We had a great discussion the other night at the Emergent Cohort I attended. It is rare that a scholar the likes of Dr. Iain Torrance is in attendance at an event that also includes me, whose greatest claim to fame is being listed as a one of the Ten Emerging Church Bloggers . Hope he didn't feel like he was slummin' it. The discussion was around the issue of pastor as theologian. Tony Jones framed the question well by creating an ethical situation similar to that which he had created in this post , which brings the issue of present theology to the fore. After several of us weighed in with various thoughts, Dr. Torrance brought up the excellent question of the danger of seeking the contemporary. He used Athanasius and the Arian controversy to illustrate his point. Two admissions before moving on. One, I am not a trained theologian or academic. Antonio Gramsci talks about organic intellectuals. I am at best an organic blogger, and sometimes more ripe than others. While I might accept the notion of organic, throwing in the word intellectual skews the conversation and doesn't address the wired world in which I have found a voice.
free web browser games The folks at the Princeton cohort quote Volf and Moltmann. In my natural world I am more likely to quote Locke (Christopher, not John) and Lessig . Second, any theological knowledge I do have comes from my personal reading, which has been heavily influenced by missiological texts, including The Gospel in a Pluralist Society and Transforming Mission .
Robert X. Cringely writes: ... WiMax, like most wireless networking technologies, is either-or. You can either have lots of bandwidth or you can have long range. There are exceptions to this rule if you have line-of-sight transmission and can use a matched set of high-gain antennas. Then, sure, WiMax can send those 70+ megabits per second for 30 miles and more -- sometimes a LOT more. But the
zuma deluxe way most of us envision using WiMax is with lower gain antennas, often without line of sight, and possibly even while moving from place to place, so the trade-off of bandwidth for distance is pretty severe. Most WiMax users will find that they can't get the target 70 megabits per second at 30 miles. They'll be lucky to get even one megabit per second at 30 miles. Possibly a LOT less, as WiMax's adaptive modulation slows transmission and throws on lots of forward error correction to make sure the signal gets through, however sluggishly. ... Link: PBS.org . Thanks to Stephen Hill for the tip. I live on top of an Idaho mountain ridge and just opened up a pseudo-WiMAX Clearwire account (discussed in the article) to replace the frustrating 802.11 based WISP that I've been using for five years. The only other broadband option for me is satellite. The original WISP might have a bit of an edge inbound (when it works at all), but the Clearwire account (which breaks more frequently but is easy to fix) has it all over the WISP outbound. --Dennis
Reader mail has been on fire today. Perhaps it is a consequence of the new draconian white list policy I was forced to institute. Perhaps not. Whatever the cause, I am basking in reader mail goodness. Most recently, loyal reader "JN" points me to the blog of an alleged associate at Elevation Partners. (One more example in the rather full quiver of reasons I post anonymously). The peek into his world is a fascinating tour of rudderless and inept piloting through the narrow straits of the pacific ocean with all the pointless intoxication you'd expect from a sailor. But then, what did we expect from a blog named in part for a popular, foreign vodka? This, I suspect: "Myspace's best use has got to be for checking how drunk you were the night before." Or perhaps, this: Tales of Fattiness This weekend was a complete disaster. Friday night I was partying with some friends at Vessel and we ended up getting
Movie Packs bottle service, which is never a good idea for me. I remember eating at Yuet Lee afterwards but not much else beyond that point. The next day when I was hanging out with some of the same people, one of them mentioned how a friend might have left their camera at the pho place.
We had a great discussion the other night at the Emergent Cohort I attended. It is rare that a scholar the likes of Dr. Iain Torrance is in attendance at an event that also includes me, whose greatest claim to fame is being listed as a one of the Ten Emerging Church Bloggers . Hope he didn't feel like he was slummin' it. The discussion was around the issue of pastor as theologian. Tony Jones framed the question well by creating an ethical situation similar to that which he had created in this post , which brings the issue of present theology to the fore. After several of us weighed in with various thoughts, Dr. Torrance brought up the excellent question of the danger of seeking the contemporary. He used Athanasius and the Arian controversy to illustrate his point. Two admissions before moving on. One, I am not a trained theologian or academic. Antonio Gramsci talks about organic intellectuals. I am at best an organic blogger, and sometimes more ripe than others. While I might accept the notion of organic, throwing in the word intellectual skews the conversation and doesn't address the wired world in which I have found a voice. The folks at the Princeton cohort quote Volf and Moltmann. In my natural world
medical pda programs I am more likely to quote Locke (Christopher, not John) and Lessig . Second, any theological knowledge I do have comes from my personal reading, which has been heavily influenced by missiological texts, including The Gospel in a Pluralist Society and Transforming Mission .
