new snake babies songs
I haven't mentioned much about Snake Babies lately. But we have been busy! We recently finished recording several of our songs with our friend Adam of Adams & Eves. Check 'em out and let us know what you think!
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I am a husband, father, writer, artist, musician and Christian. I reside in my hometown San Diego, CA. I am co-founder of the Ecclesia Collective, an instigator behind Make Something Day, part of an intentional/missional community affectionately called, Hawthorn House, a Fuller Seminary student and am employed by First Presbyterian Church of San Diego.
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I haven't mentioned much about Snake Babies lately. But we have been busy! We recently finished recording several of our songs with our friend Adam of Adams & Eves. Check 'em out and let us know what you think!
... and I thought he was a friend
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Casper in the Reader
The Hawthorn House was in The Reader last week, and my buddy Matt was in The Reader this week. Matt was featured in the music portion: “I once had a coworker say to me, ‘There’s no I in team.’ I responded, with no delay, mind you, ‘Yup. And you can’t spell ‘suck’ without u.” Classic Casper! >>more
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rev magazine podcast
Matt Casper and I just finished an interview with Alan Nelson, author and Executive Director of Rev Magazine and his co-host, Brian Mavis. Brian is the former director of SermonCentral.com and has been a good friend for years and is now on staff at a church in Colorado.
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salon interviews chris hedges...
Casper turned me onto this. Salon interviews Hedges about his new book, I Don't Believe in Atheists:
I write in the book that not believing in God is not dangerous. Not believing in sin is very dangerous. I think both the Christian right and the New Atheists in essence don't believe in their own sin, because they externalize evil. Evil is always something out there that can be eradicated. For the New Atheists, it's the irrational religious hordes. I mean, Sam Harris, at the end of his first book, asks us to consider a nuclear first strike on the Arab world. Both Hitchens and Harris defend the use of torture. Of course, they're great supporters of preemptive war, and I don't think this is accidental that their political agendas coalesce completely with the Christian right. (emphasis mine)>>more
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organic church movements conference update
Kevin, Josh and I are sitting in the afternoon session, listening to Neil Cole talk about the "5-fold Gifts" or "APETS". It's been fun so far. Matt and I talked this morning with mostly good responses. Only a few people walked out on us! (seriously)
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organic church movements
Kind of last minute information, but I will be at the Organic Church Movements conference in Ontario, CA next week. I'm looking forward to hanging out with K. Rains and the other great people that will be there. Matt Casper and I will be doing a main session together on Saturday. I will also be a part of a city transformation panel workshop on Sunday morning as well. If you can make it please come!
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From Geoff:
I ran across this article from Allelon which highlighted tension points as the church attempts to engage and relate to Western culture today. The article was prompted by recent work/statistics from the Barna Group as well as observations from a book entitled, “Jim and Casper Go to Church.” (the observations of and conversations with Matt Casper the friendly atheist as they visit churches across the U.S.)What are the challenges facing the church in our culture? The article lists:- The relative indifference of most churched Christians to unchurched people.
- An emphasis on the personal rather than communal faith journey.
- A tendency to perform rituals and exercise talents rather than an invitation to and experience of the presence of God.
- The absence of a compelling enough call to action.
- The failure to listen to dissident voices.
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