http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Meditations on Jesus and our World en Vox Tue, 13 May 2008 16:51:04 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/denominational-renewal.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/denominational-renewal.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/denominational-renewal.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 May 2008 16:51:04 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398f964da0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398f964da0005-50si" alt="a jaguar" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Reading here about a conversation that's started up about renewing denominations, I'm struck with my initial sense of apathy: is there any hope for real denominational life? We're taught by professional theologians that denominations are a "must... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/denominational-renewal.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398e435dd0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> jaguars st. paul calling boundaries denominations presbyterianism http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/a-walkscore-urbanity.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/a-walkscore-urbanity.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/a-walkscore-urbanity.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 12 May 2008 22:17:56 -0700 Where I live, city officials and developers are pursuing something like a humane redevelopment of a rebirthed urban core. As a way to this goal, reviving a noble pedestrian existence has made the top of many lists. Such an existence is one in whic... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/a-walkscore-urbanity.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48cf783010002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> city environment koinonia pedestrian existence walkable urbanity social captial walkscore.com http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/defense-of-suburbia.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/defense-of-suburbia.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/defense-of-suburbia.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 May 2008 15:53:03 -0700 Amid all the hoopla extolling our new urbanism, one down-to-earth mom defends suburbia here. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/defense-of-suburbia.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398f5df690005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> city lifestyle mothers suburbia http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/morning-is-wiser.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/morning-is-wiser.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/morning-is-wiser.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 01 May 2008 09:36:12 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48ced878d0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48ced878d0002-50si" alt="the frog princess" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I love folklore. Lewis's conversion is spurred, I'm told, by a conversation with Tolkien in which the old mythmaker challenged Lewis's atheism/agnosticism with this idea: "Christianity is the One True Myth." This proverb makes all other myths bor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/morning-is-wiser.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398ef1b2c0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> wisdom david story tolkien folklore cs lewis discipline psalm 119 future posts the frog princess http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/swans-bones.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/swans-bones.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/swans-bones.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:23:13 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398ef28d60005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398ef28d60005-50si" alt="a trumpeter swan" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Speaking of death, I read a poem today by a friend, Mary Setliff, recently recognized by a local poetry festival, in which she potently describes cancer taking a friend. Her poem is called "The Bones of a Swan (for Will)." Reading it, I was remi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/swans-bones.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48d0c41fb0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry jesus magic city resurrection tucson swan bones mary setliff http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/paying-taxes-and-death.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/paying-taxes-and-death.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/paying-taxes-and-death.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:17:30 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398eda4f20004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398eda4f20004-50si" alt="Death and Taxes" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I heard a fascinating line of poetry yesterday, quoted by Maya Angelou, who is celebrating her eightieth birthday. The poet she quoted was Edna St. Vincent Millay, who fancied, in this composition, "Conscientious Objector," that though she couldn... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/paying-taxes-and-death.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48d0acab60001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> death irs maya angelou resurrection taxes eternity edna st. vincent millay the cross http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/unconferences-and-theological-debate.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/unconferences-and-theological-debate.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/unconferences-and-theological-debate.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:01:03 -0700 Reading here today about the phenomenon of the "unconference" and how it is the in-person equivalent of Web 2.0, I was struck with the image of what must have been a lively interaction between "speaker" and "audience" at the ancient church council... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/unconferences-and-theological-debate.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398e5341a0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> unconference web 2.0 postmodernism democracy presbyterian ancient church councils http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/jason-clarks-blog.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/jason-clarks-blog.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/jason-clarks-blog.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:30:17 -0700 Jason Clark has published last month a review of a book, Did Jesus go to the Theatre? by an author named Nick Page. I love the title, and am interested in the book. Here is a link to a presentation by Page. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/jason-clarks-blog.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48ce2dfd90003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books jesus cinema jason clark http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/the-little-things.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/the-little-things.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/the-little-things.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:15:18 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48d08cc3b0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48d08cc3b0001-50si" alt="Frappuccino" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> While riding the bus to the airport this morning, I met a kind stranger who, after taking a deep draught of his starbucks iced vanilla frappuccino, said, with something of a breathless passion, "Oh thank you Lord." I smiled, looked at him, and ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/the-little-things.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398ebb3e20005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> coffee starbucks caffeine thanksgiving frappuccinofr http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/arguing-with-grandma.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/arguing-with-grandma.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/arguing-with-grandma.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:06:26 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48d08cbb10001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48d08cbb10001-50si" alt="a clean front door..." /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It's hard to argue with Grandma. Of the many "wise sayings," she often told me, one came to mind the other day as I was helping a neighbor clean: "if everyone swept in front of his own front door, the whole world would be clean." Problem is, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/arguing-with-grandma.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48cea11a00002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> community wisdom philosophy trinity individualism orthodoxy