tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:52:53 +0000the ramblings of a self-professed postmodern existentialist christian mystichttp://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Sean)Blogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-1844123239900622762Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:07:00 +00002012-09-03T21:10:13.396-04:00It's been a long time since I've posted anything here, and I'm remiss in that. Tonight I had to rectify that. A family member and good friend sent me a message that triggered this response. I won't go into his situation, but I do feel for what he's going through and I've been through it... big time. Anyway, here's an edited version of what I told him.  ===================================http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2012/09/its-been-long-time-since-ive-posted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-5886548402268373148Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:17:00 +00002011-12-15T22:19:28.055-05:00You know, it's okay to tell me happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas, even if you're a fellow member of my faith. I'm not going to get in your face about how you're not "keeping Christ in Christmas."I don't care if you use Xmas either, because I understand the history of the X (and that it precedes both Malcolm and Stan Lee).I understand that Constantine and his ilk thoroughly mixed the birthhttp://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2011/12/you-know-its-okay-to-tell-me-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-5163890299860031401Wed, 27 May 2009 21:53:00 +00002009-05-27T18:10:03.233-04:00FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Sean Taylor170 Huntington CircleAlpharetta GA, 30004404.429.7663sean@22FIVE.comwww.22FIVE.com22FIVE NOW ACCEPTING CONCERT DATESAlpharetta, GA, May 24, 2009— You may have seen them back in the day as Reign, but if not, you can catch them all over again as the newly reformed 22FIVE. With a new show filled with rocking original songs and a few favorite cover songs, http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2009/05/for-immediate-release-contact-sean.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-283296422118799248Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:18:00 +00002008-12-04T15:18:41.361-05:00UPDATED -- Best Redemptive FilmsDon't be surprised not to find these recommended by churches or anything, necessarily, but at their core, films all have messages that "preach" better than most sermons.And yes, if you're a moral majority type, be warned that a lot of these are rated R and include things like "bad words" and some nudity.In no particular order...1. The Spitfire Grill2. The Apostle3.http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2008/12/updated-best-redemptive-films-dont-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-6925949241429590057Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:37:00 +00002008-12-02T20:40:07.240-05:00My favorite t-shirt design I created:Even folks at my church really dug this one. If I could find a distributor interested in my designed, that'd be great.http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-favorite-t-shirt-design-i-created.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-3996834593861040497Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:22:00 +00002008-12-02T16:22:33.928-05:00Current Events and Past Events (the circle of history) While I've been working today, I've been watching/listening off and on to a special on the History Channel about the history of the KKK. According to the show, the KKK had all but died at one point, but fears about immigration and the loss of national identity laid the groundwork among many Americans for the explosive rebirth of a renewedhttp://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2008/12/current-events-and-past-events-circle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-7910516137262419338Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:08:00 +00002008-09-27T16:08:50.662-04:00Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that the band I'm a member of, Nothing Regal, now has a Facebook page up and ready to go. Feel free to "become a fan" at the following link: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Nothing-Regal/32931750876Thanks.See ya there,Seanhttp://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2008/09/just-wanted-to-give-everyone-heads-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-2061593653584542780Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:31:00 +00002008-06-14T01:25:00.852-04:00If a man is known by the company he keeps, then my name just picked up a lot more notice. I have been approved for a Red Room Author Page.Just in case you didn't know, Red Room is a networking and authors' site that can boast of many of the top writers and thinkers today, including Amy Tan, Maya Angelou, Salman Rushdie, Ivory Madison, Janny Wurts, Clive Barker, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2008/06/if-man-is-know-by-company-he-keeps-then.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-5286459087634378179Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:18:00 +00002008-04-23T23:18:57.092-04:00Josh Medors Benefit Auction @ ECCCWed, April 23rd, 2008 at 2:30PM PSTUpdated: Wed, April 23rd, 2008 at 4:30PM PSTOfficial Press Release23 April 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - Unknown to the general public, FRANK FRAZETTA'S SWAMP DEMON, RUNES OF RAGNAN, WILLOW CREEK, GI JOE and 30 DAYS OF NIGHT artist Josh Medors has been fighting cancer for the past several months. In his time of need, Image Comics and http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2008/04/josh-medors-benefit-auction-eccc-wed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-1282268468228232818Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:04:00 +00002007-12-31T13:05:43.836-05:00 What's your theological worldview?created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Reformed EvangelicalYou are a Reformed Evangelical. You take the Bible very seriously because it is God's Word. You most likely hold to TULIP and are sceptical about the possibilities of universal atonement or resistible grace. The most important thing the Church can do is make sure people hear how they can go to http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-your-theological-worldview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-6294189686616426391Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:12:00 +00002007-11-21T15:12:47.684-05:00Thank the Lord and Pass the Patriotism? (by Obery Hendricks)reposted from the God's Politics BlogIn many pulpits during this Thanksgiving season, love of our country and pride in our citizenship will be pronounced in the same breath - and often with the same intensity - as declarations of love for our God. But we must be careful, for patriotism can be destructive as well as constructive. Worse, http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/11/thank-lord-and-pass-patriotism-by-obery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-3605846337348438662Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:28:00 +00002007-11-15T11:29:12.709-05:00Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword." -- Matthew 26:52http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/11/then-jesus-said-to-him-put-your-sword.