"The Bad Vicar"

OK, I promised that I would put up a couple of funny (read sarcastic) videos about the Church over the next week. We do need an outlet for some of our more cynical feelings about the Church. About this video, all I'll say is that I really hope that this has not ever been your experience of Church... if it has, I am extremely sorry...

This from the British TV show, "That Mitchell and Webb Look":

Music and Freedom: Wisdom from Jeremy Begbie

I feel like I have returned over and over again this term to the concept of freedom. Freedom and Kenosis. Freedom and Improvisation. Improvisation and the life of the Church... We keep coming back to the questions: "How do we define freedom? What does it mean for us to live fully before God and one another? What does it mean that 'where the Spirit is, there is freedom'? Are we in competition with God?" And many more questions. These are what I think of as 'driving questions.' They keep us exploring, wondering about our faith or the lack of it.

To aid in our explorations, I thought that I would share a couple of videos with you all. This is Jeremy Begbie speaking at the Veritas Forum a few years back. If it sounds a little familiar, it is true that I have stolen all of my best material on music and freedom from Dr. Begbie! My favorite phrase in the videos (although I really like everything that he has to say!) is, "God is about 're-humanizing' us, not 'de-humanizing' us." Good stuff!

Let me know what you think...