Feminist Theology – Thoughts?</h1> <article> <h1>Feminist Theology – Thoughts?</h1> <p>Wayne — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:57:23 +0000</p> Reading through selections of Letty Russell, Feminist Interpretation of the Bible. It’s poignant, moving, and sad. Several of these scholars, having started from a Christian frame of reference, have eventually become so discouraged so as to have given up on the Bible entirely, concluding the chasm between the Bible (and thus, God) and feminism unbridgeable. [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=IqbTyK5yXwc:AnwG5KwzycQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=IqbTyK5yXwc:AnwG5KwzycQ:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=IqbTyK5yXwc:AnwG5KwzycQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=IqbTyK5yXwc:AnwG5KwzycQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=IqbTyK5yXwc:AnwG5KwzycQ:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The “Sexification” of Missional Church</h1> <p>Wayne — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:27:27 +0000</p> OK – here we go. Things have been stewing lately, not to mention the whole Deadly Viper controv, but also things I’ve been observing about the academic / ecclesial establishment. A black man is fired at one place with no attempt to consider racial dimensions behind the act. And then I hear at a recent [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=PyDLsMVV2RU:tNYETwNcSAo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=PyDLsMVV2RU:tNYETwNcSAo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=PyDLsMVV2RU:tNYETwNcSAo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=PyDLsMVV2RU:tNYETwNcSAo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=PyDLsMVV2RU:tNYETwNcSAo:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Book Review: Alan Hirsch’s “Forgotten Ways”</h1> <p>Wayne — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:29:09 +0000</p> Another class-required review: Let me begin with an affirmation of Hirsch’s book. He is essentially a mirror to evolving ecclesiology; articulating the trends as he sees them. This statement, however, is followed with a proviso; for while I regard Hirsh himself as a capable author, my beef is essentially with the self-avowed experts, those Hirschites who [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=C6uDk8GYa1U:SdNGgS8eDdY:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=C6uDk8GYa1U:SdNGgS8eDdY:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=C6uDk8GYa1U:SdNGgS8eDdY:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=C6uDk8GYa1U:SdNGgS8eDdY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=C6uDk8GYa1U:SdNGgS8eDdY:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Art 1: How To View Art Christianly</h1> <p>Wayne — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:52:07 +0000</p> One thing I love about Regent is its emphasis on art. So the current discussion is if there be something religious about art, both the experience of viewing it and creating it. Having a Bachelor of Fine Art from Parsons School of Design, I am somewhat aware of the conventions – but I also know [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=Q_FeCdft-3Y:ItJInYrTuQY:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=Q_FeCdft-3Y:ItJInYrTuQY:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=Q_FeCdft-3Y:ItJInYrTuQY:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=Q_FeCdft-3Y:ItJInYrTuQY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=Q_FeCdft-3Y:ItJInYrTuQY:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>My Halloween Costume</h1> <p>Wayne — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:49:49 +0000</p> Re-posting this because it’s so great. Racialicious does a great annual Halloween round-up here.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=RVuuGXTLMAg:ekZWVpM5a64:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=RVuuGXTLMAg:ekZWVpM5a64:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=RVuuGXTLMAg:ekZWVpM5a64:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=RVuuGXTLMAg:ekZWVpM5a64:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=RVuuGXTLMAg:ekZWVpM5a64:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Meditations on Undocumented Workers</h1> <p>Wayne — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:58:46 +0000</p> Last night I heard first-hand the story of an undocumented worker facing deportation from the United States. Here is a man who has had more than his fair share of obstacles in life: alcohol, drugs, gangs, immigration, and the constant threat of deportation. But he has been working hard to turn a corner, get a [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=dW7I0C4n51w:vZ2dJJJD-GM:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=dW7I0C4n51w:vZ2dJJJD-GM:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=dW7I0C4n51w:vZ2dJJJD-GM:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=dW7I0C4n51w:vZ2dJJJD-GM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=dW7I0C4n51w:vZ2dJJJD-GM:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Film Review: “West 32nd”</h1> <p>Wayne — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:06:27 +0000</p> Contrary to what some may think, Korean-American society has its greaseballs too – played brilliantly by Jun Kim in West 32nd. The crime drama had an eerie sense of familiarity, so accurately capturing the essence of immigrant society in New York City’s Korea town. Of course there were the familiar sights – W 32nd St. [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=f-3Te8R_CEA:6xvRX_UCsxQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=f-3Te8R_CEA:6xvRX_UCsxQ:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=f-3Te8R_CEA:6xvRX_UCsxQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=f-3Te8R_CEA:6xvRX_UCsxQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=f-3Te8R_CEA:6xvRX_UCsxQ:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Does The Church Need Pastors Anymore?</h1> <p>Wayne — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:27:35 +0000</p> Jamie Arpin-Ricci has some good words to say about this subject over @ A Living Alternative. It seems the consensus sways between an undiscriminating dependency on pastors on the one hand and on the other, a sort of anti-hierarchical sentiment. Do we need pastors today? Here were my thoughts: I’ve tasted the sting of some of [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=w8S2EE2EB00:hb97YPduWHo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=w8S2EE2EB00:hb97YPduWHo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=w8S2EE2EB00:hb97YPduWHo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=w8S2EE2EB00:hb97YPduWHo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=w8S2EE2EB00:hb97YPduWHo:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>What Has Athens To Do With Jerusalem?