Fortuitous Bouncing

2010 September 11

by Tyler

Hope you’re enjoying the mentoring series so far, I know I have. It is such a treat to get to see what my friends have to say on a subject I’m passionate about.

Life got really busy for me this week. All our youth programs at Sunset started back up, so I’m back to my hectic schedule of leading worship sometimes 4 different times each week. Hopefully I learned enough during the spring to make it manageable and enjoyable.

The Vikings looked just ok on Thursday night, but at least they aren’t the most overrated team in the NFL. That team? The Cowboys. How anyone is picking a team that has won 1 playoff game in the last 10 years to do anything in the playoffs this year is beyond me.

Blogs

Should worship leaders be paid?
A helpful interview between 2 Godly men (Andy Stanley and Rick Warren)I respect deeply.
Peter Rollins recently spoke at Mars Hill Bible Church on the power of story, and no surprise he had some wonderful things to say.
Want to know how much work goes into crafting what we do at my church on a Sunday, this blog post summarizes it quite well.

News

Hillsong Church launched an internet campus this week.
One of my favorite blogger/authors, Anne Jackson, is speaking in Portland tonight and tomorrow.
Great to see leaders from several “major religions” meet for a summit on religious intolerance.
Where was the outrage when Muslims were burning Bibles?
In light of what today means for Americans, I thought I’d link to this story of the first still serving hero to receive the Medal of Honor for his service in Afghanistan.

Peace be with you.

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http://www.thefritzes.net Amy

Abraham Piper had an interesting post on the “Burn a Koran” day reaction.
http://twentytwowords.com/2010/09/09/the-risks-involved-in-burning-the-koran-are-mainly-the-fault-of-islam/
http://www.manofdepravity.com Tyler

The NYTimes had a print only article about the 5 percent doctrine. Basically that 5 percent of people are absolutely crazy and they don’t deserve to make the news. Kind of how I feel with this pastor in Florida.
http://iantthomas.com Ian

There’s a distinct difference in the two events compared in the Virginia Beach Examiner article you linked.

a. The Bible burning happened in Gaza, not Florida. The US secretary of state has a little more standing in her own country.

b. Sec. Clinton spoke out against the Quran burning in hopes of stopping it. It’s difficult to stop an event after it’s already happened.

c. The event in Gaza happened in 2007–a year and a half before Sec. Clinton because Secretary of State.

Beyond that, the article plays into a vicious us/them dichotomy that is so very destructive. Since crazy extremists claiming to be Muslim once burned some Bibles, it’s perfectly okay for those who carry the name of Christ to do the same? That sort of attitude is the heart of bad politics and it’s even worse Christ likeness.
http://www.manofdepravity.com Tyler

Don’t really disagree with anything you said. I often link to articles that have a point I felt was worth reading whether I agreed or not. That article is an example of that. It was hard to find an article about the book burning that didn’t bash the pastor. I’ve read enough of those this week.
http://iantthomas.com Ian

I can agree with that! In a lot of ways, there’s no reason that fellow should have gotten the exposure he did. To me, he seems to be a megalomaniacal figure that figured this stunt would get his name out there. I can only hope that it’s now over.