(The following is a response for my high school youth pastor, Don Solin, who requested that I share my perspective of what I thought Fairhaven Student Ministries did well.)
In one of my more memorable meetings with Don I was caught by the following statement, the implications of which offer an excellent overview of what made Fairhaven Student Ministries successful.
If you really want to follow Jesus, then find the person sitting alone in the lunch room and offer to be their friend.
Last weekend I had the honor of emceeing at a wedding for one of my good friends . During the toast I offered the following advice which is a paraphrase of a lecture from one of my favorite theologians, Stanley Hauerwas, in which I boldly proclaimed:
Three years into a marriage you will discover that you married the wrong person.
I’m a huge fan of mewithoutYou. Like their music, their album packaging unique and beautiful, and so it seems fitting that they be one of the first additions to my meager vinyl collection. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve just released what will likely be the last comprehensive design update to this site. The design bug started earlier in the spring when I set out to make some usability improvements to the site based on data from Google Analytics. The weeks that followed, however, have also led to revisions to the typography, freshening of the color palate, updating to the latest version of Wordpress, re-architecting the templating system, clarifying and synchronizing tags, reordering the source code, adding microformats Read the rest of this entry »
One of the results of my ongoing spiritual formation is an awareness of the importance of discipleship; specifically discipleship as a visible practice that manifests social and political conclusions. This has also led to the observation that the majority of contemporary worship songwriters are oblivious to the responsibility the church has towards “making disciples.” Or stated more bluntly, most contemporary worship songs, and consequently most American evangelicals, are so consumed with internal/personal spirituality that it borders on narcissism. Read the rest of this entry »
Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again… more
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