conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

wednesday linkage

Well -- it's just that you seem to be laboring under the delusion that I am going to -- what is the phrase? -- come quietly. I am afraid I am not going to come quietly at all, Cornelius. I have absolutely no intention of being sent to Azkaban. I could break out, of course -- but what a waste of time, and frankly, I can think of a whole host of things I would rather be doing.
- Albus Dumbledore

The whole world seems to be alive with Harry Potter. I read the book in about eight hours. Inhaled it, really. The previous post has some spoilers in it. I offer you fair warning before going there. If you have no interest in knowing what happens to the characters, then don't go there. Heh.

Here is some UBSC news for you...and some random current events. Have fun!

university events
Cliff is hoping Fred will run.
The Young Fogey is not so convinced. Why? Well, this.
Sister Julie is training for her first triathlon.
AKMA is continuing his countdown. He leaves in three days.
Mike is thrilled at how well the Emergent conference went.
Amy has switched to Wordpress. Man...now I have to fix my links!

current events:

Dems are looking at faith again...and again, and again, and again.
You Tube was at the debate. I was not.
The US has been talking to Iran about Iraq...follow the BBC link.
Christianity Today has this about Bush's heresy as reported in the NY Times. It ain't all roses.
Jim Wallis was critical of Bush's "theology of Empire."

baptist events:

Vatican's claim of link to apostles has parallels in Baptist successionism. Who knew that I was a pastor in the one true church? Fabulous!
ABP Editorial - Guest Opinion: Creeds, chaos, and the Holy Spirit by Carol Crawford Holcomb...This is a pretty good attempt to explain how and why Baptists are not creedal. Give her a read.

John Russell, the second pastor of the Boston Baptist congregation, referred to this as “tenderness of conscience” -- not a conscience informed by a secular individualism, but a conscience made tender by the Word of God and guided by the Holy Spirit.

It is clearer and clearer to me that Baptist belief, of this period at least, assumed the truth expressed in the creeds if not the particulars of the systematic that undergirds them. No majesterium. No ecumenical councils. No humanist individualism. Just the Holy Spirit. So it ain't about your opinion, but it is about discerning the work of the Holy Spirit in community.

sermons:

Trevor posted this a while ago. Lovely.

...Jesus' answer is clever. Foxholes and birdnests provide natural places where foxes and birds can easily go. The natural world has an order and it's easy to see. If you want to follow me the road is going to be more difficult. Because I live very much in the world of foxes and birds but in a way that I am always trying to see the creativity that courses in, through, above and below that world. Truly, earth is one holy gift; life is one holy breath.

Gretchen let it fly. This was fierce.

For this Sunday then, here's a definition of a Christian disciple: A Christian is anyone with the guts to open [their] door and let Jesus in, to listen to Jesus even when he criticizes the way the Christian spends [their] time. A Christian is anyone willing to be mystified by Jesus, to stay with Jesus, and to let Jesus work within [them].

the video: fixing the bible:

Posted by tripp at July 25, 2007 06:25 AM