Archive: September, 2010

September 16th, 2010 by in Books

Why I Want to Be “A New Kind of Christian” But Don’t Want “A New Kind of Christianity” by Tim Morey

Last week I was watching a video of Scot McKnight at the Q Conference interviewing Brian McLaren about some of the more controversial things he says in his latest book, A New Kind of Christianity.  This came on the heels of questions raised by a friend in our church who was blessed by A New Kind of Christian, but (like me) wasn’t [...]

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September 14th, 2010 by in News

A Modern-Day Joseph: An Interview with City of Los Angeles Chief of Staff Rev. Jeff Carr

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Los Angeles is many things: cosmopolitan, wealthy, trend-setting, fashionable, political, the center of the entertainment industry…and evil. What? Yes, besides New York or Las Vegas, is their any other city that Christians love to blame for this country’s ride on the highway to hell?

What if The Burner told you that on the [...]

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September 14th, 2010 by in Culture, Finances, News

The Average You* Will Spend $42 Million in Your Lifetime

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*The Average You–if you are a Brit and follow Volkswagen UK’s True Life Costs simulator. As a marketing tool, VW’s Flash-animated game is there to sell you on a new Polo, Golf or Tiguan, but also includes a running tally on the bottom of the screen to track the lifetime cost of [...]

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September 13th, 2010 by in Motivation Monday, News

Motivation Monday: Theology of Half-Marathons

Last weekend, The Burner went to cheer on a friend in the Labor Day Disney Half-Marathon. (If you want to run an interesting race, this is it: Running through Disneyland and California Adventure with a leg of the race going through Angeles Stadium must be quite the experience.) TB and [...]

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September 9th, 2010 by in News

Why I’m Giving Up My 30th Birthday by David Moore

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Today, on my birthday, I’m using the little bit of (very much appreciated) attention to help highlight and raise awareness for a VERY big problem: the lack of clean drinking water for 800 million people around the world.

I turn 30 today. For years, it has been my goal to drive a Ferrari on [...]

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September 7th, 2010 by in Conflict Resolution

Handling Conflict: How to Present a Dissenting Opinion

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The Burner hails from West Texas, where religion is standard equipment and patriotism/militarism is a hallowed…uh, -ism. Not everything about the widespread beliefs there are bad, and not all are good, but what is considered good or bad in religion, politics or society is strongly held and essential to acceptance or rejection.

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September 7th, 2010 by in Leadership

Stuck in the Last Century Paradigm by Kim Zovak

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What if you were to change?

What if you were to perform a reoccurring task in new way today? What if you were not limited by your past successes, but were completely free to try new approaches, methodologies and strategies? What if your church were to stop doing something in order to begin something [...]

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