I've been listening and reading work by Dr. Timothy Keller, who in my opinion is one of the most well thought out Christian thinkers of our generation and he looks like actor Patrick Stewart.

He
is one of the few pastors who is really thinking through the ever growing gap
between the emergent, modern and traditional churches.  He gives great clarity and insight to the
gospel and issues that we are facing.  Below is his presentation of the gospel which
I think could be the greatest bridge between the emergent and traditional
crowds.

“The
gospel is that God himself has come to rescue & renew creation through the
work & in the work of Jesus Christ on our behalf.”

There
is a trajectory/purpose of salvation which is a new heavens and a new earth and
yet a means/way of salvation which is shear grace, not works.

Seriously... this is funny

Probably because it reminds me too much of myself.

Daily Wanderings

• First Super Close-Up Pictures of Mars - No pictures yet just a small story that we have the technology to do it.

• We're not a denomination! We all just look exactly alike... - A blog of an Emergent Pastor questioning Calvary Chapels stance of not being a "denomination".  I posted/commented to this post.

• Do Newspapers Have a Future? - Nick.... watch out!!!

• High School the Next College? - These students had their own business and nuclear reactor as "activities" listed on their application for college.

• Timothy Keller Resources - Found a blogger who is compling work of Timothy Keller, it's like a playground of information for me.  Keller is one of my favorite communicator/teacher/pastor.  If anyone can bridge the gap between the older "saved by grace" evangelicals and the younger "kingdom work" evangelicals, it's Keller.

Clinton's interview on Fox News was one of most publicized interviews on TV.  To be honest this is probably the 1st time that I felt like applauding Clinton.  Don't people realize that our media always has an agenda, both conservative and liberal. I think many people have their facts wrong that Clinton had Osma Bin Laden and that in some way it's Clinton's fault 911 happened. Something like 911 is unavoidable until it happens once.  I also am curious where we, as Americans, started to think safety and freedom aren't in conflict.  The more safety measures we put on things the less freedom we have and viceversa.  Now I'm not saying that safety isn't important or isn't needed, but what I am saying is that there needs to be a healthy balance or a tension between the two.  I just hope that we can start to get past all the smoke that media pushes and focus on restoring life and peace in a restless time.  Here is a clip of Jon Steward on the Daily Show, it shows the media frenzy fairly accurately.
 
Also I bought and watched V for Vendetta, maybe that's why I'm so politically charged for the moment.  It was pretty good.  I'm interested in reading the comic book, aka graphic novel   Remember Remember the 5th of November.

I know everyone is converting over to MySpace, but to be honest it does only one thing better than Xanga which is the friends list aka social networking.  It's very easy to find friends who've linked to another friend.  Now that Xanga gives you option to upload video and audio along with their photo blog option which is is way better, I give Xanga the better BLOG award.   Also they have a Xanga Uploader which allows you to upload your photos all at once from the desktop, much like Flickr allows you to.  I do admit the social networking of MySpace is better overall I'm not impressed.  Feel free to give me your thoughts.

ROSH HA-SHANAH
Feast of Trumpets: Returning Anew

Sondra and I started reading the bible on the Torah schedule.  We started on Rosh Ha-shanah or Jewish New Year.  Rosh Ha-shanah is the returning anew or tushuva of ourlives.  Tushuva is the hebrew word for repent which more literarily means to return to how we should be.   I really enjoy reading by the torah schedule because it's roots go back to and past the time of Jesus (Yeshua) and how the feastivals are taken in their context in the bible.  With in our torah reading we read about new births of Isaac and Samuel, about the Feast of Trumpets in Numbers, and finally about the dead rising to met Jesus in Thessalonians.  This coming Tuesday my wife and I are going to a Messianic community with some friends. I'm pumped about it.  

 LADY
                in the
   WATER

I know that some people didn't like it because it doesn't have a extreme twist, but M.Night Shyamalan movies don't all have twists.  What about Signs and Stuart Little.  Yep my friend Kayla told me that he wrote the Stuart Little movie and I was socked to find it was true.  Check out lady in the water.

Lee's Bday
This past Saturday was Lee's birthday.  She's 5.  It cracks me up how much women enjoy dressing up no matter what age.  Sondra and I got her a butterfly outfit and Erica (another sister) got her a princess outfit.  She also got her own CD player.  I didn't get my 1st cd player until I was 10.  Amazing the advances in technology her's costed less then 20 bucks and my 1st cd player costed $100.  Amazing what 15 years holds.