What I'm reading
My mind and library will grow this year thanks to InterVarsity Press
One of my new gigs this year is that I’m a book reviewer for InterVarsity Press. Thanks to this blog, someone from the publishing company contacted me and wondered if I would be interested in reading and writing reviews of their publications. Of course, I jumped at the opportunity. I LOVE... »
Baltimore Urbanite Magazine requested a submission from me…
for their upcoming edition entitled “Separate Lives: Why Baltimoreans Don’t Mix, and What We Can Do About It.” They are partnering with Open Society Institute (OSI) on this being as though OSI has spent about half this year rolling out their Talking About Race Series. I was only allowed to submit 300... »
Passing on Paper & Plastic: 1 Step toward Simple Living
As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, one of the books I’m reading these days is entitled Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of our Daily Choices by Julie Clawson. It’s a book that has sensitized me to how some of my lifestyle choices – as innocent as they seem – have an adverse... »
Everyday Justice: The Global Impact Of Our Daily Choices
One of the books I’m reading right now is entitled Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of our Daily Choices by Julie Clawson. I’m just a couple chapters in so far, but I already appreciate how Julie brings home the issue of justice and reveals how we vote every day to either support... »
Christmas is around the corner so you know what that means: Let’s celebrate JESUS by plunging deeper in DEBT!
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Two weeks ago for our church’s Bible Study which we call Transformation Tuesdays, I began a class centered around a movement called Advent Conspiracy. The effort in a nutshell is to encourage Believers during the Season of Advent to Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, and Love All. It’s a message... »
Freeing the Emerging Christian Movement from White Captivity
The more I read about the Emerging Church, the more I find that I identify with many of its distinct pillars. While I’m cautious about labeling myself as a member of the Emerging Church (I have a thing with labels…I get claustrophobic); I certainly embrace and enthusiastically so – its emphasis on... »
Walking in the rhythm of The “off beat” Spirit
Photo Credit: University of Delaware This past Sunday, I experienced a tremendous day of worship. While still in a season of rest (in a sense) from the congregation that I’m privileged to serve; I decided to worship elsewhere. I got up early Sunday, got dressed, and revisited a list of places... »
Never Ever Go To Church Again
I was blessed to be invited to present a workshop at this year’s Praise Covenant Interdenominational Fellowship Conference in late June. They gave me the freedom to create my own workshop and I decided to begin crystalizing some of my thoughts and readings on the church today. What came out was a... »
What’s On My Bookshelf: Jesus-Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary
PHOTO CREDIT: 396.ssldomain.com There is a select (and growing) group of authors that I have placed inside the “READ WHATEVER THEY WRITE” category. I have purposed to buy every book that they have written and pay homage to it by marking it up with highlighter and questions/statements written right on the pages. In... »
Baltimore Book Festival This Weekend
This is one of my favorite weekends in Baltimore! The Baltimore Book Festival is a few steps from paradise for me. Hundreds and hundreds of beautiful books…the smell of untouched pages, the magnetic titles that beg you to at least read the Table of Contents, the authors seated in front of eager... »
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