Todd Hunter blogs

Looks like I lost a blog post in WordPress, so this is attempt #2.
I was very happy to get the e-mail notification that Todd Hunter is blogging once again, after a disastrously long hiatus.  I have learned so much from this guy over the past several years, it’s crazy.  I’ve gotten to know him a [...]

Quick apology - apply as needed

So, after about a week of downtime for some readers of this blog, I finally got my URL fixed.  If you’ve been trying to access this site via the spiritfarmer.com address, and have been unable to reach me, I apologize.  Those reading via feedreaders or WordPress should have experienced no problems.
For those who haven’t been [...]

It’s a bit busy ’round here

Sorry for the quiet blog of late.  It seems that multiple things are converging on me at once, which does happen.  Lately I’ve been hunkering down on some school stuff that I just plain need to get out of the way before I plunge headlong into my dissertation writing this summer.  I’m reading hundreds of [...]

The topic that just won’t go away

Yes, we’re still on about this stuff. The pace of blogging seems to have slowed a little, but I think that may just be a brief lull to ponder what’s been said, and what’s left to mention. For some reason, I feel a need to say something for the record - this conversation [...]

A Note to all my Facebook friends

Several months ago, I jumped on the social networking bandwagon that is Twitter.  For those of you who don’t know, Twitter is sort of a cross between a blog and a Facebook status update.  Except, it’s more like a Facebook status update on crack, only more addictive.  Also, you only get 140 characters to express [...]

Church, seminary, future

Following on the recently exploded series of posts from around the blogosphere, some of us at The Purple Door were having a conversation yesterday.  Should young people avoid going to seminary now, if their degrees will ultimately be unmarketable and unhelpful in the pseudo-real world? 
My answer: maybe, maybe not.
There are (and always have been) [...]

Idealism and Shame

There have been some quite lively discussions going on in various blogs I track  lately.  Mostly over gender issues in the church.  I have my own set of opinions about the role of women in ministry/church/world, and my own set of opinions about what masculinity and femininity looks like.  Everybody does.  But one of the [...]

Letting others speak for me

O.k., I’ve been meaning to give some more commentary on Tuesday’s activities around the Seeds of Compassion event.  Apparently I’ve waited long enough for others to have written thorough and helpful commentary . . . so in the interest of avoiding redundancy, if you’re interested in finding out more about the Prayer Breakfast with the [...]

tee-hee

I just noticed from an incoming link that my blog is currently the #2 most relevant website if you’re looking for “lies of the emergent church.”

The Wacky Emerging Church, Reason #92

This post is part of a continuing series. You may want to read my list of disclaimers and intro remarks here, if you haven’t done so already.
Reason #92: Voting for a Democrat for the first time in your life doesn’t mean you’re subversive
This being a presidential election year, it’s definitely been interesting to watch the [...]