http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/posts/tags/story/page/1/ Meditations on Jesus and our World en Vox Thu, 01 May 2008 09:36:12 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss story 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/walking-with-the-poor.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/walking-with-the-poor.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/walking-with-the-poor.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:08:13 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48ce2965f0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700f48ce2965f0002-50si" alt="The Rich Young Ruler" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Bryant L. Myers has an excellent book which I read last year. The book takes a wide look at how we serve and help transform poor communities for God's Kingdom. One key theme addressed is the similarity of the poor and the non-poor in possessing w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/walking-with-the-poor.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398e438e30005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> power self story identity poverty gospel servant self-righteousness bryant myers the rich young rulerhere http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/storylines-of-suffering.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/storylines-of-suffering.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/storylines-of-suffering.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:40:13 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c964ab0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c964ab0002-50si" alt="Food for the Hungry" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> From a recent issue of Food for the Hungry's quarterly magazine: Everyone has a story. Our stories tell of our triumphs and struggles, our mountain-top experiences and seasons in the valleys that have shaped who we are.... But far from the fairy... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/storylines-of-suffering.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c972990004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> story africa nightmares incarnation fairy tale listening http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/bad-music-and-the-big-story.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/bad-music-and-the-big-story.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/bad-music-and-the-big-story.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:30:08 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c97e3f0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c97e3f0003-50si" alt="Christian Rock Hard" /></a> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c959a30001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c959a30001-50si" alt="5 Score and Seven" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A couple of years ago (Feb 2005), Kenneth Yu writes a helpful summary of an episode of South Park that parodies the Contemporary Christian Music scene: In Christian Hard Rock, Cartman concocts another scam in an effort to win yet another bet wit... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/bad-music-and-the-big-story.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c9703b0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pop surprises suicide art story harold and maude relient k ccm missional contemporary christian music common grace seeker sensitive http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/our-righteous-stories-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/our-righteous-stories-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/our-righteous-stories-1.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:52:15 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4141b72246a4700d4143238c1685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700d4143238c1685e-50si" alt="Walking With the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Bryant L. Myers has an excellent book, not perfect, but very helpful, which I've just finished. One key theme in the book (which addresses how we serve and help transform poor communities for God's Kingdom) is the similarity of the poor and the n... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/our-righteous-stories-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700d09e715780be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> power story poverty gospel wealth self-righteousness