Reflecting on a recent article in The Atlantic, “The Cheapest Generation” by Derek Thompson and Jordan Weissmann, I ponder the Millennial Generation’s move away from owning cars and towards buying tech gadgets such as iPhones. Does owning a car instill certain positive traits that you can’t Google on a smartphone?
First Student, then Pastor, now Faculty…Still Blogging
As I transition, in just over a week, to joining Concordia College’s religion faculty where I will launch and direct the religion major concentration for faith and leadership, I commit to maintaining an active online presence that includes regular blogging. Yes, OK, this is not quite a news flash. No PR firm needed. Call off [...]
Beyond boxes: imagining how to move well
Also posted at Gathering Voices a blog for TheThoughtfulChristian.com Oh, moving. Cardboard boxes. Back strains. Getting the furniture arranged just right. In a few short weeks, I’ll be doing it again. In the past five years I’ve lived in four different places (Decatur, Ga; Ayr, Scotland; Grand Forks, N.D., and now Moorhead, Minn. — and that’s not [...]
Good Friday and Earth Day
Today, for the first time ever, Earth Day falls on Good Friday. So, you can stop by Starbucks or Caribou Coffee with your travel mug and get a free cup of coffee on the way to Good Friday services. What a country! I wondered, however, if any Christians were working on the connection between the [...]
Twenty Eleven NOT Two Thousand…
I posted on this a few years ago, but the whole world has not yet come to understand the brilliance of my position. So, I post again and will keep re-posting until the world transforms. I am a patience man. I will succeed. In a nutshell: do not say “two thousand eleven” for the upcoming [...]
Monday Mind Dump
North Point Community Church in Atlanta’s iBand is pretty, well, disturbingly fantastic.Check out Carol of the Bells and Feliz Navidad. Crazy music, all done on iPads and iPhones. (no word yet on iPeace or iJustice) So the Metrodome in Minneapolis collapsed yesterday under the weight of 17 inches of snow. The Vikings’ Sunday game was [...]
Tiger Woods: PR Grace or Simply a Disgrace?
After working on rehabilitating his personal life, Tiger Woods last month started to rehab his public image too. And, for this skeptical un-fan at least, it’s a good start. The first step in his off-season PR moves was a Newsweek article, “How I’ve Redefined Victory.” I’m not naive enough to think Tiger wrote much of [...]
Thursday Mind Dump
I usually blog structured reflective short essays, but I’ve got too much going on at the moment. So, a change in form (Steve likes lists): I’m excited and a bit overwhelmed that: Another article of mine was published in The Christian Century, (sorry no link, dead tree edition only). It’s entitled “Songfest: Challenges for a [...]
Outdoor Baseball and Target Field
Change is hard, especially if it is from a dependable convenience to uncertainty. Such is the case in Minnesota this season, as the Twins transition from the covered climate-controlled Metrodome to the outdoor Target Field. After personally taking-in a weekend of cold rainy baseball — and the first rainout in thirty years — I’m still [...]
