A few of you asked me what issue of Radix the Peterson quotation was from. Here it is: Radix Volume 32 #3 Thanks to Kim Williams in the Fuller DMin office for the article.
Author: erika
Casualties
In the past week, three men have died within walking distance of our house. They have each died of gunshot wounds. They have died on streets and corners where I regularly walk with my kids. They have died in close proximity to the homes of people we love. They have died as a result of… Continue reading Casualties
Recommended Reading
I enjoyed reading this interview with Dick Staub at Relevant Magazine online. Dick has been a highly influential person in my life. He is an excellent conversation partner, a gifted writer, a provocative thinker, and a lover of Christ and the church. I look forward to the release of his upcoming book: The Culturally Savvy… Continue reading Recommended Reading
I think he is homesick
Last night Doug built a house out of Mercy’s new lincoln logs. I overheard him showing her the big fireplace, the wrap-around porch, the dock and the boat slip. And something about an island…
You are not welcome here
Last week Doug and I watched North Country. This is the movie where Charlize Theron portrays a woman who enters the mining industry in Northern Minnesota and wins a landmark sexual harassment case in 1984. It was a difficult movie to watch. As I sat and watched the portrayal of a large group of men… Continue reading You are not welcome here
Quotation of the Week
“It destroys the people in the big churches, because they are no longer dealing with community; they’re just part of a crowd. In the vaunted small-group movement—which certainly has some good things going for it (probably earlier on, more than now)—people say, ‘Well, we take care of community by having small groups.’ Well, those aren’t… Continue reading Quotation of the Week
Lasting impressions
A while back I wrote about our single “star” encounter since living here in L.A. Well, Friday afternoon the kids and I were coming home from Pasadena on the 110 after a doctor’s appointment for Aaron. We reached this point right before Dodger’s Stadium where there is a break in the hills and you have… Continue reading Lasting impressions
A problematic location
Two things I read this week troubled me. The first was an article on gentrification by urban ministry practicioner Bob Lupton where he considers how those doing urban ministry should think about the different issues raised by increasingly gentrified urban cores (thanks Anthony Siff at MereMission for this link). Lupton writes: “Resisting gentrification is like… Continue reading A problematic location
My top ten
I was just reading a list of Christianity Today’s “top 10 books that have most shaped evangelicalism” and it got me thinking about what those books have been that have most shaped my spirituality and beliefs. So, here we go in no particular order (it would be too hard for me to rank them)… 10.… Continue reading My top ten
Ouch
I have two small children (wow, I can’t say that I have two under two anymore!), and getting out of our apartment is at times a physical feat. We have a back door that exits to where our cars are parked, and this is the door that Doug and I have always used to come… Continue reading Ouch