Tamara and I stayed awake until about 12:00 Thursday night while I packed, and we woke up early Friday morning to drive to the airport about an hour and a half before my flight.
After eating breakfast together, Tamara and I forced ourselves to part so that I could fly to Singapore and she could drive [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Sleepy Preacher
Posted in Travel, tagged Boomer, church, Conflict, flight, Jesus, OSU, OU, Philippians, preaching, rejoice, Singapore, Skype, Travel, worship on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Still Coming Out?
Posted in sexuality, tagged Christianity, homosexuality, Jesus, university on November 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On Monday I picked up a student newspaper from the stand just inside the main entrance of the Campus Life Center on the USC Upstate campus. It was an October issue, but it was still there in the stand. I don’t know how frequently it is published.
Today there was a different issue in the stand, [...]
Coming Out
Posted in sexuality, tagged Christianity, church, college, coming out, GBLT, homosexuality, university on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Carolinian is a student newspaper published at the University of South Carolina Upstate, where I teach a couple of classes each semester. The October 15 issue included a front-page article about the National Coming Out Day celebration on the Upstate campus, which was held on October 10.
People wore tee shirts proclaiming, “Gay? Fine by [...]
CSD 10: Submwhat?!
Posted in Spiritual Disciplines, submission, tagged leadership, Spiritual Disciplines, submission on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our Sunday night group discussions in the campus ministry have been focusing on Christian spiritual disciplines, and this weekend the topic is submission. I’m wondering how I found a guest brave enough to facilitate a group of college students (and college-age non-students)–a population generally stereotyped as anti-authority and pro-individuality–in a discussion about submission!
Even though I [...]
I Like Jesus AND the Church
Posted in Table, tagged church, community, Jesus, Lord's Supper on November 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Here is what I plan to say before the Lord’s Supper this morning…
If you were to browse some of the contemporary nonfiction book titles most popular among my generation of Christians, you would discover a theme. Hear two examples:
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
I Like Jesus But Not the Church: Following Jesus Without [...]
Steven Gaines
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