...thoughts expressed here are not necessarily
final.
This is old news, but...now
The
Family Research Council has an editorial on Bono's use of obscene
language recently at the Golden Globe Awards and CNN
has an article about the law in regard to it. I say, Bono, shut up
and sing.
The NEW news is that now the FCC claims that the use of obscenity was
an expletive rather than a description of an act and that somehow made
it permissible. Bono has been a poster boy of some Christians who claim
he's one of us for years. I don't know what is up with him for sure. He
should be ashamed. Now he has been instrumental in lowering the obscenity
standards for TV. Aren't Christians responsible to keep the whatsoever
things are good lovely of good report before the masses? Can we talk?
What a Trend We Have in Jesus
This
article at Detroit News is a
good read that will make you think. Does pop culturešs current fascination
with Christ have more to do with Americašs sociopolitical and economic
climate than it does with people looking for direction through faith?
What do you think?
Noah's Ark in the news again.
The Noah's Ark expedition is underway.
Think of the implications- some good and some questionable. So what happens
if they find it? Will they build a McArkie stand next to it and sell tickets?
Speculation abounds and this is typically fare for Ancient Mysteries and
such. The unmuseum
has an overview of the history of the search.
This has been in and out of the news for fifty
plus years at least. The expedition leader says
it will be a picture taking expedition. We'll see. The articles claim
the Bible says there were pairs of animals of every kind on the ark-
they obviously haven't read the unclean and clean differentiations
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Speaking of Ancient Mysteries
The hit 70s TV show The Partridge Family is returning
to television, and David Cassidy, the former teen heart-throb, will be
in it, according to Scotsman.com.
But you'll need a subscription to read about it. Cassidy, now 53, will
be an executive producer on the show and will be involved in the casting.
The rest of the Partridge Family - Danny Bonaduce, Susan Dey, Shirley
Jones and Suzanne Crough - are still considering whether they will be
involved ...
Watching Movies with discernment
CT's weblog has a good article
on the value of discernment when watching Hollywood fare. Quote
"Cultural anorexics also endanger their own humanity. The arts (including
movies) are a God-given means of expressing our humanity. The creation
of art, though flawed or imperfect, reflects the creativity and beauty
of our Creator."
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"To reject any of the arts in toto is to reject
the imago Dei, the image of God in humanity. Even though we are fallen,
we are still created in the image of God, and therefore our creations
continue to reflect our Maker. As Francis Schaeffer pointed out, that
image comes through even if the artist tries to suppress it. "
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Has the Emergent Church emerged?
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Leaderhip Journal
April
27, 2004 Thoughts on the Art of Life continued
This is an ongoing dialog with myself so join in at
any point you lurkers...
Koinonia Community
I give myself to the table
I give myself to the Word
I give myself to communion
This union of saints that shall gird
This flock into one body
This body that is an ark
The ark that is His temple
A bride who bears loves mark.
A koinonia community
Whose shepherd is Christ and whose unity
Gives us hope at the end of our search
As precious jewels and righteous tools
In the hands of the Head of the Church
Well be known by our love for each other
And all things in common well hold
We will bear one another as sisters and brothers
Well see joy in each other unfold.
I give myself to the table
I give myself to the Word
I give myself to communiion
This union of saints that shall gird
This flock into one body
This body that is an ark
The ark that is His temple
A bride who bears loves mark.
A koinonia community
Whose shepherd is Christ and whose unity
Gives us hope at the end of our search
As precious jewels and righteous tools
In the hands of the Head of the church
Anthony Foster April 27, 2004
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Yes I used this before but it seemed appropriate-
it's an M.C. Escher imposed on the Word by me- redux. |
Life and art and worship are all entertwined.
I am not talking bumper stickers, and not even stained
glass or religious images per se. Im not just talking about the
worship arts. The art of worship is about being sucked into the overwhelmingness
of God- who He has revealed himself to be. It is about promoting expression
of truth in a multitude of ways that speak to areas of our humanness that
words can often fail to approach.
It is about living as an act of worship.
Art is:
A way of expression of the products of human creativity
The creation of beautiful or significant things;
A superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
Visual representations
A form of human activity created primarily as an aesthetic expression.
Since we bear the image of the Creator, we reflect his nature in a myriad
of ways. He not only reveals himself through creation in a common kind
of grace, he reveals himself in us through our creative activity I think.
It seems pretty obvious
but the world is busy denying it. We are
makers of designs because we ourselves were designed by the Master Designer.
Art is not Life and there's no salvation in it, as the
world might have you believe.
I've written about this over the years- here is a
link to one essay...
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