it teaches “Pantheism” (and we realize we can’t More >
about 1 month ago - No comments
I posted a link to this article on my Facebook page already today… and have gotten a few great comments so far. Thought I’d throw it down on here as well.
Below is an article written by Time Magazine on the Advent Conspiracy movement.
Take a glance and let us know what you think…?
Good stuff? Too crippling More >
about 2 months ago - 2 comments
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As usual, Kevin, has me reading a book with him that he really thinks is great.
This book is called, “Deep Church” by Jim Belcher, and seeks to take a look at the discussion (or sometimes worse, the fight) between the Emerging and Tradition sides in Evangelical Christianity. His premise is they might be More >
about 2 months ago - No comments
My friend Kevin sent me a guest post by Rachel Held Evans on Scot McKnights blog, “Jesus Creed“.
Interesting post, that I’ll copy below. But I was also intrigued by a comment made by Bob Smallman about her post. Here’s what he wrote:
Along these lines is a comment by Rebecca Manley Pippert that I came across More >
about 2 months ago - No comments
My new XXXChurch.com article… “Let’s be honest… We aren’t happy or fulfilled”.
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LET’S BE HONEST
By Chris Kozacek on Mon, Nov 9th 09 at 09:21PM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Week after week you hope to come up with a profound and griping post to submit to be placed on here…
But how often do we truly sit down and More >
about 4 months ago - No comments
Just listened to Paramore’s new album “Brand New Eyes” and this song intrigued me the most.
It’s called, “Playing God”. Thoughts? (Lyrics are below the video)
Lyrics for “Playing God” by Paramore
Can’t make my own decisions
Or make any with precision
Well maybe you should tie me up
So I don’t go where you don’t want me
You say that I More >
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about 2 months ago
I suppose so. I mean, the “bad stuff” is what makes our stories sort of interesting, right? Fairy tales are always told in the midst of conflict or in the middle of the wrong being righted. We’re always told that they lived happily ever after, but who cares about those mundane day-in-day-out parts of Cinderella and Prince Charming’s relationship? I think your question also asks what makes our lives narratives in the first place? Most don’t live in happily-ever-after situations (ha, and if you it probably means you’re sort of boring to hear about…) so what do we or God do that makes it a story worth hearing? Personally, I think what the church has done in light of God’s departure in the ascension of Christ is pretty interesting BECAUSE it has done both good and bad, because it’s a mixed bag of a narrative, and even more so that its still unfolding before our eyes.