Monthly Archives: April 2006

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe on faith

Michale Stipe from R.E.M. and producer of the movie Saved! talks about faith in a great interview I came across after reading a blurb on it in Relevant magazine. Here is a snippet. Faith in general–and I am speaking about Christian faith in particular … Continue reading

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ultra-emergent worship

What follows are my thoughts about worship and spiritual practice at Mosaic Life as we continue to explore what that looks like in a multi-racial, multi layered faith community. [thumb:485:l:s=0:l=g]Mosaic Life is  moving into ultra-emergent worship. I was listening to … Continue reading

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Left Behind the Video Game

Yes now you too can enjoying fighting the apocalypse the mother of all battles in the comfort of your own home. Here’s what the producers of the latest piece in the Left Behind franchise say about the upcoming game.  Wage … Continue reading

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the sometimes secret message of Jesus

OK I must admit that the title of Brian Mclaren’s new book The Secret Message of Jesus made me wince a bit. Just a bit but a wince nonetheless. With the gospel of Judas coming on the heals of Brian’s new … Continue reading

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lenten easter reflections

Now that we have finished a pretty pretty heavy schedule of activity during Passion( Holy) Week @ Mosaic Life I’ve had some time to reflect on what we did and its spiritual impact. On one hand it felt like we had a … Continue reading

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trading up

Talk about trading up look at what that means on this blog oneredpaperclip My name is Kyle MacDonald and I am trying to trade one red paper clip for a house. I started with one red paper clip on July … Continue reading

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greenhouse churches

I found this interesting definition of a green house church at WatersEdge: David Rudd’s Blog a greenhouse church is one which strikes a balance between the "organizational" model of the garage and the "organic" model of the meadow. the following … Continue reading

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bono prayer breakfast update

If you haven’t seen this yet take the time to view what I think is one of the best messages preached anywhere in church or our in recent history. Here’s link to the  video Technorati Tags: bono, faith & culture, in … Continue reading

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Lady In The Water

Lady In The Water M. Night Shyamalan’s next movie comes out in June. I think this guy is the most phenomenal director since Hitchcock. He is by far my favorite living director. All his movies have significant but not overbearing … Continue reading

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muppets take the matrix

the muppets have fallen into the matrix truly awesome thanks to fayola for the link Technorati Tags: faith & culture, matrix, movies & tv, muppets

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