I have been working on developing a new blog for a few days now. TODAY IT IS OFFICIAL. This blog has relocated . Please update you feeds an...

Princeton is perfect. The perfect location. Well... not perfect... but good. Envision '08 (EV08) is being held at Princeton University....

A couple weeks ago I posted a question about the church. Actually it was a phrase that read "When I hear the word church..." There...

I received an e-mail from Keelan Downton , Assistant Professor of Narrative Biblical Theology at Somerset Christian College about blogging ...

I just found the video below online. A friend of mine wrote a curriculum for students transitioning from high school to college. He is now p...

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I took the Oakwood Hall staff to see THE GOD'S AREN'T ANGRY TOUR on December 2 in Cleveland. As I sat listening to the final portio...

I am somewhat frequently interviewed by students here at MVNU for Research Writing projects, Public Speaking presentations, or Christian Li...

DISCLAIMER: This post is part II of II of possibly the 2 most shallow and unthoughtful posts I've ever written and may or may not includ...

DISCLAIMER: This post is part I of II of possibly the 2 most shallow and unthoughtful posts I've ever written and may or may not include...

Ever since my college undergraduate experience I have had to contemplate whether or not to proceed with any form of ordination or licensure ...

After hearing and reading about the 48 hour closure of the North Sea oil pipeline due to the 1,200 person union strike at the Grangemouth, S...

The following is a thought I posted for my Premodern, Modern, and Postmodern Philosophy course: Our current "normal sense of community...

There were about 70-80 well-dressed, "appropriately adorned," monetarily secure and even affluent individuals conversing, smiling,...

Tony Jones was asked a question that I continually hear: "What is the difference between 'Emerging' and 'Emergent?' I h...

I am very pleased with my daughters seeming appreciation for music. She glances with bright eyes and bounces her body and head when she hea...

It is fascinating to watch people in an airport. Each one looks so unique and different yet all are disparagingly similar. Can anyone explai...

My friend Tim Barenscheer and I have been highly involved with each other's development as we journey through our philosophical wonderin...

If everything is spiritual then nothing is spiritual because nothing is by its own existence something and therefore has to be part of every...

What is success? What is happiness?

Top Five: Best Film, Athletic Theme 5. Rudy 4. Hoosiers 3. Remeber the Titans 2. We Are Marshall And the SRWGFA (Subversive Reformation Writ...

After much deliberation I did decide to vote this year (at least in the Ohio, March 4 election). I primarily decided to vote due to a tax le...

Author and Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann will be teaching tonight at Mount Vernon Nazarene University @ 7:30 p.m. in the R.R. Hod...

Most award or reality TV shows wait until the end of the show or for the season finale to reveal the ultimate winner of any given competitio...

A week of interviewing 64 candidates for Resident Assistant and Spiritual Life Assistant positions caused a brief hiatus in my posting. It i...

For those of you named Oscar please do not take offense. I actually really like the name Oscar for human being or for a grouch just not for ...

I was just browsing Shelfari and came across a member whose screen name is "nonconformist." Isn't it somewhat conformist to cl...

Coming soon to a Subversive Reformation near you. Opening Saturday, March 1. Subversive Reformation will be posting a series of entries dedi...

Click here --> NOOMA Open | 019 Rob Bell by 12:26 Wednesday. The newest NOOMA short film is available for preview on Facebook for only 4...

"One who would be a leader, I am cautioned, has a greater weight of responsibility to honor the despised, share his earthly possessions...

Remeber that term "devotions?" "Did you do your devotions today?" "I need to spend 15 minutes a day in my devotions...

Today is good. Today is good. Kevin Peterson :: Lucy Peterson :: Simon Peterson Kyle Meyers :: Kelsie Meyers :: Francis Xavier Myers John Ba...

A friend and resident of Oakwood Hall who shall remain nameless ( Ryan Walker ) asked me visit a website that was just launched by a communi...

Resurrection. New Life. Hope. Please visit the International Justice Mission and CLICK HERE --> to WATCH THE VIDEO . The injustice of ch...

A post from one of my Mozilla Firefox RSS feeds dealt with an article from the Boston Globe about New Monasticism. Click here --> www.jes...

Shane Claiborne , author of The Irresistible Revolution and member/participant/advocate (I'm not sure what descriptor goes here) of Th...