Nadia Bolz-Weber: Salvation on the Small Screen? 24 Hours of Christian Television
This is my book. It will change your life. Ok, not really.
Kester Brewin: Signs of Emergence
This book is tremendous. Drawing on his background as a math teacher, Brewin explores why the church is where it is and why it is to change...using complexity theory. This is a must read.
Edward and Lorna Mornin: Saints: A Visual Guide
This is a gorgeous handbook of the saints.
Peter Rollins: How (Not) to Speak of God.
Pete is an emerging church pastor of the Ikon community in Belfast, Ireland. I can't recommend this book enough.
Phyllis Tickle: The divine hours
Phyllis is one the smartest women I've ever met. I'm using this book for matins and noon prayer as well as vespers and compline.
Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faith
One of my favorite books of all time. She's pretty cranky and sarcastic too.
Eddie Gibbs: Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures
Gibbs and Bolger spent 5 years compiling this book which relys heavily on interviews with emerging church leaders in the US and the UK. They seem to favor independant churches over denominational ones...so very little is said about us "loyal radicals"
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This is a quote from George Carlin's list of "new rules"....I understand this lacks generosity and is unkind, but funny is funny.
"New Rule: Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass. And it translates to "Beef with Broccoli". The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high".
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Tee hee. Every once in a while, George Carlin truly delivers, and I can forget for a moment that he played a pivotal role in Jersey Girl.
Posted by: Dave | January 22, 2007 at 11:41 AM
so true that it is funny
Posted by: LP | January 23, 2007 at 06:34 AM
Indeed. Funny is definitely funny.
Posted by: Jenn | January 23, 2007 at 07:22 PM
oh man, my biggest pet peeve are chinese character tattoos. Am I a tattoo snob? Maybe. But really isn't it about cultural appropriation? Regardless, I think people should have to have their tattoos approved by council. That's f'd up, huh?
Posted by: Andie | January 24, 2007 at 10:34 AM
My favorite are all the Kabbalists tatooing Hebrew on themselves. First of all, if you're a practicing Jew, getting tattoos is to'evah (abomination), and secondly idiots like Brittney Spears got their Hebrew assbackwards, and now "the power of healing" reads rather as a bunch of meaningless gibberish. Oops she did it again...meaningless, that is.
Good to meet MadPriest's Lutheran counterpart.
Posted by: *Christopher | January 25, 2007 at 02:21 PM
Well, I am not a Kabbalist, but I do have the word "chesed" in Hebrew tattooed on my chest just over my sacred heart.
Posted by: LP | January 26, 2007 at 07:35 AM
i fink this tatto is relii nyc actually
Posted by: cherise | December 21, 2008 at 12:33 PM