We had a great discussion the other night at the Emergent Cohort I attended. It is rare that a scholar the likes of Dr. Iain Torrance is in attendance at an event that also includes me, whose greatest claim to fame is being listed as a one of the Ten Emerging
rebate programs Church Bloggers . Hope he didn't feel like he was slummin' it. The discussion was around the issue of pastor as theologian. Tony Jones framed the question well by creating an ethical situation similar to that which he had created in this post , which brings the issue of present theology to the fore. After several of us weighed in with various thoughts, Dr. Torrance brought up the excellent question of the danger of seeking the contemporary. He used Athanasius and the Arian controversy to illustrate his point. Two admissions before moving on. One, I am not a trained theologian or academic. Antonio Gramsci talks about organic intellectuals. I am at best an organic blogger, and sometimes more ripe than others. While I might accept the notion of organic, throwing in the word intellectual skews the conversation and doesn't address the wired world in which I have found a voice. The folks at the Princeton cohort quote Volf and Moltmann. In my natural world I am more likely to quote Locke (Christopher, not John) and Lessig . Second, any theological knowledge I do have comes from my personal reading, which has been heavily influenced by missiological texts, including The Gospel in a Pluralist Society and Transforming Mission .
Robert X. Cringely writes: ... WiMax, like most wireless networking technologies, is either-or. You can either have lots of bandwidth or you can have long range. There are exceptions to
best uk savings rates this rule if you have line-of-sight transmission and can use a matched set of high-gain antennas. Then, sure, WiMax can send those 70+ megabits per second for 30 miles and more -- sometimes a LOT more. But the way most of us envision using WiMax is with lower gain antennas, often without line of sight, and possibly even while moving from place to place, so the trade-off of bandwidth for distance is pretty severe. Most WiMax users will find that they can't get the target 70 megabits per second at 30 miles. They'll be lucky to get even one megabit per second at 30 miles. Possibly a LOT less, as WiMax's adaptive modulation slows transmission and throws on lots of forward error correction to make sure the signal gets through, however sluggishly. ... Link: PBS.org . Thanks to Stephen Hill for the tip. I live on top of an Idaho mountain ridge and just opened up a pseudo-WiMAX Clearwire account (discussed in the article) to replace the frustrating 802.11 based WISP that I've been using for five years. The only other broadband option for me is satellite. The original WISP might have a bit of an edge inbound (when it works at all), but the Clearwire account (which breaks more frequently but is easy to fix) has it all over the WISP outbound. --Dennis
Note: this is a very long post, a meditation in draft form. I've revised it a little bit since I first posted it. I was sitting quietly the other day, reflecting on things to do with our faith, conversations I’ve had in recent days, as a Catholic, with Evangelical/Emergent Christians, thinking about the nature of authority in the Catholic Church and how different it is from authority in the Protestant world, when suddenly I heard a word, spoken very clearly in my mind: Acquiescence. Since coming into the Catholic world, I’ve read and thought a lot about the quality, or virtue, of obedience, and about its necessity as a virtue to develop if one hopes to grow in holiness: obedience to the Church on matters of the faith, trusting that the Church has been endowed by God with the charism of infallible interpretation of Scripture and all matters of the faith, through the office of the Pope and the Magisterium in union with the Pope. I have also been aware, both in the Protestant world and in the Catholic world, of much bickering about matters of the faith. At times, I’ve done my share of bickering, perhaps more than I should. As a Catholic, I’ve done my share of struggling with certain of the doctrines hard to understand, or challenging to really accept and live. I’ve struggled with aspects
search engine optimization orange county of church life in the Catholic world that are frustrating, or less than fulfilling.
Available from eBay here . This is no ordinary N50 Pentel Pen Marker, this pen was 'liberated' by myself during a failed attempt to gain a place on Wieden and Kennedy's WKside scheme. This pen appears to have soaked up the creative energy flowing around the Wieden and Kennedy studio
linux shared hosting and, believe it or not, has the power to create award winning ad campaigns entirely on its own. I'm not entirely sure how it works, it may be something they put in the ink. I am, however, sure Wieden and Kennedy would like to keep the secret of their successes away from competitors almost as much as rivals would like to get their grubby mits on this little creative Holy Grail. Therefore I am confident of making a pretty penny one way or another and it looks like my interview wasn't entirely fruitless. Happy bidding Elliott
Click HereNote: this is a very long post, a meditation in draft form. I've revised it a little bit since I first posted it. I was sitting quietly the other day, reflecting on things to do with our faith, conversations I’ve had in recent days, as a Catholic, with Evangelical/Emergent Christians, thinking about the nature of authority in the Catholic Church and how different it is from authority in the Protestant world, when suddenly I heard a word, spoken very clearly in my mind: Acquiescence. Since coming into the Catholic world, I’ve read and thought a lot about the quality, or virtue, of obedience, and about its necessity as a virtue to develop if one hopes to grow in holiness:
free pop up blocker obedience to the Church on matters of the faith, trusting that the Church has been endowed by God with the charism of infallible interpretation of Scripture and all matters of the faith, through the office of the Pope and the Magisterium in union with the Pope. I have also been aware, both in the Protestant world and in the Catholic world, of much bickering about matters of the faith. At times, I’ve done my share of bickering, perhaps more than I should. As a Catholic, I’ve done my share of struggling with certain of the doctrines hard to understand, or challenging to really accept and live. I’ve struggled with aspects of church life in the Catholic world that are frustrating, or less than fulfilling.
