As faithful readers know, I don’t publish much about my current personal life outside of anecdotes about ministry setting or past exploits. But in this case, I’d like to make an exception. Feel free to scroll on if you are bored. I’m a United Methodist pastor. Fulfilling a call to ministry via Ordination in the […]
Archives for November 2009
Prooftexting, Psalm 109:8, & Obama [bad.hack]
Prooftexting is taking verses from the Bible or a religious text and using them to buttress one’s points or as “bullet” points to teach sinners a lesson. We prooftext often when answering a question about Christian beliefs or in calling another person to accounting for their sin. Dr. McGrath has a good summary of prooftexting’s […]
Church on your Wii
All this talk about Virtual Church (1, 2, 3…ah ah ah) totally ignores the awesome interactive capabilities of the Nintendo Wii and its potential for Virtual Church in many houses. Luckily some entrepreneurial Catholic has it all figured out. Check it out! (h/t Everyday Liturgy’s Twitter) Of course, it’s a bad.hack (even though it absolutely cannot be […]
Hacking Content Overload: Becoming Curators
My spouse gets exasperated with how fast I read. I read the last Harry Potter in about 6 hours and just read a hyper-masculine body shop magazine Twilight in about 4 hours. I appreciate this gift because I have 2000 items to read in my GReader everyday and a few hundred Facebook updates of people I appreciate. It’s a lot of reading […]
Humanity: Ambitious or Viral?
You tell me: From Agent Smith in the 1999 movie The Matrix: I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had, during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you aren’t actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with […]
Hebrew Concept of the Universe [infographic]
It’s helpful to have charts that illustrate what the reference point is for the biblical texts. Here’s a beautifully-illustrated infographic by Michæl Paukner that shows (generally) what the universe looks like for the writers of the Creation story. (h/t BoingBoing) Click to enlarge, of course: To find out more about opening Christian systems and other “hacks” visit Hacking […]
The Diversity Culture [review]
It is unfortunate when I pick up a book that looks interesting and realize it is totally not written with me in mind. The Diversity Culture by Matthew Raley is that kind of book which is written to evangelicals who find themselves increasingly feeling isolated and incommunicable to the diversity of contemporary society. Given that (a) […]
Souls made of Lego
There’s some deep theology here but I can’t quite articulate it. Any takers? xkcd To find out more about opening Christian systems and other “hacks” visit Hacking Christianity or follow UMJeremy on Twitter
Christ Died for Our Prices
I don’t know…I’ve said for years that making atonement a transaction is bad theology. This just takes it to the next level: (from FAILblog) To find out more about opening Christian systems and other “hacks” visit Hacking Christianity or follow UMJeremy on Twitter
