When Outsiders Come To Church

This past weekend we had a few pagan bloggers come to my church (oh the horror!!!). They are the two writers that make up the new blog out of Portland titled Year of Sundays. Essentially they’re going to different churches around Portland every Sunday for the entire year. And they don’t hold back on any…

The Super Bowl As a Religious Spectacle

Watching the Super Bowl on Sunday night I had this somewhat random thought: The Super Bowl isn’t too much different than a well produced church service. My disclaimer to that is I fully recognize the MAJOR differences between them. But for the sake of this post, let’s consider the similarities. Before the service (game) starts…

25 Is the New 45

About a month ago Time magazine did the unthinkable and named a 26 year old man their person of the year. They also kind of dated themselves because he probably deserved the award 3 years ago, but it was a gutsy move nonetheless. Mark Zuckerburg, founder and CEO of Facebook was Time magazine’s 2010 person…