Read and Consider.

In the continuous search for fresh thinkers thinking freshly [as well as other odds and ends]... here ya go!

N.T. Wright is perhaps one of the foremost theologians today. He spoke recently at Seattle Pacific University on The Christian Challenge in the Postmodern World.

One of the all time must reads on my list is Walking the Bible by Bruce Feiler. His latest book Where God Was Born is due out in early September [oh yea... I just ordered it!] Anyway, Bruce has spent considerable time in the Middle East writing and researching, here's his take on the impact to Judaism of the recent pull out in the West Bank and Gaza.

Jim Wallis weighs in on Pat Robertson, calling him an embarrassment to the church.

The latest Newsweek, has a pretty comprehensive look at spirituality in America in In Search of the Spiritual.

... and last but not least, for those of you who [like me] just can't get enough of the new White Stripes disc Get Behind Me Satan, here's an exerpt from the recent Rolling Stone interview with Jack White. Read it, and then get the disc if you haven't already... where have you been!