November 2010
14 posts
My Very Favorite Twitter Users :: If You’re on...
1) Tim Siedell @badbanana
2) Jesus @jesus
3) Stewart Mandel @slmandel
4) Good Magazine @GOOD
5) New York Times @nytimes
6) Mike Foster @MikeFoster
7) Ben Gott @benjaminedgar
8) Rudy Rasmus @PastorRudyR
9) Kanye West @kanyewest
10) Rainn Wilson @rainnwilson
"Befriending the Poor" :: by Kara Martin :: from... →
Befriending the poorKara Martin November 18th, 2010
Friendship at the Margins by Heuertz & Pohl
I have to admit that when I first picked up this book, the thought did cross my mind that it was “just another social justice book”. However, I became very engaged by the writing style (first-person stories rather than polemic), and the practical suggestions of this book.
Christopher Heuertz has...
Do We Really Want to Know? :: "What Every Person...
There are some things I wish I didn’t know. And then there are lots of things I want to learn about.
Recognizing how little I know about the multi-layed human consequences of war, a couple weeks ago I picked up a used copy of What Every Person Should Know About War by Chris Hedges. I was at Jackson Street Booksellers and saw it on the ‘recently arrived’ table. It looked interesting, and looked...
Suffering From NFS (Naming Fatigue Syndrome) ::...
#1 Leroy Bugs Brown: We got Leroy at Drew and Karamin’s wedding and flew him home from Tampa, Florida. Guess Omaha was a let-down. He eventually killed himself by jumping out of his bowl.
#2 Miles Logan Davis: Adina helped me pick Miles out. She also helped me name him, her first suggestion was, “Let’s name him after some money, how about ‘Hundred Dollar Bill?”
#3 w.nelson.mandela: On our...
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Heuertz Family Update Letter for December 2010
1 December 2010
Happy Holidays Everyone!
These last few weeks of the year can be so fun, full of simmering anticipation for the New Year.
But as Phileena and I reflect back on 2010 we are grateful for your friendship, your prayers and the gifts you’ve made to help us continue our involvement in Word Made Flesh.
This has been quite a year for us.
In April Phileena officially become...
"Righteousness AND Justice: A Truly 'Bohemian'... →
A while back, I raised some issues with James K.A. Smith’s rather uncharitable denouncement of Brett McCracken’s exploration of Hipster Christianity, claiming that his defense of “bohemian” Christians leading radical lifestyles and service, couched in a self-defensive reactivity against Evangelicalism’s focus on “personal piety,” contributed, even if...
"The Influence of a First Follower" from the blog... →
In this insightful 3 minute TED talk about the importance of the “first follower”, Derek Sivers (one of my favorite regulars at the TED Conference) shares about the catalytic nature of those who take the risk to follow new innovators. I think there are several great lessons presented in the video that highlights the necessity of having or becoming a great follower.
'Book Review // Pilgrimage of a Soul' :: by Gisele... →
Published by: Gisele Nelson November 15, 2010
I read a book this Summer by Phileena Heuertz called Pilgrimage of a Soul: Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life. I thought it would be appropriate because a. I’m Spiritual and b. I’m active.
Contemplation and action seem often to be two verbs that produce a tention in my life that I struggle to know what to do with. How do I bring...
Phileena Heuertz Radio Interview on 'Pilgrimage of... →
“Join Alex McManus for interviews with activists, missional practioners, and thought leaders from around the world. Alex interviews Phileena Heuertz, author of “Pilgrimage of a Soul: Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life”, published by InterVarsity Press, July 2010. Activists often see contemplation as a luxury, the sort of thing that must necessarily be laid aside in...
The New Ecumenism: Becoming the Living Body of... →
Book Review :: Brand Jesus: Christianity in a...
Not sure why, but I haven’t really used this blog to post book reviews. I imagine it would only help me, after all, I am in a competitive reading group and the more social pressure and accountability the better.
So with that, today I am posting some reflections on Brand Jesus: Christianity in a Consumerist Age, by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson.
It seems more than ever, the so-called developed world is...
Tim Siedell (@badbanana) on Twitter :: Call...
Thanks @PasteMagazine. Phileena and I are sitting in a little hooka bar somewhere in Cyprus (which, apparently, is harder than I would have guessed for Americans to locate on a map) and I just tried to read all of these to her out loud without laughing…
Not possible.
Some of the classic tweets from @badbanana (Tim Siedell):
Shipwrecked on an island with one album? I’d want Coldplay. I might need...