Circling My Brain

There are so many thoughts circling in my head right now that I don't think I even know where to start! Actually, I think I'm just going to let most of them sit and marinate for a while. I'm going to keep reading, keep writing, keep listening, until they stop being just thoughts and start being things I am breathing.

That said, here is a (by no means complete) list of some of the things informing my swirling thoughts these days:

• The Irresistible Revolution - Shane Claiborne
• A couple of sermons Claiborne gave that I downloaded (just google Shane Claiborne mp3)
• Rob Bell's "Calling All Peacemakers" sermon series (being preached over the last several weeks, and available in Itunes - Mars Hill Bible Church podcast)
• Mike Yaconelli's "Messy Spirituality"
• A couple of sermons by David Ruis that I found in itunes (Soul Survivor USA podcast)
• "This Beautiful Mess" and "Jesus in the Margins" by Rick Mckinley
• Gray's Anatomy and M*A*S*H*
• "Let me Tell You a Story" by Tony Campolo
• A whole variety of Scripture passages - central to shaping my thoughts, and too numerous to list.
• "Voices in the Night" - the prison poems of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
• The conversation going on over at Kirk's blog.
  

Those are just some. There have also been conversations, things overheard, TV documentaries, websites and music.

In the coming month I am hoping to have conversations, written, in person or both with a whole bunch of people around this topic (including but not limited to Kirk and Darlene, Marty and Kari, James, Rachel...add your name here...).

I am being sucked deeper, and I wasn't expecting it. I've been hijacked by Jesus or something!

Off to cook dinner... see you later!