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-3126372574149066682Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:36:00 +00002007-11-08T12:36:53.538-05:00Found this article in my inbox from Christianity Today a few days ago, and I've been mulling it over. "Faith is relevant for many people, but church is not," says Bryan Wilkerson, senior pastor of Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massachusetts. "People want to attend to the spiritual side of their lives, they are interested in God, but their experience of church has not been relevant.Spiritual growth, http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/11/found-this-article-in-my-inbox-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-9017531347984643166Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:21:00 +00002007-10-10T17:23:43.221-04:00Seemed appropriate, after the previous post...http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/10/seemed-appropriate-after-previous-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-2670212218915874071Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:10:00 +00002007-10-10T17:13:24.917-04:00Two strong op ed column blogs... (I think)Coming from a position of Christianity, and a Christian position that seeks to reveal many of the fallacies of the conservative fundamentalist slant in my chosen faith, I found these two blog entries really interesting.I think the article names in the links below say plenty all by themselves.=================http://blog.beliefnet.com/godspolitics/2007/10/http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/10/two-strong-op-ed-column-blogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-4094644951260094313Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:34:00 +00002007-09-27T17:41:22.870-04:00Karl Barth back in prison?!I don't know if you've been following this story about religious books being pulled from prison libraries, but thank God it has a happy ending... for now. Yet another example of throwing the baby out with the bath water in order to root out the dangerous religious extremists. This kind of lowest common denominator thinking is just more proof that the collective wisdom http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/09/karl-barth-back-in-prison-i-dont-know.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-1070267197642095726Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:53:00 +00002007-09-11T10:59:55.257-04:00Thought on War from a ChristianWell, here's an article that just reinforces the fact that people should listen to what he has to say.Taken from this article.My favorite bits:"Our previous president had a love affair with a young Jewish intern. This was despicable to many of us, disgusting, dishonoring. Our current president also has a kind of special affection - with Evangelical Christianity. http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/09/thought-on-war-from-christian-well.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-3874353235688493608Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:24:00 +00002007-09-08T10:24:39.813-04:00More books...Asking the big questions …A Grief Observed by C.S. LewisThe Problem of Pain by C.S. LewisHoly the Firm by Annie DillardPilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie DillardThe Manger Is Empty by Walter Wangerin, Jr.Living the Questions by Carolyn ArendsJoyful Noise edited by Rick Moody and Darcey SteinkeDisappointment with God by Philip YanceyHungry for Heaven: Rock ‘n’ Roll & the Search for http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-8244495316518630657Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:19:00 +00002007-09-07T07:19:41.197-04:00the view from...Brian McLaren(For Brian's official bio, go to http://www.brianmclaren.net/biography.html)Formless Rambings: Tell us a little about how you became a Christian. What experiences led you to believe that there had to be something more than just this life?Brian McLaren: I was brought up in a committed Christian family, and like a lot of church kids, I had to reach a point where I http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/09/view-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-3065890745328494885Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:30:00 +00002007-09-06T07:26:46.789-04:00NOTE: Another old one, but one of my favorites.===============================What kind of choice is that?Okay. Here's the scenario. Jonah's hanging out with his friends at the Dead Sea Beach Club discussing the current headlines and why the resident priest needs to be impeached when all the sudden the conversation shifts to the free will of man. Well, Jonah (still wearing big fish belch marks http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/09/note-another-old-one-but-one-of-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-3133092846120361970Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:09:00 +00002007-09-07T07:21:25.396-04:00The best redemptive films...Now, I'm not proposing that these are necessarily Christian films (not that a film could be Christian or not, but the directors, writers, and actors could or couldn't -- yes, I know, it's a semantics issue, but an important one for me), but they are definitely films with a strong redemptive storyline.The Spitfire GrillThe ApostleSavedThe Shawshank RedemptionChocolatThehttp://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/09/best-redemptive-films.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-493038443387200464Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:17:00 +00002007-09-04T08:18:04.541-04:00NOTE: Here's another old one. In this case, a really old one. But I think writing this one so many years ago really helped begin shaping my understanding of my life of faith. So, in essence, this one's one of my formative ones.====================================The Great MoralizationA man walks into a doctor's office with a knife stuck in his back. Of course the receptionist sends him straight http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/09/note-heres-another-old-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-790431082957897730Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:41:00 +00002007-09-03T19:43:10.230-04:00Living by fiction ...Till We Have Faces by C.S. LewisLilith by George MacDonaldPhantastes by George MacDonaldAt the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonaldThe Girl I Left Behind by Shusaku EndoThe Final Martyrs by Shusaku EndoSilence by Shusaku EndoThe Brothers Karamazov by Feodor DostoevskyCrime and Punishment by Feodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDivine http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/09/living-by-fiction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-3999483411166631999Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:48:00 +00002007-08-31T23:49:11.308-04:00NOTE: This is one I wrote years ago, but after reading over it again recently, I was reminded how much it still holds true for me, so I wanted to share it again.=======================================Why I {STILL} Believe in GodAs I type this, I sit in a cramped, coach aisle seat listening to waltzes on Delta radio while flying from Atlanta to Ft. Myers, Florida. In spite of the relaxing music, Ihttp://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/09/note-this-is-one-i-wrote-years-ago-but.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620536.post-4201476041415848049Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:49:00 +00002007-08-31T01:32:54.305-04:00OutsourcingYet another group of books I recommend... These are the ones that helped me get a feel for what this culture is today that I'm supposed to be salt and light in.13th Gen by Neil Howe and William StraussGenerations by Neil Howe and William Strauss Postmodern Pilgrims by Leonard SweetSoulTsunami by Leonard SweetSoul Salsa by Leonard SweetThe God Who Is There by Francis SchaefferA http://form-and-matter.blogspot.com/2007/08/outsourcing-yet-another-group-of-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean)0