</h1> <p>Wayne — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:03:37 +0000</p> Has been the question over @ Regent as of late, with Boersma, Provan, Watts, and others getting into the brouhaha. The debate is simply this. Athens is the city of man (political, Constantinian, establishment, institution, the State). Jerusalem is everything heavenly-minded (kingdom of God, kingdom come, Augustine’s City of God, pure religion). Can the two [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=APGFLCkDZF8:4HuZYxdUC8o:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=APGFLCkDZF8:4HuZYxdUC8o:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=APGFLCkDZF8:4HuZYxdUC8o:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=APGFLCkDZF8:4HuZYxdUC8o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=APGFLCkDZF8:4HuZYxdUC8o:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Book Review: Greg Boyd’s “God At War”</h1> <p>Wayne — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:23:24 +0000</p> Disclaimer: If you’re looking for a video game you’re @ the wrong place. If you’re here for a theology book – you’ve searched correctly. This book was on a req’d reading list for a class I’m taking on Biblical perspectives on evil. I’d heard Boyd’s argument before and found it deeply compelling – some of the [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=Agq7irX5NzY:tlEn9oHTxqY:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=Agq7irX5NzY:tlEn9oHTxqY:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=Agq7irX5NzY:tlEn9oHTxqY:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=Agq7irX5NzY:tlEn9oHTxqY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=Agq7irX5NzY:tlEn9oHTxqY:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>How To Crash A Plane: Conservative Bible Project – Conservapedia</h1> <p>Wayne — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:28:54 +0000</p> “Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations.” Thus reads the opening line of the Conservative Bible Project – a committee who has tasked themselves with making a new translation of the Bible adhering to conservative values. At the risk of sounding liberally-biased I don’t think these folks have an inkling of [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=7V8nyWyPrzQ:BbRwmBDEN3U:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=7V8nyWyPrzQ:BbRwmBDEN3U:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=7V8nyWyPrzQ:BbRwmBDEN3U:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=7V8nyWyPrzQ:BbRwmBDEN3U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=7V8nyWyPrzQ:BbRwmBDEN3U:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Does Rob Bell Know What He’s Talking About?</h1> <p>Wayne — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:33:51 +0000</p> as per Out of Ur – credit where it’s due. I wanna say right off the bat that this is in no way an attack on Bell who has done brilliantly as a pastor and church leader. Much respect and props there, and I dig the glasses and the emergent thing. But in a recent interview [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=h-6q6vAqKYE:8DU9XIx0atc:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=h-6q6vAqKYE:8DU9XIx0atc:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=h-6q6vAqKYE:8DU9XIx0atc:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=h-6q6vAqKYE:8DU9XIx0atc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=h-6q6vAqKYE:8DU9XIx0atc:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Do Churches Need “Membership”?</h1> <p>Wayne — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:58:48 +0000</p> There’s been some trending away from the idea of “membership” in the church as an artificial stricture over what some claim ought to be an “organic” form. I understand and agree with this sentiment to some degree, but at the same time have qualms against it. Most of these thoughts are summarized in a previous [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=BmFcNe0LPXU:tXaUx4dIkAw:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=BmFcNe0LPXU:tXaUx4dIkAw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=BmFcNe0LPXU:tXaUx4dIkAw:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=BmFcNe0LPXU:tXaUx4dIkAw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=BmFcNe0LPXU:tXaUx4dIkAw:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Korean Family: Leaving Your Parents Behind</h1> <p>Wayne — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:39:04 +0000</p> [Props: portraits of my parents taken by http://joshdurias.com - simply elegant] Almost 10 years ago I looked mom and dad in the eye and said, “I’m leaving for good – and far away”. I made good on that statement and packed everything I had into a little Toyota Corolla and trekked 3000 miles cross-country, ocean to [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=-lK-Pkm9SG0:-TGs_Me_H5A:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=-lK-Pkm9SG0:-TGs_Me_H5A:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=-lK-Pkm9SG0:-TGs_Me_H5A:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=-lK-Pkm9SG0:-TGs_Me_H5A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=-lK-Pkm9SG0:-TGs_Me_H5A:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>“Should a local church expect commitment to the same degree from everyone who attends?”</h1> <p>Wayne — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:20:13 +0000</p> “Should a local church expect commitment to the same degree from everyone who attends?” This question was on a seminary forum for a class I’m taking. Since I posted the below response personally, I think it should be ok to reprint it here. And you don’t need to be workign on a degree to answer [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=q4p4krlcjOY:M0pCIpKF0Eo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=q4p4krlcjOY:M0pCIpKF0Eo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=q4p4krlcjOY:M0pCIpKF0Eo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=q4p4krlcjOY:M0pCIpKF0Eo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WayneAndAshleyPark?a=q4p4krlcjOY:M0pCIpKF0Eo:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> </div> </article> </main></body></html>