Note: this is a very long post, a meditation in draft form. I've revised it a little bit since I first posted it. I was sitting quietly the other day, reflecting on things to do with our faith, conversations I’ve had in recent days, as a Catholic, with Evangelical/Emergent Christians, thinking about the nature
thank you candy of authority in the Catholic Church and how different it is from authority in the Protestant world, when suddenly I heard a word, spoken very clearly in my mind: Acquiescence. Since coming into the Catholic world, I’ve read and thought a lot about the quality, or virtue, of obedience, and about its necessity as a virtue to develop if one hopes to grow in holiness: obedience to the Church on matters of the faith, trusting that the Church has been endowed by God with the charism of infallible interpretation of Scripture and all matters of the faith, through the office of the Pope and the Magisterium in union with the Pope. I have also been aware, both in the Protestant world and in the Catholic world, of much bickering about matters of the faith. At times, I’ve done my share of bickering, perhaps more than I should. As a Catholic, I’ve done my share of struggling with certain of the doctrines hard to understand, or challenging to really accept and live. I’ve struggled with aspects of church life in the Catholic world that are frustrating, or less than fulfilling.
Reader mail has been on fire today. Perhaps it is a consequence of the new draconian white list policy I was forced to institute. Perhaps not. Whatever the cause, I am basking in reader mail goodness. Most recently, loyal reader "JN" points me to the blog of an alleged associate at Elevation Partners. (One more example in the rather full quiver of reasons I post anonymously). The peek into his world is a fascinating tour of rudderless and inept piloting through the narrow straits of the pacific ocean with all the pointless intoxication you'd expect from a sailor. But then, what did we expect from a blog named in part for a popular, foreign vodka? This, I suspect: "Myspace's best use has got to be for checking how drunk you were the night before." Or perhaps, this: Tales of Fattiness This weekend was a complete disaster. Friday night I was partying with some friends at Vessel and we ended up getting bottle service, which is never a good idea for me. I remember eating at Yuet Lee afterwards but not much else beyond that point. The next day when I was hanging
washington mutual out with some of the same people, one of them mentioned how a friend might have left their camera at the pho place.
Note: this is a very long post, a meditation in draft form. I've revised it a little bit since I
picture share first posted it. I was sitting quietly the other day, reflecting on things to do with our faith, conversations I’ve had in recent days, as a Catholic, with Evangelical/Emergent Christians, thinking about the nature of authority in the Catholic Church and how different it is from authority in the Protestant world, when suddenly I heard a word, spoken very clearly in my mind: Acquiescence. Since coming into the Catholic world, I’ve read and thought a lot about the quality, or virtue, of obedience, and about its necessity as a virtue to develop if one hopes to grow in holiness: obedience to the Church on matters of the faith, trusting that the Church has been endowed by God with the charism of infallible interpretation of Scripture and all matters of the faith, through the office of the Pope and the Magisterium in union with the Pope. I have also been aware, both in the Protestant world and in the Catholic world, of much bickering about matters of the faith. At times, I’ve done my share of bickering, perhaps more than I should. As a Catholic, I’ve done my share of struggling with certain of the doctrines hard to understand, or challenging to really accept and live. I’ve struggled with aspects of church life in the Catholic world that are frustrating, or less than fulfilling.
We had a great discussion the other night at the Emergent Cohort I attended. It is rare that a scholar the likes of Dr. Iain Torrance is in attendance at an event that also includes me, whose greatest claim to fame is being listed as a one of the Ten Emerging Church Bloggers . Hope he didn't feel like he was slummin' it. The discussion was around the issue of pastor as theologian. Tony Jones framed the question well by creating an ethical situation similar to that which he had created in this post , which brings the issue of present theology to the fore. After several of us weighed in with various thoughts, Dr. Torrance brought up the excellent question of the danger of seeking the contemporary. He used Athanasius and the Arian controversy to illustrate his point. Two admissions before moving on. One, I am not a trained theologian or academic. Antonio Gramsci talks about organic intellectuals. I am at best an organic blogger, and sometimes more ripe than others. While I might accept the notion of organic, throwing in the word intellectual skews the conversation and doesn't address the wired world in which I have found a voice. The folks at the Princeton cohort quote Volf and Moltmann. In my natural world I am more likely to quote Locke (Christopher, not John) and Lessig . Second, any theological knowledge I do have comes from
hustler my personal reading, which has been heavily influenced by missiological texts, including The Gospel in a Pluralist Society and Transforming Mission .