The Barlow-Thompsons

I will sing of your love on Sundays.

Adam — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:20:20 +0000

Check out this video. A little truth brought to you by satire. Found at Jesus Needs New PR.

Open to Conversion

Adam — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:19:35 +0000

A big week in the news (Republican presidential debate, Obama’s speech, 9/11 anniversary, etc) has me thinking about the way people who disagree speak to one another. This is not some novel idea of mine, in fact, nearly every talk show, magazine, and blog has already discussed our nations nasty “tone of discourse.” My addition [...]

Rigid Flexibility

Adam — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:38:39 +0000

As noted in several blog post before this one I have been setting up all sorts of routines in my life to help me be creative and productive. This morning as I tried to tackle my study time I realized, today, those routines just weren’t working. This is kind of a big week for me, we are [...]

It’s Time for Evangelism Again

Adam — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:03:38 +0000

The history of evangelism is super interesting. The first 2000 years of evangelist shows an ebb and flow of faithful believers reacting to those who have gone before them and adjusting practices to fit their culture (not always successfully or respectfully). In more recent times we’ve seen a generation of arrogant evangelism with preachers emphasizing [...]

Invest in You

Adam — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:12:48 +0000

In the last few weeks I have been transforming my study habits (with help from a great book) and have been extremely happy to find pockets of conversation within my fields of interest that I didn’t even know existed. New ideas have built on old ones and my notebooks and blog post have been filled [...]

Empathy to Save the Day!

Adam — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:04:52 +0000

Found a really cool website today. The RSA.org (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts) has taken to animating brief lectures. For a visual learner like me it is a cognitive party. The one below I found especially interesting. A little science could really enhance the debate within the church over humanity as inherently good or inherently sinful. Plus, the video [...]

I’m an Incarnational Christian

Adam — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:20:25 +0000

There is a new conversation in some Christian circles about how we modify our faith with adjectives. Many are being identified as conservative Christians, liberal Christians, progressive Christians, evangelical Christians and more whether they want to or not. So, author Tony Jones decided to have a poll to decide on a adjective that reflects what [...]

Religious Nerds

Adam — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:52:02 +0000

As religious people love to say, “today I was blessed” with one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a long time. The sad part is that not only am I fairly religious I am also interested in several of the “standard nerdy” activities mentioned in the video. It is amazing I found a wife. [...]

Keep it Short

Adam — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:51:43 +0000

Ashley and I continue to creep ever closer towards adopting our first children (view our adoption page here). There are endless hoops in this process and last night we jumped through another one. We attended a mandatory training on how to discipline children at United Methodist Youthville. The social worker teaching the class gave [...]

Interpretation is Such a Pain

Adam — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:25:26 +0000

Man reading scripture is tough. I recently watched a documentary For the Bible Tells Me So which addressed the difficulty around interpretation of scriptures dealing with homosexuality. Today I read an article discussing the incredibly difficult task of determining what the Bible means when it talks about hell. And then I was challenged on something I [...]