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- December 28th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Wal-mart Churches [gateway]
Looking through my Google Reader, I've noticed a spike in stories on multi-site churches, or churches that open new campuses operated by the originating church. They are not a new phenomenon, bu…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Not Much of an Almighty God
Bible Belt Blogger (whose site I lost for a long time and recently discovered again) writes about a story told at Oral Roberts' Funeral:Pentecostal televangelist Marilyn Hickey preached the…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
6 Degrees of Jesus
BoingBoing.net has a humorous game up that I wanted to open to the HX readership: You can play a game with coworkers or family called Click to Jesus. 1. Go over to Wikipedia. 2. Click "Rando…
- December 25th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Merry Christmas!
In the interest of ecumenical relations, this Star Wars fanatic wishes you happy holidays via Star Trek (h/t James McGrath) To find out more about opening Christian systems and other "hacks" visit Ha…
- December 18th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
The Best 70-minute Star Wars Review Ever!
Now if you assumed I am a Star Wars apologist with fanboy idealism that Star Wars does no wrong...you would be mostly correct. However, I admit to critiques of Star Wars in technical aspects of being…
- December 14th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Since WHEN does Kingdom = Dominion?
[[edit: 500th post at Hacking Christianity! w00t!]]One of the important conversations coming out of the Uganda "kill the gays" bill is the theology behind those supporting and espousing it. Box Turt…
- December 13th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Sunday is for Star Wars
Baristas are the funniest people on earth: Text reads: "Your barista is Admiral Ackbar. "It's a Frap! We can't repel flavour of that magnitude!" (h/t this Tumblr blog)To find out more…
- December 10th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Followup: Purpose Driven Genocide
This is a followup to the Purpose Driven Genocide post a week or so ago. In response to the Uganda issues, Rick Warren has posted a video where he outlines his opposition to the bill. He has 5…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Open Hearts Lead to Open Doors (or vice versa?)
One of my seminary colleagues posted his new sign outside the Unitarian Church that he pastors in the UK. While the language is familiar to us Methodists, the punctuation is not. What do you see tha…
- December 3rd, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Purpose-Driven Genocide [bad.hack]
It's no secret that this blog is not a fan of Rick Warren's theology and his advocacy of assassination, his advocacy against gay rights, and his advocacy of passive Christian exclusivity. But even i…
- December 1st, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Followup: The long winding road of Ordination
You know there's never such a thing as a clear answer in church work, right? Case in point: as a followup to yesterday's prayer request for my ordination interview, here's the results. I subm…
- November 30th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Prayer/Karma Request: Ordination Interview
As faithful readers know, I don't publish much about my current personal life outside of anecdotes about ministry setting or past exploits. But in this case, I'd like to make an exception. …
- November 19th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Prooftexting, Psalm 109:8, & Obama [bad.hack]
Prooftexting is taking verses from the Bible or a religious text and using them to buttress one's points or as "bullet" points to teach sinners a lesson. We prooftext often when answering a ques…
- November 18th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Church on your Wii
All this talk about Virtual Church (1, 2, 3...ah ah ah) totally ignores the awesome interactive capabilities of the Nintendo Wii and its potential for Virtual Church in many houses. Luckily some entr…
- November 17th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Hacking Content Overload: Becoming Curators
My spouse gets exasperated with how fast I read. I read the last Harry Potter in about 6 hours and just read a hyper-masculine body shop magazine Twilight in about 4 hou…
- November 15th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Humanity: Ambitious or Viral?
You tell me: From Agent Smith in the 1999 movie The Matrix: I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had, during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized t…
- November 10th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Hebrew Concept of the Universe [infographic]
It's helpful to have charts that illustrate what the reference point is for the biblical texts. Here's a beautifully-illustrated infographic by Michæl Paukner that shows (generally) w…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
The Diversity Culture [review]
It is unfortunate when I pick up a book that looks interesting and realize it is totally not written with me in mind. The Diversity Culture by Matthew Raley is that kind of book which is…
- November 6th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Souls made of Lego
There's some deep theology here but I can't quite articulate it. Any takers? xkcdTo find out more about opening Christian systems and other "hacks" visit Hacking Christianity or follow UMJerem…
- November 4th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Christ Died for Our Prices
I don't know...I've said for years that making atonement a transaction is bad theology. This just takes it to the next level: (from FAILblog)To find out more about opening Christian systems and o…
- October 31st, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Happy Halloween!
