8
December

The Blue Parakeet

Name one person that lives by the trilogy: The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it. Once you realize that no one belongs on your list, then you may be ready for Scot McKnight’s new book, The Blue Parakeet.

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In his most recent book, Mcknight takes on everyone who claims to completely follow the Bible. Everyone, suggests McKnight, “picks and chooses” the portions of scripture to live out. No one lives out the Bible en toto. Continue reading »

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9
November

Post-Racial America: Thoughts on the Election of Barack Obama

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I’m standing in line at the grocery store and sneeking a discrete glance at the cover of People magazine. The headline reads, “Barack Obama Makes History”.
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3
November

Protected: The Theology of Culture Pubs — A Basic Premise

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2
November

Post Election Depression

I’m already feeling the end of the 2008 campaign.
I miss it.

I love the debate,
the focus on issues of substance,
the spike in emotional energy,
the writings of Christians about socialism and the NT, and the wondering if Christians understand either.

Here’s an idea: Let’s start engaging in debate about 2012. Will Joe the Plumber run for president?

What do you think?

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27
October

The Human Event

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25
October

Big Foot

I’m wondering how many readers of “Into the Mystic” intellectually affirm (vs. believe in) a possibility of the existence of Big Foot.

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photo: me and lucas on a wildlife hunt. could bigfoot be back in the shadows somewhere?

Long time readers will not be surprised by this inquiry. Having experienced paranormal activity including precognition and UFOs myself, I’m interested in fringe science. [Note: you'll notice the 6-fingered hand that symbolizes The Human Event 2009 --ht to IMN design guru Dean Sharp and his multi-faceted design service and idea studio sharpdesingonline.com -- is like the hand on the new series Fringe.]

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I’m not expecting many to come out of the closet on this. But I’ve always thought that the Pacific Northwest was the perfect place to film the X-Files, if you know what I mean.

:)

See you in the mystic…

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24
October

FRINGE

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So far, the series has not captivated me. How about you?

The idea of fringe science has always jazzed me so I want it to work, but nothing yet.

See you in the mystic…

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18
October

Happy Birthday, Niza

Happy Birthday, Niza.

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Love you.

Alex

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7
October

Where do you get your energy?

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Creativity, writes,

“Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions: a conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and saving energy, and an expansive tendency made up of instincts for exploring, for enjoying novelty and risk–the curiosity that leads to creativity belongs to this set.” Continue reading »

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5
October

From the Mystic Mailbag: “The Word”

 I received a question from a friend in the Philippines. I’ve paraphrased his question below.
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Alex,

Last week, I had a conversation with someone. While we were talking, he asked me if my insight was biblical.

I asked him, why does my insight have to be biblical? Isn’t that being fundamentalist? Continue reading »

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