On my lunch break today…
So I watched the news (from the treadmill) at the gym today during my lunch break. I really enjoyed watching Pelosi and Boehner exchanging the gavel. If you stop to think about it, it is very moving and meaningful that our nation enjoys a peaceful transition of power based upon a written Constitution.
Also checked out a book review of this new book on Hipster Christianity. You know, the churches with the stealth sounding names where the pastors wear jeans and seem to know everything about movies and indie bands. I have not read the book (probably won’t have time to) but I really appreciated this:
Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide, by Brett McCracken (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2010), 255 pp.
“If we are making the case that cool Christianity can be a good thing, we have to be clear that the ‘cool’ part of Christianity must exude out of the ‘Christ’ aspect of it, not from the stylish package or trendiness it might otherwise be associated with. In other words, an authentic Christian hipster community looks attractive and hip and cool, not because it tries to fashion itself in the world’s image, but because it does exactly the opposite – it fashions itself after Christ’s strange kingdom and his transforming gospel for a world that desperately needs it” (209).