You may have heard that our FEB FILM FEST (Festival Deails Here) starts next Thursday @ the Sexton house. More details coming soon, but for now you can watch the preview of the first movie here- “THE CONSTANT GARDENER”. We’ll be holding a viewing party after the Super Bowl on Sunday. Plan on watching it before next week even if you can’t come Sunday. (We don’t watch the whole movie on Thursday, just clips!) Continue reading past the preview for our study guide if you didn’t get it & a poll for your rating of the movie.
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Archive for January, 2009
Constant Gardener Preview
Published 01/30/2009 Film Fest , Group News Leave a CommentTags: Feb Film Fest, Super Bowl, The Constant Gardener
owens vs. nashville- the beat goes on
Published 01/29/2009 Interviews 1 CommentTags: Fisk, Kanye, Mac Rules, Matthew Owens, obama
This week’s interview feature is with the one & only Matthew Owens. Matthew is schooling his days away at Fisk University in Tennessee. He let’s us in on some school history, country music reflections (?), relationship updates, and the simple verdict on the lasting Kanye vs. 50 Cent battle. All in perfect rhythm… Continue reading ‘owens vs. nashville- the beat goes on’
Bell on Hosea and the Picture of Marriage…
Published 01/28/2009 Weekly Soul Leave a CommentTags: hosea, marriage, rob bell, Sex God
Tomorrow night, Cassie will be teaching as we finish our look @ the book of Hosea together. Here’s a quote from Rob Bell’s book “Sex God” that many of you have read through. It captures the analogy of marriage that we’ve been exploring in this study really well:
The Ten Commandments are the… agreement between people and God about how they’re going to live together, which is why the first one deals with having other gods. It’s essentially an agreement that this relationship won’t work if they have other lovers. And for the rest of the Hebrew Scriptures, we find God referring back to these original vows. In the book of Hosea, God says to his people, “You cheated on me!” The whole book is a picture of how God’s people have been unfaithful to him. In one text God laments, “You were the bride of my youth.”…From the perspective of the Scriptures, then, a man and a woman coming together is a picture of God and his people coming together- the God of Exodus, the God who travels with his people in a cloud of smoke and fire. The God who is with his people.” -Rob Bell / Sex God / p. 133-134
a close friend…
Published 01/26/2009 Entertain Me! Leave a CommentTags: hunter mcpherson, sammy schutte, snow war, wwf
For Hunter & Sammy, may your wrestling wars lead you to deeper places: “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” -Proverbs 18:24
Y2K & Sunrise Kisses Beyond the Hype
Published 01/22/2009 Seasonal: New Beginnings Leave a CommentTags: Y2K
by craig nason
Dawn of the millennium. A faded red Hawaiian shirt and a navy Kangol hat with box tape spelling “Y2K”. I kissed her with hope new like the day– and I certainly couldn’t tell you who took the picture. I was captured in the moment! We were told to prepare for the worst that New Year’s Eve, 1999— a potential failed computer grid that would bring our world into chaos. Some said it would be the dawn of the end times. But new beginnings that year weren’t nearly so dramatic. Change may come in one grand, sweeping moment… or it may not. Lately I’m trying to dig beyond the hype, and catch the sunrise kisses that are much more profound! Continue reading ‘Y2K & Sunrise Kisses Beyond the Hype’
okay, nothing could be further from the previous posted video on doogie howser. But…. it is MLK day, and this final bit of his final speech never fails to shake me up a bit. After visiting Memphis for a few days last month, and seeing the site of his assassination, King’s life took on a new meaning for me. enjoy: -C
ode to doogie
Published 01/17/2009 Entertain Me! Leave a CommentTags: doogie howser, SNL, theme song
o dr. howser. how we miss you….
marry this prostitute…
Published 01/14/2009 Weekly Soul Leave a CommentTags: God's beloved, hosea, marriage, prostitute
Marriage of Hosea and the Prostitute, from the Bible of St. Andre aux-Bois
Starting this Thursday, for three weeks, we will take in and breathe out The Book of Hosea- the language is shocking, the picture is striking, and the message is one to wrestle with… God calls on one man to be joined with an adulterer. The marriage relationship, one of the bibles deepest and richest symbols, becomes an unlikely tool for God to expose the unfaithfulness of his people. But what’s the point? Continue reading ‘marry this prostitute…’
deeper community, the suspended space, and great irish accents
Published 01/12/2009 Thoughts to Ponder Leave a CommentTags: peter rollins, suspended space
Some of us recently discussed some videos by writer/speaker Peter Rollins. In this short video, Rollins discusses the suspended space, and challenges us to consider what sort of community we’re hoping to create when we come together and meet eye to eye. take a minute to listen & be provoked…
new year, new interview: mizz benedict
Published 01/07/2009 Interviews 2 CommentsTags: benjamin button, chapstick, cooking school, heather benedict, Peru
Our first interview of 2009 is with one of our favorite additions to the CG in ’08, Heather Benedict. If you’ve never had a chance to hang out with her or hear her share about her faith– you’re really missing out! Our discussion covered the range of a typical AFD interview– from the silly to the spiritual. Read on… Continue reading ‘new year, new interview: mizz benedict’
