Between the Trees

A big, beautiful, 47-year-old middle finger to the idea that musical talent needs to come in an anorexic hourglass body.
Made me cry.
(HT: Andrew Sullivan)

This is a fantastic post on Christians struggling with same-sex attraction. Go read it. Now.
(HT: Abraham Piper)

Proof? I shouldn’t go to sites like this off some random link when I’m both ill and tired.
Yes, they really do have “early church fathers” on their list of false teachers. Why? Because they were Catholic. Oh, and Charles Spurgeon was “ecumenical.” Doesn’t the word just reek of brimstone?
That said, I am now going to [...]

I enjoy reading Michael Spencer’s thoughts on Christianity quite a bit. He recently posted a three-part series on “The Coming Evangelical Collapse” (part 1, part 2, part 3). While I don’t agree with all of his conclusions nor the speed he is predicting, I think the general trends Michael notes are spot on. Take a [...]

After an unintentional month-long hiatus as a result of some evil web service provider problems, Between the Trees is back in action! Look forward to a lot of posts in the near future, as both Jake and I have had time to rest and recuperate. Thanks for faithfully reading, and we hope something like this [...]

Sorry for the lack of posting in the past few days, Eric and I are both on break from class and, apparently, break from writing in general. I’m sure we’ll get back to posting soon but for now I think we’re both enjoying the time off.
If you want an easy way to keep up with [...]

Haven’t done one of these in awhile…
Jared Wilson’s has 5 Gut Checks for Pastors.
Leonard Pitts writes about our destructive love of stuff.
There have been a couple excellent posts related to Bishop N.T. Wright lately. First, Tony Kummer writes about how he has no right to write off Tom Wright. Then, Darryl Dash links to a [...]

On January 3, Between the Trees will be 2 years old! We’ve expanded from a readership of 6 (counting Jake, me, and my mother) to around 1,000 absolutely unique visitors a month (still including my mother). So here’s the question: what should we do to celebrate? If you’re a regular visitor/RSS subscriber, feel free to [...]

Doug Wilson just finished a series of posts on “thumbnail church history.” It is, as usual, thought-provoking and extremely thesis-driven. I’d recommend it to those of you who want a brief synopsis of the topic. I find that the best environment in which to initially learn history is one where the author’s opinions are splattered [...]

Haven’t done one of these in awhile…
Abraham Piper asks if we give time too much credence in selecting a spouse. (Eric, who normally shares theological articles or political stuff in his google reader, decided this was share-worthy. I agree.)
I’m looking forward to reading Scot McKnight’s new book over Christmas break, but I thought this review [...]