Every blog post I wrote has come from personal experience or a conversation I’ve had, etc. This one is no different. Yesterday on facebook, I was saddened to find out that a college acquaintance of mine, one who was in youth ministry with me and a professing Christian – now ordained in a denomination, was getting [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Strike a Pose
In a culture filled with twitter, Instagram, facebook, blogs, and other forms of social media, we are much more a visual culture then we were even 15 years ago. People can take and immediately post pictures of everything: the food they eat, their babies playing or sleeping, and a group of friends at a push [...]
Read the rest of this entry »How Many Shades?
Bandwagons. I don’t like them – ask my husband. So, I haven’t read any of the Twilight, Harry Potter, or Hunger Games series. So, when a friend asked me to write a blog post about 50 Shades of Grey, I said, “sure!”. I haven’t read Mary Kassian’s thoughts on this yet – but will [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Art, Culture, & Jesus
This past Friday night I had the opportunity to attend two lectures centered on Christ and the arts. It was really neat to see how the two went back to back, different venues, and were so perfectly tied together. Makoto Fujimura spoke at Duke Divinity School on his work of The Four Gospels for Crossway. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review: Living in God's Two Kingdoms
I was really excited when I saw this book on the new release list. I had been in recent conversations with friends about how they were personally engaging the culture, and I attend a church that seeks to “engage the city”, and used to attend a church (before I moved) that modeled engaging the city [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Workout Choices: Yoga or Rock Music
Working out: especially this time of year (or should I say in 2 weeks) this is what is on everyone’s mind. You find magazines, gym specials, tv shows, use-at-home products, new videos, etc – all geared toward one things…helping you work out harder and better. Whether your reason is to be healthy, shed pounds, have [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Much and Link Love (November 15 edition)
Halfway through November today. Wow, the holidays will be here before we know it and our schedules will be super busy. 1. Busy weekend, but good: Meta 2010, Tedd Tripp Conference (see live blog notes here), great sermon I sat through twice, fall foliage, photog with a friend at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Raleigh Event: 29th Annual Greek Fest
One thing that I love about living in the triangle is that the nations come here. While most try to blend in to American “Southern” culture, there are some who celebrate their heritage. I love it! Last night was the first time I have gone to the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church’s Greek Festival. It [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Truth About Men: Tracy Byrd
As most readers know, I love country music. But, I also try to think through country songs. Tracy Byrd’s new one (and friends): The Truth About Men made me think yesterday. Seeing the video (which I won’t post due to some material that I will not post on my blog) made me sad for the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »CS Lewis and Charles Darwin in the Movies
I usually do not go watch movies in the theatres when they first come out. I will make it to our fabulous 1.50 theatre when they finally come there, or I will wait till the summer and see them outside at one of the 4 places in the Triangle that show them “on the green”. [...]
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