Is a story really that powerful?

I got a peek at a quote from Brian McLarens soon-to-be-released book, A New Kind of Christianity, which shed some light on my last post regarding our treatment of the Bible as an object, like a scientist with a scalpel and a microscope.  (No, Brian didn't send me his manuscript to read, I just jacked it off his blogsite).

In this quote I am imagining McLaren, who is not a seminarian but an English professor turned pastor/author/activist is explaining why he is able to see the Bible in this manner, as opppossed to the typical systematic format:

Lessons from a microscope

I was driving my son to school the other day, asking him about what they were studying in Biology.  "The microscope"  he replied, "and it's pretty cool."  Being the pseudo philosopher that I am, we began to discuss the amazing discovery of all things when you can reduce them to their smallest parts.  We also talked about what science must have been like before the microscope and how the it has shaped our way of approaching the study of any object.  All you need is a scalpel, some slides, and a microscope, you can cut up just about any living thing,

The Song You Sing

I was going for a jog along the Truckee River this week. I only jog when the weather is too foul to ride my bike, so I was a little perturbed. It was beginning to snow heavily, the peaceful, quite snow that falls straight down. My mind was reeling that day with the crazy spin that only a true “Type A” personality experiences. It seemed I was looking back on some things from the past that didn’t make sense and was also quite concerned about some things in the future. I have been doing some real inventory lately after finishing Donald Miller’s latest book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.

Getting into the blogosphere!

I humbly accept the fact that I am way behind the times...it's 2010 and I am finally creating a blogspot. It seems the technology has advanced to the point that even I, in my middle ages, can actually do it myself and for no cost...amazing.

The world of the www has absolutley changed everything. Not since the printing press 500 years ago has information exchange and social change happened so incredibly fast. I am a student of the www and it has changed me deeply.

I hope to fill this thing with some good articles, pix and stuff, but this is just my trial blog to "get er done!"