I’ve got plenty more from Pagitt’s book to talk about, but here is a short reflection on prayer that I wrote as a bulletin insert at church a little while back. I got a lot of positive comments from it, so I thought I’d share it here.
First, a confession: My name is Brian Kiley, I [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 30, 2008
A reflection on prayer
January 29, 2008
Still wrestling…
So I’m now almost about two thirds of the way through Preaching Re-Imagined by Doug Pagitt, and I’m continuing to wrestle with a lot of his ideas. I’ve appreciated some of the comments I’ve received from many of you, and I’ve especially enjoyed reading what my former college pastor Rhett Smith has had to say [...]
January 28, 2008
Implication vs. Application
Originally published January 24, 2008
“PowerPoint makes people stupid.”
That’s what Rick Beaton, the professor for my Biblical Organizational Leadership class at Fuller, said in the middle of a lecture yesterday…a [...]
January 28, 2008
Am I a speacher?
Originally published January 23, 2008
I love my job. I really do. Quite possibly my favorite element of my job is the privilege of teaching the Bible to people at Seven24 on Sunday nights. I love studying for sermons, I love writing sermons, I love giving sermons, and most of all I love [...]
January 28, 2008
Expelled?
I came across this trailer for a rather interesting film that is said to be coming out some time in the spring of this year. The film is called “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”, and it features Ben Stein (“Bueller….Bueller…”, yeah that guy). Judging by the [...]
January 28, 2008
Finally…
Originally posted January 18, 2008
After two unsuccessful new year’s resolutions, months of self-coercion, and an embarrassing number of ok-i’m-gonna-do-this-oh-but-then-again-maybe-i-won’t moments, I have finally entered the blogosphere. I have long understood my own need for an outlet for my own creativity–if I can even call it that–but alas I’ve also long been content to read and [...]
