Semper Reformada

My friend Paul and I have an ongoing conversation happening regarding the irony of churches professing the reformed tradition, yet forgetting one of the reformers central mottos... Semper Reformada... Always reforming.

He sent me a quote that he read from N.T. Wright yesterday.


"All this, of course, demands as well that the church itself be continually called to account, since we in our turn easily get it wrong and become part of the problem instead of part of the solution. That is why the church must be semper reformanda as it reads the Bible, especially the Gospels. Fortunately, that's what the Gospels are there for, and that's what they are good at, despite generations of so-called critical methods which sometimes seem to have been designed to prevent the Gospels from being themselves. Part of the underlying aim of this essay is to encourage readings of the Bible which, by highlighting the publicness of God and the gospel, set forward those reforms which will enable the church to play its part in holding the powers to account and thus advancing God's restorative justice."

ABC News: Christian Reality TV Arrives on Cable

ABC News: Christian Reality TV Arrives on Cable

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What do you think? Is this a good idea? Why?

Jay-Z

Coldplay just came out with a new EP... I may be a bit bias, but I am finding it informative and entertaining. Jay-Z makes an appearance in the remix of the song Lost. For myself, a person about to graduate from grad school and for all beginning to embark upon a career, Jay-Z provides some prophetic words. (Or not?)



Aha, I gotcha, uh...
With the same sword they knight you, they gon' good night you with
Shit, that's only half if they like you
That ain't even the half what they might do
Don't believe me, ask Michael
See Martin, see Malcolm
See Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome
See Jesus, see Judas
See Caesar, see Brutus, see success is like suicide
Suicide, it's a suicide
If you succeed, prepare to be crucified
Media meddles, niggaz sue you, you settle
Every step you take, they remind you you're ghetto
So it's tough being Bobby Brown
To be Bobby then, you have to be Bobby now
And the question is, "Is to have had and lost
Better than not having at all?"
Because I'm...

Oh and I, just waiting ‘til the shine wears off
Oh and I, just waiting ‘til the shine wears off

KIVA

I just got an email from Justin Beck regarding a new website that allows people to give loans that help create business in the two thirds world. Check it out if you get a chance.

www.kiva.org