Update

Well, I started my new job as a consulting forester for ACRT this week. So far, so good. I get a truck, a four wheeler, a gas card, and I get to hang out in the woods a lot. And get this....they pay me. Pretty sweet deal. Also, I got accepted to Reformed Theological Seminary's virtual Master of Arts in Theology program. Hopefully, I'll start this fall. I've been following the Lambeth Conference as closely as I can in my spare time, as well as hanging out with my family. I've started running again, and it has been fun. And yes, the rumor is true, I have a new tat. It is a fire-breathing dove. I'll post a pic soon.

Culture Making

From Tim Keller's Summer 2008 Reading List: "Culture Making is one of the few books taking the discussion about Christianity and culture to a new level. It is a rare mix of the theoretical and the practical, its definitions are nuanced but not abstract, and it strikes all kinds of fine balances. I highly recommend it."

Get it here.

NT Wright on the Colbert Report

A few weeks ago, Anglican Bishop of Durham and theologian NT Wright appeared on The Colbert Report, a satirical news program, to talk about his book Surprised by Hope (which is a great book, by the way). Watch as American humor meets British wit.

GAFCON

For those of you who keep up with Episcopal / Anglican polity, here is NT Wright's response and JI Packer's response to GAFCON (Global Anglican Futures Conference). They are remarkably different opinions from two very wise men, and worth a close read.

GAFCON was a seven day conference of conservative Anglican bishops and leaders which was held in Jerusalem last week. The conference was planned to occur one month prior to the Lambeth Conference, the ten-yearly gathering of Anglican bishops from around the world. It is primarily aimed at Anglican leaders who consider themselves to be in impaired communion with the global church because of the consecration in 2003 of openly homosexual (and I might add heretical) bishop Gene Robinson by the Episcopal Church in the United States.