Michael Krahn : The Ascent to Truth

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by a journalist named Jessica Clark for a quote on Donald Miller’s new book. Here’s the piece she wrote:
Million Miles author stops in LR
JESSICA CLARK ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
A New York Times bestselling author says he knows the ingredients to a meaningful life and he’s sharing them Tuesday [...]

Reading “A Million Miles…” is like talking to an old friend, one you used to love and spend a lot of time with but for whatever reason haven’t seen for a long time. This friend used to captivate you and you would enjoy being in their presence so much you wondered if you were [...]

I think Donald is one of, if not THE brightest of “our” writers. Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality deserves a place on the highest shelf of that genre… I’m thinking of Madeleine L’engle and Anne Lamott here… and maybe a bit of P.J. O’Rourke. Honestly, Blue Like Jazz changed a few [...]

Rick McKinley (Imago Dei – Portland) doesn’t blog much, but if this post is any indication he should make an effort more often. A summary of his six points in this post:
1. The subversiveness of love is the primary work of the pastor.
2. There is disaster awaiting the one who gets bogged down with doing [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Driscoll was in the New York Times, now it’s ABC’s Nightline. (*UPDATE: here is a direct link to the segment or watch below)

Driscoll is getting a lot of attention because of his recent sermon series on The Song of Solomon called “The Peasant Princess” (see series website)  in which he preaches [...]

**These are some additional thoughts on my review of the book found here.**
I don’t agree with the entire book but at many places I found myself elated that this is out there “in the wild” being read by many non-Christians.
I realize how many people around me are against the book, but I don’t think ANY [...]

Ok, I’m done now… I told Anne Marie not to let me go out again.
Here’s the academic stack:

…and the other stack. You’ll notice I out the Bell and Pagitt books between some more solid theological works.  I tried to put them closer to MacArthur but there were sparks.

By the way, we’re going Rob Bell’s church [...]

When I find a worthy author I engage that author intensely and exhaustively until I can articulate what they are and are not about.  I’ve done this with CS Lewis, Thomas Merton, Marshall McLuhan, Mark Driscoll, Douglas Coupland, Madeleine L’engle, and I am now doing it with John Piper.  Many people sip on these authors [...]

***You might want to read part1, part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 5 first***
“I wish Ani DiFranco wasn’t a Lesbian.” 
So begins Miller’s chapter on love.  It’s another fine example of why this book would never have shown up in Christian bookstore even a decade ago.   At any rate, Don continues (if you [...]

***You might want to read part1, part 2, part 3, and part 4 first***
I’m quite certain Don’s chapter on confession is unlike anything you’ve read before.  The subtitle of this chapter is “Coming Out of the Closet” and in it Don recounts the experience of setting up a confession booth in the middle of the [...]