best.pumpkin.ever. (h/t Matt Algren's twitter) PS: Totally went as Edward Cullen for Halloween for my church's Trunk or Treat. If we are facebook friends, you can see the pics! To find out…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Saturday is for Star Wars
What Stormtroopers do on their day off (full series here). (h/t Mental Floss) To find out more about opening Christian systems and other "hacks" visit Hacking Christianity or follow UMJeremy on Twi…
- October 30th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
How to Worship [humor][video]
This is perfect. Hope you follow these simple steps for worship on Sunday. (h/t Jonathon Brink's twitter) To find out more about opening Christian systems and other "hacks" visit Hacking…
- October 29th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
DDoS: Divine Denial of Service Attack on God [humor]
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is a computer-based attack whereby a website or company is inundated with thousands (or millions) of requests. It slows down the website, the computers can't ha…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Glo: The Bible for a Digital World [review]
A seminary friend on Facebook pointed me in the direction of the Glo: The Bible for a Digital World (website here). It's an interactive bible with pictures, video, timelines, articles, an…
- October 27th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Hell Houses
My senior year of high school, a couple of us went to a Hell House, which is a Christian haunted house with the goal of scaring youth to Christ (aka Judgment House). There are various incarnat…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Video Game Proverbs
The wisdom of video games. My favorite: More here. To find out more about opening Christian systems and other "hacks" visit Hacking Christianity or follow UMJeremy on Twitter
- October 22nd, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Respect Your Elders [humor][video]
Honoring the spirit of the Fifth Commandment: h/t Susan on Facebook.To find out more about opening Christian systems and other "hacks" visit Hacking Christianity or follow UMJeremy on Twitter…
- October 21st, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Amateurs in the Institutional Church 1of2
I know that blog posts about the Church and online media/phenomenon don't get many replies here, but I post them anyways because that's an area I'm interested in. So here's Internet theorist Clay Shi…
- October 20th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
God is a Hacker, Not an Engineer
Ran across a quote that sounded interesting and lets me geek out a bit; thought I would share. "Contrary to the ultra-Darwinist view, reverse engineering doesn't always work in biology for the simple…
- October 19th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Church building a $5m Bridge [bad.hack]
A bad.hack (read more about it here) is a manipulation of a Christian system either using illicit means to achieve an end, or achieving goals that leave the system worse off and less open than before…
- October 17th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
No Comment Whatsoever [video]
Title: Church sponsors book burning, includes bibles. No comment...whatsoever. To find out more about opening Christian systems and other "hacks" visit Hacking Christianity or follow UMJeremy…
- October 16th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
If yer gonna be a literalist...be one. [bad.hack]
Dear Biblical Literalists, A few days back, Andrew Sullivan reported on a story about a group of guys who viciously attacked a New York gay man. A heinous crime no matter what you believe about…
- October 15th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Blog Action Day Recap [2008-2009]
Here's a recap of the Blog Action Day participation on Hacking Christianity: Climate Change 2009 Hacking Global Warming: exploring how our understanding of God as relational can lead to advances in u…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Hacking Climate Change [3of3] [BlogActionDay]
Today is the second annual Blog Action Day that HX has participated in. Last year's post was on Poverty; and as you can see, this year's is on Climate Change. I would encourage you to che…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Hacking Climate Change [2of3] [BlogActionDay]
Today is the second annual Blog Action Day that HX has participated in. Last year's post was on Poverty; and as you can see, this year's is on Climate Change. I would encourage you to che…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Hacking Climate Change [1of3] [BlogActionDay]
Today is the second annual Blog Action Day that HX has participated in. Last year's post was on Poverty; and as you can see, this year's is on Climate Change. I would encourage you to che…
- October 13th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Blog Action Day Preview
Blog Action Day is tomorrow, focusing on climate change. We've got three blog posts lined up for tomorrow: Hacking Global Warming (conversation partners: Peter Rollins, Star Wars, Mechthild of…
- October 12th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Was Jesus a Martyr? [open conversation]
These days we're doing a chapter-by-chapter discussion of Gonzalez's Church History books...what I thought was boring in Seminary makes for lively conversation in the church! So the conversa…
- October 11th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Retro Nintendo + Jazz = Awesome
Here's 8-bit Nintendo retro goodness with jazz accompaniment (sax and keyboard, I believe). (h/t Neatorama)To find out more about opening Christian systems and other "hacks" visit Hacking Christian…
- October 5th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Don\'t Cut Up Your Bible [bad.hack]
Thomas Jefferson disagreed with parts of the New Testament and considered them irrelevant (or too "supernatural") to the core parts of the Christian faith. He famously published his own New Tes…
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Church History in 4 minutes [video]
This post is dedicated to the seminarians entering month #2 of Church History and are freaking out a bit. And the added bonus that it is to the tune of "We didn't Star the Fire" is pretty awesome.…
- September 30th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Biblical Tweets
Hilarious! Here's a sample: What sort of submissions should we send in? To find out more about opening Christian systems and other "hacks" visit Hacking Christianity or follow UMJeremy on Twi…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change
Find out more about the Blog Action Day here. Sign up your blog here. Hope everyone participates! The collective intelligence can yield new reactions! For more info, check out HX's post on Pover…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Gamers, LAN Parties, and Church Committees
I'm a geek and a reformed gamer...meaning I'm so busy nowadays that I can't play FPS or RTS games anymore. But in college, my roomie and I were serious geek gamers. We had our first taste…
- September 28th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Repent or Reboot? [humor]
I think the author is right: this comic encapsulates most religious debates. But I wonder what the robot would say about "hacking Christianity"... To find out more about opening Christia…
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Open Communication
I suspect the world's typical perception of church communications is secretive and unwilling to acknowledge wrongdoing. This perception existed long before the scandals in the Catholic Church, a…
- September 26th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
Swine Flu Eucharistic Prayer [video]
I don't know whether to be horrified by taking cultural relevance waaaay too far or be inspired by the priest's creativity. Let's just say I cringed about only once...every 10 seconds. Thoughts?…
- September 25th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
1st Rule of Fight Club: Go To Church
The New York Times has an article on "fight nights" at congregations in Brazil. While I know little about Brazilian culture outside of ministering alongside an immigrant church that was primaril…
- September 24th, 2009
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UMJeremy has posted a new entry on: Hacking Christianity
"They don\'t sell clothes; They sell dignity"
I was traveling with a wise elder minister. We drove through a town and saw two different churches side by side. The United Methodist church ran a clothing store where clothing was sold for .2…
