by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Church Culture
How would you respond to that statement? That the Church/Christianity is f***ed up? That’s what one of my co-workers said to me this evening. Some of you know that I started working at Starbucks a few months ago to get some extra money and maintain my... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Emerging Church, Theology
Original Post The Gospel Isn’t Offensive, We Are Series 1. Introduction 2. Creation 3. Rebellion 4. Rescue 5. Re-Creation I started this little series in response to a post I wrote on my belief that the Gospel is not offensive, we are. So often I hear Christians... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality
Something has been percolating within me for the past year, something I’m not ready to yet talk about entirely, mostly because I don’t know if I’m ready to talk to myself about it entirely. It has to do with new monasticism, the organic movement in... by Jeremy Bouma | American Culture, Christian Spirituality
Warning: there are some small spoilers, but nothing to ruin the movie for you! Yesterday, I went to the opening show of one of most unexpectedly redemptive movies I think I’ve seen in a long time: I Am Legend. It’s a dystopic horror/drama film staring Will... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Church Culture
I’ve emerged out of my first finals week in five years (fairly) unscathed! Though my brain is mush at this point, I thought I would post something in response to a comment on a post from a few days ago. So a few days ago I pointed people to a post I wrote five... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Theology
My friend and mentor John Frye over at jesus the radical pastor has a a few posts (here and here) on the content of faith. In the first post he address the fact the in Acts 2 and 10 people embraced Jesus the man and not necessarily Him in His divinity, yet they...