“When God breathed the breath of life into Adam, and Adam first sat up, he did so with two opposable thumbs. And he used one of those thumbs when he chucked his first rock into the first pool he came to.”
Ploductivity, p. 30
Simplicity Is An Aesthetic Value
“Both with architecture and with liturgy, there are some who assume that if one’s good, two must be better. The liturgy gets cluttered up with bright colors and shiny objects, and the architecture of the church looks, at the end of this process, like a gingerbread architect on acid did the whole thing.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 41
A Torrent of Truth, or, What We Actually Believe
Introduction: I recently had the pleasure of going through Michael Reeves' engaging history of the Reformation, a book entitled The Unquenchable Flame . I bring this up because he made a passing comment ...
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Where the Sin Is
“In order to evaluate a tool, we have to account for the telos, the end, the purpose. Hammers are used to build both brothels and barns.”
Ploductivity, p. 29
The Very Last Thing
“The last thing in the world we want is to complete the steeple, and find out that the sign outside says Nehushtan Memorial.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 37
Letters of No Little Empathy
Letter to the Editor: Thank you for all your work. If you have a moment, would you mind providing a list of books that would help one think through the questions: "At what point should ...
Essential Tools
Stone Dress
“One of the things we need to remember when it comes to church architecture is that a building is corporate clothing. A building is how the whole church dresses. The trick is how to dress up without playing dress ups.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 35
David French and the Pink Spiders of Empathy
Introduction: David French recently wrote about what he sees as a significant developing problem with the issues of empathy and sympathy in the church. As yours truly got mentioned in his piece, ...
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Cash and Cooties
Paul “does not say that being rich is like having cooties, and that they should be trying to pass their cooties off to somebody else. As I say, he doesn’t teach that.”
Ploductivity, p. 24