blip : Beyond Lost Intellectual Ponderings :

I wrote an article last summer about my experience of joining a group of people who eat lunch together every Wednesday on the side of the road. The Mennonite recently published it. Here’s a passage:
The lure of Christ’s gracious presence invites us onto a wandering path of discipleship that leads into forgotten places—the margins of [...]

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I slip in bed when you’re asleep
To hold you close and feel your breath on me
Tomorrow there’ll be so much to do
So tonight I’ll drift in a dream with you

Dixie Chicks, Lullaby

Isaac wrote a while back about looking for “a soundtrack for our lives.” Today I heard the Dixie Chick’s song above and [...]

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I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to read Scripture carefully. And I remembered this passage from J. Derrida’s essay, “Plato’s Pharmacy.” I think it beautifully captures what it means to read any text, and especially the way we should approach our holy text:

“A text is not a text unless it hides from [...]

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A friend just got me hooked on a new band. Garmana mixes Swedish folk music, pop/techno/rock beats, and incredible vocals to make for great-sounding music with an earthy, eclectic feel. That’s a bit of a mouthful isn’t it? It’s easier if you just head over and listen to some of it (there’s [...]

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I wrote this for the winter edition of our community house newsletter. If you want to recieve our newsletter please email your address to us at rutbahouse@aol.com.

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Nick asked me a great question a few weeks ago and i haven’t taken the time to answer him. This won’t be an answer either. Sorry. But this might be heading towards an answer indirectly.

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President Bush gave us a visit here in North Carolina a few days ago. The state is going through some pretty hard economic times . I guess Bush wanted to offer some hope to the multitude of Carolinians who are losing jobs all over the place. Instead of offering some tangible hope he offered nothing [...]

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The incarnation is a scandal. The fact that God became a full-fledged human was a big deal for at least the first 500 years (think Arius). But now it doesn’t shock us. Jesus: Son of God in a body…yawn, how about those Dodgers? I think one of the primary reasons [...]

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unbridled nationalism subverts our understanding of what it means to be a citizen of the Kingdom of God.

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Time for vacation! We’re off to Durango (actually we’re already in Durango, which makes you wonder why I’m blogging on my “vacation.” What can I say, it’s hard to resist wireless internet

As well as the beauty of this place I’ve also seen God’s Kingdom at work here at the house where [...]

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