This question was posed from the Washington Post:

Women are not allowed to become clergy in many conservative religious groups. Is it hypocritical to think that a woman can lead a nation and not a congregation?

Brian McLaren, one of their bloggers, responds:

“I just talked to a leading conservative religious leader about this the other day. He believes that the New Testament texts regarding women only apply to the church and not the secular world. I find that line of interpretation very convenient for conservative churches, and impossible to justify theologically. My guess is that more and more of the daughters of today’s religious conservatives will decide to a) abandon their parent’s approach to interpreting the Bible, b) decide the “secular” world is a more hospitable place and spend more time there and less in the church, or c) change churches.”

Brian D. McLaren, in regards to women’s roles in leadership, from On Faith in the Washington Post

Shooting in a salon in Snohomish, WA

Last night Kenz and I rented Sleepless in Seattle because I had never seen it, and it was on my list of Things To Do In Seattle Before You Kick The Bucket List Oh Come On Morgan Freeman You Can Do Better Than That list. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan always make me smile, no matter how cliché it gets. Go get that volcanoe, Joe! And take your oversized luggage with you!

We started watching it last night, and here’s comes the irony train: I fell asleep! Watching Sleepless in Seattle! While actually in Seattle! I live here, and I fell asleep! Watching the movie! I know! Right! !!!1

I’ll try again before it’s due back on Tuesday.

liminal space
From Johnny Assrocket’s Flickr

I work right below the Space Needle, and school is about 5 blocks from there. I need to go up it one day.

The Public Market, on my walk to school. Really nice Fall day in Seattle.

Everyone eats food.  It’s what binds us together.

Hatred can abound in politics, religion, class, country, but all is put aside when a green curry and a nice brew hit the table.

Food is pleasure.

Eating is the most common, yet most purely hedonistic ritual that one can engage in.

Food is leverage.

Where food comes from matters.  With every dollar I spend on food, I am casting my vote for what kind of world that I want to live in.  Do I buy food that respects the earth?  Do I buy food that helps pay workers a fair wage?

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David Rice is an MDiv student at Mars Hill Graduate School, a husband to Wendy, a father to Josiah, an amazing chef, and co-owns 5 chickens along with a huge garden in his backyard in Seattle. One of the chickens is named Chicken Booty.

100 Words are shorts that I’ve asked my friends to write on various subjects. They are intended to be small windows into how they view the world and experience reality. The only instructions they are given are a.) a one-word subject on which to write and b.) that the short must be exactly 100 words. How they interpret the subject and the form in which the 100 words are produced is up to them.

Kenz and I shot a wedding a few days ago, and I noticed a typical trend:

The photography typically goes from awwwww:

to YEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH:

And all it seems to take is a little Jack Daniels.