The pastor of my home church, Redeemer PCA in Tulsa, gave a sermon last week from the second chapter of 1st Peter. I highly recommend this for anyone with any political opinions of any kind, especially anyone who feels a tension between their Christian beliefs and their American "ideals".
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=111509143151
Ricky Jones, SERMON: 1 Peter 2:11-17
2009/11/22
2009/11/09
J'ai Lu, Octobre 2009
The calendar says it is November 9th. It feels outside like September. I am not complaining about the discrepancy. Reading on the hammock in the sunlight under the bright, fiery leaves on autumn trees, maybe drifting into a nap while the breeze gently rocks you to sleep; I wouldn't mind spending the month of November in this way.
Citizenship Papers (Berry) – A collection of essays on politics, citizenship, etc., recommended by and borrowed from Kyle. Wendall Berry has some really perceptive insights to share, and I really appreciated his thoughts on war/pacifism, capitalism/socialism, and other topics I’ve been wrestling with. I think Berry has an excellent grasp on the elements involved in these issues and he does a fantastic job of defending his positions. Thanks for the borrow, K. (8)
The Great Divorce (Lewis) – I haven’t read as much by Lewis as I wish that I had by this point, but this beautiful and powerful representation was enough to make me motivated to read more, and soon. Lewis’ descriptions of heaven and the entire heaven/hell divide are imaginative and thoughtful in a glorious way. I love hearing human conjecture on heaven and divine things and I think Lewis captures some ideas which continue to paint an image that we can only imagine and wonder on. If any of you have read this and particularly liked or disliked any things I would really love to hear your thoughts and impressions. (9)
The Unlikely Disciple (Roose) – This memoir is actually written by a student who was an intern of an author I recently blogged about as the author of a similar religious-immersion memoir, A.J. Jacobs of The Year of Living Biblically. Essentially, the premise is similar. An atheist student attends school for a semester at Liberty University, one of the most fundamentalist evangelical Christian schools in the nation. Honestly, I liked Roose’s writing better than his mentors’, and I think this book is a really interesting read, especially for anyone who has ever been in a similar environment of Christian fundamentalism. While the Evangelical fanaticism inspired by Jerry Falwell at Liberty is probably further to the extreme than you have experienced, I can link many of the issues and attitudes Roose mentions with events I have seen firsthand. Recommend for any Christians who have any interaction with other people (that’s…most of you..). (8)
Favorites:
How I met Your Mother, Season 4
Band of Horses
October trips to Tulsa, Dallas, and Wichita
November trips to St. Louis and Tulsa
John Mayer Winter/Spring Tour Dates
The Gray Owl opening
Looking forward to:
Not-a-Date
A Parents visit this weekend
RUF Sunday
Battles Studies release 11/17
Thanksgiving
Bedlam
Why oh why is Oklahoma so bad at football these days :/ I'm going to have to have a word with Rob...
Citizenship Papers (Berry) – A collection of essays on politics, citizenship, etc., recommended by and borrowed from Kyle. Wendall Berry has some really perceptive insights to share, and I really appreciated his thoughts on war/pacifism, capitalism/socialism, and other topics I’ve been wrestling with. I think Berry has an excellent grasp on the elements involved in these issues and he does a fantastic job of defending his positions. Thanks for the borrow, K. (8)
The Great Divorce (Lewis) – I haven’t read as much by Lewis as I wish that I had by this point, but this beautiful and powerful representation was enough to make me motivated to read more, and soon. Lewis’ descriptions of heaven and the entire heaven/hell divide are imaginative and thoughtful in a glorious way. I love hearing human conjecture on heaven and divine things and I think Lewis captures some ideas which continue to paint an image that we can only imagine and wonder on. If any of you have read this and particularly liked or disliked any things I would really love to hear your thoughts and impressions. (9)
The Unlikely Disciple (Roose) – This memoir is actually written by a student who was an intern of an author I recently blogged about as the author of a similar religious-immersion memoir, A.J. Jacobs of The Year of Living Biblically. Essentially, the premise is similar. An atheist student attends school for a semester at Liberty University, one of the most fundamentalist evangelical Christian schools in the nation. Honestly, I liked Roose’s writing better than his mentors’, and I think this book is a really interesting read, especially for anyone who has ever been in a similar environment of Christian fundamentalism. While the Evangelical fanaticism inspired by Jerry Falwell at Liberty is probably further to the extreme than you have experienced, I can link many of the issues and attitudes Roose mentions with events I have seen firsthand. Recommend for any Christians who have any interaction with other people (that’s…most of you..). (8)Favorites:
How I met Your Mother, Season 4
Band of Horses
October trips to Tulsa, Dallas, and Wichita
November trips to St. Louis and Tulsa
John Mayer Winter/Spring Tour Dates
The Gray Owl opening
Looking forward to:
Not-a-Date
A Parents visit this weekend
RUF Sunday
Battles Studies release 11/17
Thanksgiving
Bedlam
Why oh why is Oklahoma so bad at football these days :/ I'm going to have to have a word with Rob...
2009/11/03
Owl Gray
I am currently sitting on a sectional sofa at the back of a long room in a downtown storefront building. Indie Rock plays on the small speakers built into the exposed, stained rafters in the ceiling, where dramatic lighting casts shadows across the room and makes you feel as though you play a part in the art display behind you. The art, by the way, that unexpectedly portrays the same green villain involved in each of the farm or landscape scenes that line the east wall. Yes, you've got to see this to know what I mean.
The Gray Owl is simplistic. It is eclectic. The striking front door is a green gateway into a hipster's paradise, complete with retro used furniture and green OU chalkboard recycled for use as a menu list. It is the sort of place where time can pass without your knowledge, where you can sit, relax, and feel a sort of timelessness and freedom that is so often elusively out of reach. You breathe a sigh of relief knowing that this magical place will not soon sell-out to "the man" as other nearby venues have so disappointingly done (cough). With a cup of smooth, rich coffee in your hand, you can lean back in your consignment-furniture-store chair and thank goodness that you don't have to leave this marvelous place before the clock strikes midnight; and in this Cinderella-esque mindset you cross your glass-slippered feet on the handmade table in front of you, drink deep from your pumpkin latte and hum a bit of "A Dream is a wish your Heart Makes," knowing this very place is your dream come true.
The Gray Owl is simplistic. It is eclectic. The striking front door is a green gateway into a hipster's paradise, complete with retro used furniture and green OU chalkboard recycled for use as a menu list. It is the sort of place where time can pass without your knowledge, where you can sit, relax, and feel a sort of timelessness and freedom that is so often elusively out of reach. You breathe a sigh of relief knowing that this magical place will not soon sell-out to "the man" as other nearby venues have so disappointingly done (cough). With a cup of smooth, rich coffee in your hand, you can lean back in your consignment-furniture-store chair and thank goodness that you don't have to leave this marvelous place before the clock strikes midnight; and in this Cinderella-esque mindset you cross your glass-slippered feet on the handmade table in front of you, drink deep from your pumpkin latte and hum a bit of "A Dream is a wish your Heart Makes," knowing this very place is your dream come true.
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