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Archives for November 2009

Prayer/Karma Request: Ordination Interview

November 30, 2009 by UMJeremy 4 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: aside, UMC

Prooftexting, Psalm 109:8, & Obama [bad.hack]

November 19, 2009 by UMJeremy 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: bad.hack, Politics

Church on your Wii

November 18, 2009 by UMJeremy 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: bad.hack, Humor

Hacking Content Overload: Becoming Curators

November 17, 2009 by UMJeremy 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Group Theory, Internets

Humanity: Ambitious or Viral?

November 15, 2009 by UMJeremy 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Internets, Poll

Hebrew Concept of the Universe [infographic]

November 10, 2009 by UMJeremy Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

The Diversity Culture [review]

November 10, 2009 by UMJeremy Leave a Comment

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) […]

Filed Under: Echo Chamber, Reviews Tagged With: Echo Chamber

Souls made of Lego

November 6, 2009 by UMJeremy 6 Comments

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

Filed Under: Humor, Theology

Christ Died for Our Prices

November 4, 2009 by UMJeremy 7 Comments

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

Filed Under: Humor

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