Category: politics

• BONHOEFFER, METAXAS AND ME

  One of the kind women in our church somehow spied my reading wish list and saw Bonhoeffer:  Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas on it so she bought it for me.  That is no small thing, as this is a fairly expensive book.  I thoroughly enjoyed the book and told the author so by…

  Jamie Greening

  March 17, 2011

  All, Books, Church, Culture, politics, Preaching

  Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Hitler Assasination attempt, Martyr, Nazi Germany, Nazi’s, Prophet, Spy

• TWITTER, JAPAN, AND TRAGEDY

  (WARNING–WHAT FOLLOWS MIGHT BE MORE OF A RANT) I’m trying to get into the Twitter action (you can follow me @jamiedgreening) and one of the most interesting aspects of it is following people who keep me informed of what other people are thinking.  This twitterfication came through this morning and I’ve been mulling over it…

  Jamie Greening

  March 14, 2011

  All, Culture, politics

  9-11, Baptis Global Response, earthquake, Japan, Luke 13:1-5, tragedy, Twitter

• THEOLOGICAL WORDS REMIX

  (Note–I resisted the urge to write a Valentine Day blog.  Maybe next year) My current sermon series is titled Missing Links and it is about the first three chapters of Genesis.  I had fun yesterday launching it.  Last year when I was formulating the idea, my original desire was to build the series around the…

  Jamie Greening

  February 15, 2011

  All, Books, Church, Culture, politics, Preaching, Writing

  creation, ex nihilo, imago dei, missing links, Original Sin, sabbath, theological words

• LNI SAFETY PLAN

  This afternoon I will meet with yet another ‘agent’ from the omnipresent Labor and Industries (LNI) of the State of Washington.  I am certain that LNI does great work, but they are getting on my nerves.  For starters, we are a church with only five employees.  They recently audited us and found our books in…

  Jamie Greening

  February 3, 2011

  All, Church, Culture, politics, Writing

  band-aids, church, church administration, compliance, first-aid, Labor and Industries, safety plan, work injuries