http://www.blahguy.com Musings of a College Pastor Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:13:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, reading a book about the Holy Spirit, a fabulous work by Veli-Matti Karkainnen entitled Pneumatology, I discovered a wonderful idea picked up on by a man named Eduard Schweizer. In discovering the excitment and ever-present power of the Spirit he writes: 'Long before the Holy Spirit was a theme ... http://www.blahguy.com/2008/01/the-wholy-spirit/ Koinonia Fellowship 'Commoness' These three words are synonymns. Apply our little theological idea about the church (koinonia, our fellowship) to our current political culture. I am convinced that until we can focus on what we 'agree' on in these debates, it all won't matter. What if we had ... http://www.blahguy.com/2008/01/america-bless-god-part-deux/ It seems many of us are caught up to some degree in the excitment of our next president. Listening once again to the debates of the recent weeks, I am reminded of my general discontent with the political spirit of our country: unwillingness to listen, attack after attack, too ... http://www.blahguy.com/2008/01/america-bless-god/ Why not worship the Office and then learn a little something. Check out how the church can learn from the Office at this Fast Company article. Enjoy http://www.blahguy.com/2007/10/the-office-and-leadership/ I did an experiment once. I went bowling by myself just to see what it was like. It was horrible. Everyone looked at me as though I was just released from a mental institution. I mean no one bowls alone. Really. I had a strike, and got to ... http://www.blahguy.com/2007/10/bowling-and-bible-reading/