Archive for March, 2008

Blue Like Jazz and Books and Authors and Church and Donald Miller and Emergent Church and Emerging / Emergent Church and Emerging Church and Theology Michael Krahn on 22 Mar 2008

Donald Miller’s “Blue Like Jazz” (2) – I AM THE PROBLEM

I have to tell you that Don comes off as a bit of a political and religious lefty, so we disagree on a few things, but that’s not what this is about.  A number of times he diffused my frustration by stopping just short of rhetoric while relaying stories like the following about a protest [...]

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Blue Like Jazz and Books and Authors and Donald Miller and Emergent Church and Emerging / Emergent Church and Emerging Church and Theology Michael Krahn on 09 Mar 2008

Donald Miller’s “Blue Like Jazz” (1)

Wikipedia gives us a good start:
Blue Like Jazz is the second book by Donald Miller. This semi-autobiographical work, subtitled “Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality,” is a collection of essays and personal reflections chronicling the author’s growing understanding of the nature of God and Jesus, and the need and responsibility for an authentic personal response to [...]

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Church and Theology Michael Krahn on 02 Mar 2008

Flee Idolatry

1 Corinthians 10:1-22
It may sound odd to talk about idolatry in the present since none of us bow to worship physical idols like the Israelites did, for example, to the golden calf that Aaron made for them. At least I hope none of us do! In 1 Corinthians 10 Paul writes to the [...]

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