Rethinking a Messiah’s Miracle Might I suggest Jesus would favor brewing up a batch of European varieties such as the Floreffe Special Reserve, a rich dark beer seasoned with anise spice and orange peel. At eight percent alcohol content, this Belgium Ale is a joy to drain and represents a choice brew that would easily [...]
Rethinking a Messiah’s Miracle WWJB? It’s a legitimate question. Jesus drank with the best of them.1 He made choice wine from water at a wedding in Cana—and lots of it. About 150 gallons. In case you’re wondering, that’s about 800 bottles. And it was good stuff. “You saved the best for last,” said the master [...]
If you like good people and good wine then check out the enso winery. One of the men behind the grapes is Ryan Sharp of The Cobalt Season fame. Cobalt makes awesome music and the whole Sharp family is annoyingly amazingly talented so this wine venture is sure to succeed. If you are in Oakland [...]
This past Sunday I got to preach on my favorite Psalm! In Psalm 82 the God of Israel puts other deities on trial for failing to support social justice and ends up condemning them to death. Pretty sweet text and if you are interested here’s the sermon audio. (right click and save as if you [...]
‘A rabbi, a minister and an imam walk into a classroom, and it’s no joke.’ That’s the opening line from the AP story on Claremont School of Theology’s new University project. The plan is basically to have all three Abrahamic faiths training ministers in separate schools within one larger University. Al Mohler (among other conservative [...]
Here’s a video from my Church‘s Open Mic night. Enjoy!
Dear Texas Board of Education, I’m a Christian first, and a Texan a close second. I know I live in California now, but I’m still a Texan at heart. I might have posted a snarky thing or two about Gov. Perry, but I love my home state. I’ve been following the stories about the Board [...]
Order/Download Jennifer Knapp’s new record ‘Letting Go,’ coming out on May 11. It packs the same powerful folk-rock vocals 9 years later, with honest, humble lyrics that reflect on faith, love, and her conflicting relationship with Christian culture. As a college student active in just about every student organization on campus, naturally I was asked [...]
Bruce Epperly is one of the coolest dudes I know. I had a chat with him about the future of the church, the emerging church, the new shapes of religion and spirituality on the ground, and other theological tid bits. I hope you enjoy it. If you do check out his blog series here.
Who hasn’t had a couple months in their life where they were obsessed with a video game? Well I guess the oldies out there may not know that experience but I got say I spent many a days rocking out with Link trying to save Zelda and I am pretty sure that despite tons of [...]
