Leon and Shawn’s Unnamed Podcast

March 2, 2010 · 3 comments

Leon Bloder and I are working on a new podcast.  Each episode we plan to take a look at where Christianity is making the news or appearing in pop culture.  We’ll be discussing what messages and images of Christians are out there for people to see.  In this pilot episode we’ll be discussing the public faith of athletes including Tim Tiebow, Drew Brees, and Chad Hendrick (see videos below).

Download our pilot episode here or listen below, and then tell us what you think!

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Great Aerosmith Cover

February 26, 2010 · 0 comments

This group also does a really cool version of “My Favorite Things.”

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Song of Songs/Marvin Gaye Mashup

February 15, 2010

Part of a sermon I preached on Valentine’s Day.  You can find the whole sermon here.

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I am emerging

February 11, 2010

Bruce Reyes-Chow sent this twitter earlier today.

""I am emergence" post coming today. Want in? In 140 WORDS or less, blog/FB about it WITHOUT defining by what you are NOT and I'll link back."
I twittered my response in exactly 140 characters.

I am emerging since I am in an ongoing and incomplete process of questioning and answering what [...]

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Adoption News

February 3, 2010

We have been in process to adopt a girl from Ethiopia since mid-2008.  We have now received word that we have been matched with a three and a half year old girl, and that we can expect to travel to Ethiopia to meet her and bring her here in about 5-6 months.  We are obviously overjoyed [...]

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Couch to 5k

February 3, 2010

On December 3 I started a running program. Last Thursday, I ran 3.17 miles without stopping.  That’s eight weeks for me to go from non-exercising couch potato to running a 5k.  Although running is a pretty strong word for my 5.3 mph pace.
Yesterday, I ran this distance again and shaved a minute off my time.  A [...]

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Not just a river in Egypt

February 2, 2010

I’m taking an online course right now through Pittsburgh Seminary about using digital media in worship services.  Thankfully, I am at a church that uses projectors in all three of our worship services.  But this is the first church I have served that has the capability to use digital media throughout the service, so I am taking this [...]

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What the Hell? -part 3

December 9, 2009

In part 1 of this series I wrote about a recent Presbytery meeting where beliefs about Hell were discussed. Part 2 was about why it is important for all Christians to be clear and forthright about their beliefs. Part 3 is my attempt to layout a brief sample of Christian beliefs about Hell. [...]

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What the Hell? -part2

December 4, 2009

In Part 1 of this series I wrote about a Presbytery meeting where ministers were questioned about their beliefs about Hell, and the boundary-defining issues that surrounded that meeting.  Part 2 of this series covers why I believe that it is important for Christians and churches to understand clearly and be able to articulate what [...]

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What doesn’t kill you…may just be toying with you.

December 4, 2009

Yesterday in a moment of weakness, I made a promise to myself that today was the day I start a regular program of exercise.  Then I promptly forgot about it.
But at 5:45 this morning I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I eventually hauled my lazy butt out of bed and went [...]

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