Pop Culture Piety
Pop Culture is everywhere. It is implicit in what we read, what we watch, where we shop, even our choice of what brand of coffee to drink. Given this, Christ’s call to be ‘in the world, but not of the world’ can sometimes seem daunting to us. This blog will explore various topics within Popular Culture, and how we are called to live out our faith and ministry in these murky and ever shifting waters.
A Culture of Ridicule
Our snarky remarks and snide comments subtly suggest that the individual we ridicule is not worth God’s time, effort, or love.
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Stories of Identity
The tattoo is not just a colorful picture on their arm or leg, it is a mode of self expression, an artistic story of identity. The image chosen to be a permanent fixture on the body signifies something important about the individual. Continue reading
Merton, Meditation, and the Mall.
Our spirituality is not the part of our lives lived between shopping trips and coffee-shop visits. Rather our spiritual life is firmly rooted in these places and our particular interactions with them. Every place is a spiritual place, precisely because they are places that we reside. Continue reading
Preaching posterior enhancements.
Does the theological discussions and distinctions so prevalent in our ministries, give voice to the availability of God’s kingdom to those considering implanting a mass of love and self-worth into their lives? How does the preaching of Christ and him crucified make its way to that situation – to a situation which at first glance would seem beyond the realms of theology and religion?
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Beyond a Brand
I have even questioned whether we need to‘re-brand’ the Anglican Church. To this phrase, my friend cheekily but insightfully quipped:
“You mean, like a pair of Jeans?” Continue reading
‘Big Brother’ and Christian Identity
As a self-appointed ‘Reality-TV nut’, this is what I have been waiting for. I finally have a chance to be a reality TV star! Can you imagine? Continue reading
