A little sermoneering for the lull. I'm still backloaded with a lot of stuff to listen to and precious little time to absorb it all. But with titles like these, it's hard to resist the urge to share:

From Scum of the Earth Church (luv that name!), comes the best sermon title of the year:

» "Subverting The Zombie Empire" (mp3)

There's even a great reference to one of my favorite movies - Shaun of the Dead. So naturally, that's high on my recommended list.

Lastly, there's a sermon I lucked out on picking up from Joshua House in Columbus, OH.

» "Jesus Brand Spirituality: He Wants His Religion Back" (mp3)

This one obviously spoke to the Greg Boyd fan in me, so I went back and did a little research. The pastor (Ken Wilson) mentioned he's from the Ann Arbor, MI version of Vineyard Church, and as luck would have it, this sermon was the distillation of a five-part series he and Charles Park delivered in Ann Arbor. And this is where I'm at right now - smack dab in the middle of this series. Still, they're also high on the recommended list.

» He Wants His Religion Back - Jesus is our Center (Ken Wilson) [mp3]
» He Wants His Religion Back - The Gospel is our Message (Ken Wison) [mp3]
» A Church for Your City: Reclaiming the Jesus Brand (Charles Park) [mp3]
» He Wants His Religion Back - The Bible is our Book (Ken Wilson) [mp3]
» He Wants His Religion Back - Love is our AIM (Ken Wilson) [mp3]

Where Greg Boyd began in 2004 with his Cross & Sword series to deconstruct much of the existing faith & politics understanding in the church and followed up more recently with his Beautiful Mess series to build up a more Christ-centered alternative, Wilson seems to capture a little of both sides in this series. Since I've already read Boyd's book, listened to the sermons several times over and even ordered the DVDs to take them in one more time, it's refreshing to hear another take on how this course gets charted.

And speaking of Boyd ...

There's a two-part Q&A with him and Paul Eddy discussing some of the New Age concepts that are getting a new popularlization via Eckhart Tolle's book, "The New Earth" (thanks, Oprah!). Boyd's written review of the book is here. I've yet to spin it through my MP3 player, but Boyd and Eddy are a great team to listen to. For proof, I'll recommend a listenening of their Q&A on Spiritual Warfare (mp3).

With all of that, plus the usual hectic workload, plus the minor semblence of a social life ... you might imagine why I've had too little time for blogging lately.