Coley
Mar 31, 2005 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Chill //NOISE: Kid’s running in circles
Thanks to Travis Haughton for this shot of Coley that he snapped in the hallway at Riv. I take absolutely no credit for it. I say that because I am posting it in the photo section and I want to make sure no one thinks I took it. I just love it and want to keep it stored there.
Bloglines Tracking
Mar 31, 2005 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Delighted //ITUNES: “Let Me Out” – Future Leaders of the World
Alright, this is way cool. Bloglines can now track shipments for you. I am going to cry this is so beautiful.
Looking for a College
Mar 31, 2005 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Spectacular //ITUNES: “Vanguard” – John Fischer
Well…look no more. If this video doesn’t convince you to go Appalachian State University, you are a cold soul-less person with no taste.
New Blog
Mar 31, 2005 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Green //ITUNES: “Let’s Hear If For The Boy” – Denise Williams>
I’d like to welcome my friend Jon to the world of blogging. Well, technically, he’s not a friend. He’s related to a friend of mine. However, since he doesn’t have a lot of friends, I guess I can call him a friend.
It’s cool to see him blogging. He is very good at articulating precisely what is on his mind. This blog is the perfect reflection of his personality.
Welcome, Jon. It’s good to have you in cyberspace.
Apple Snobbery
Mar 31, 2005 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Stuck Up //ITUNES: “When You Sleep”
As if we needed the ammo, my friend Mark has sent me definitive proof that will help Mac Users be snobs.
Here’s the summary statement:
“Overall, the results are pretty clear: Mac users might not actually be smarter than PC users, but they certainly use better English and a larger vocabulary to express more complex thinking.”
South Park
Mar 31, 2005 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Don’t know, really //ITUNES: “Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat major”
It’s ironic that Terri Schiavo has passed away because today I was going to blog about it. Well, not precisely, I was going to blog about Kenny McCormick.
Last night, on South Park they killed Kenny. Twice, actually. Because a day after he died they put him on life support and parodied Terri Schiavo’s situation. In South Park’s usual pointed way, they addressed all the major issues in this case. I appreciated Cartman’s line:
“Your side is wrong for the right reasons. Our side is right for the wrong reasons.”
Then, they read Kenny’s last will, which stated that if he was ever in a persistently vegitative state he did not want to be on national television. That made me think about how unfortunate it is that this woman has become an unknowing pawn on both sides of the fence. It’s also really sad to see how this issue has torn her family to pieces.
I also appreciated South Park’s sub-plot, which was that the angels needed Kenny to defeat Satan in a giant siege on Heaven and they were just about to go to war when his soul was sent back down to Earth. I liked hearing Michael the Archangel say:
“Oh my God, they killed Kenny…again.”
Mac Love
Mar 30, 2005 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Macstatic //ITUNES: “Love Song” – 311
Say hello to the latest family member at Riv:
That makes it 9 Windows to 5 Macs. We’re still losing, but gaining ground.
Blogroll
Mar 28, 2005 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Sunshiney //ITUNES: “Go or Go Ahead” – Rufus Wainwright
I updated my blogroll on the right. There were a bunch of sites I was evaluating for awhile that I have now slapped into categories. I also added a few friends. As always, if I have linked to you and you want to be deleted, just let me know.
Theology
Mar 28, 2005 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Arg //ITUNES: “Dragula” – Rob Zombie
Sorry about the Arg. The wireless is not working at Riv, so I am grounded to a wire. It makes me Arg a bit.
Anyhoo, I was doing my morning blogread and I stumbled on an interesting conversation. It centers around the question “Are the Primary Evangelical Critics of the Emerging Church Conversation Calvinists?”
Here are links to the conversation: Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3
This got me thinking about a tangent. One thing I have noticed in the “emerging church” movement is that they tend to be very “reformed” in their theology. (Which makes it interesting at least that the primary critics are perceived as Calvinist.)
Particularily, there is an over-riding emphasis in emergent writings on the Kingdom being here and now in either a spiritual or subversive form. Many emergent writers seem to be either amillenial or postmillenial in their approach to the Kingdom. Many also seem to discount any involvement Israel may have in the future.
It’s interesting that many emergent thinkers/writers try to avoid labels, and so they say “I am not reformed or dispensational or **insert label here**” and yet their theology shows they do subscribe to an established theological tradition.
Now, I also hate the concept of labels. With that said, we all have particular bents in various areas. And when we evaluate those bents, we have to kinda adopt a label. That’s just the nature of the beast. Here are a few labels that I think I would subscribe to, if I was forced to say where I am coming from theologically:
Pre-Millenial, Dispensational
At the same time, I seek to engage a postmodern culture. Now, can those three things co-exist? I have looked around for any prominent or even hidden writers / thinkers that adopt a combination even close to this. Do they exist? Am I alone? Has anyone else noticed this?
