http://blog.followingchrist.org The (Un)official Blog of Following Christ 2008 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:26:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've decided that the best way to keep you up to date about the latest goings on at Following Christ 2008 is to use a platform with a little more flexibility. So...I want to invite you to join me over at Facebook. I have set up a Following Christ fan ... http://blog.followingchrist.org/2008/breaking-newswere-moving/ Don't miss the whole series of Following Christ 2008 Director's Videos. http://blog.followingchrist.org/2008/fc08-the-directors-videos-6/ You may have noticed that things have been pretty darn slow here at the Following Christ blog. I have been super busy welcoming new graduate students to Wake Forest University and reconnecting with familiar faces back after summers spent around the globe. It's that time of year again. Rest assured, ... http://blog.followingchrist.org/2008/act-two-begins/ The Summer 2008 issue of Leadership features an article by Following Christ 2008 track chair Amy Black. "The Church and Politics Quiz" allows you to answer a series of questions which will let you know whether you're a thumpin' theocrat, a private patriot, a quiet critic, or a radical reformer ... http://blog.followingchrist.org/2008/how-do-your-faith-and-politics-mix-take-the-quiz/ Several week ago I mentioned that I would be reviewing Stephen Mansfield's The Faith of Barack Obama. I decided to publish this post during the week of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. So, here it is. Thanks to Michael Hyatt of Thomas Nelson for the opportunity to see a ... http://blog.followingchrist.org/2008/the-faith-of-barack-obama/ Merlin Mann at 43folders has an interesting post about The Planning Fallacy. I hear you asking, what is the planning fallacy? You know what it is. It is that internal bias that causes you to, say, think that it will take you three years to write your dissertation. Reality...we're talking ... http://blog.followingchrist.org/2008/getting-that-dissertation-done-on-time/ Today is the official publication date of Steven Mansfield's book, The Faith of Barack Obama. I'll be reviewing the book in the next week or so, once I get my copy from Thomas Nelson. Faith is playing a role in election 2008, but not in the ways it ... http://blog.followingchrist.org/2008/read-it-here-first-folks-the-faith-of-barack-obama-by-steven-mansfield/ The following is cross-posted from John Terrill's blog, Apprentice Place. John is Associate Director of InterVarsity's Following Christ 2008 conference and Director of Seattle Pacific University's Center for Integrity in Business. Read more about John here. I've become increasingly concerned about the well being of our planet. I wish ... http://blog.followingchrist.org/2008/john-terrill-is-being-green-always-so-clean/ I'm a big fan of Steven Pressfield's little book The War of Art. I know there are a bunch of people reading this blog who write for a living, from pastors to doctoral students. Here are ten reasons that you absolutely must get this book and read it. You have a ... http://blog.followingchrist.org/2008/writers-three-reasons-you-must-read-the-war-of-art/ I've posted before on emerging trends in reading. Scot McKnight at Jesus Creed links to a New York Times dealing with the same topic. As I've noted before, Americans aren't reading less. If anything, we're reading more. Only, we're not reading books. The National Endowment for the Arts reports that ... http://blog.followingchrist.org/2008/a-nation-of-semi-literate-technicians/