Category: Gospel and Culture

Best Coffee in Austin

Posted on September 7, 2008

JP’s Java has the best coffee I have found in Austin. No other coffee shop in town grinds and brews per cup. Consider their process:

Our coffee is shipped to us twice weekly from our roaster, Zoka Coffee Roaster & Tea in Seattle. It is brewed and served between days 3 to 6, which is when the roasted coffee is peaking in it’s flavor as the oils are being released. Our coffee is brewed in an Urn at the ideal temperature for the blend. It is filtered through a cloth filter that holds the water just long enough to absorb the peak flavor of the ground beans. We stir the blend during brewing for even distribution and giving the brew the effect of a French Press. We use approximately 30% more coffee in our brew than most others, approximately one pound for every fourteen cups of coffee.Our coffee is shipped to us twice weekly from our roaster, Zoka Coffee & Tea in Seattle. It is brewed and served between days 3 to 6, which is when the roasted coffee is peaking in it’s flavor as the oils are being released. Our coffee is brewed in an Urn at the ideal temperature for the blend. It is filtered through a cloth filter that holds the water just long enough to absorb the peak flavor of the ground beans. We stir the blend during brewing for even distribution and giving the brew the effect of a French Press. We use approximately 30% more coffee in our brew than most others, approximately one pound for every fourteen cups of coffee.

No wonder it’s so good!

Womanly Dominion

Posted on September 5, 2008

Mark Chanski has a new book out: Womanly Dominion: More Than a Gentle and Quiet Spirit.

The false stereotype of a Christian woman being a helpless and frail mouse, who passively shades herself under the parasol of her soft femininity, and adoringly waits for her husband to do all the heavy lifting, is shattered by the Scriptures.

Yes, the godly Christian woman wears beautiful ornaments that are “precious in the sight of God” (1 Peter 3:4b). But her jewelry is not only the necklace of “a gentle and quiet spirit” (1 Peter 3:4a), but also the bracelets of “strength and dignity” (Proverbs 31:17, 25).

Women, just like men, are called to the grand and challenging mission of subduing and ruling in their God-assigned spheres of life — in personal godliness, in emotional resilience, in marital life, in motherhood, in the church, in the public square. That’s what we explore in Womanly Dominion.

HT:JT

U2 Conference

Posted on September 5, 2008

May 13-15 2009, an academic conference on U2 will be held in New York: U2: The Hype and the Feedback

Scholars, teachers, students, journalists, clergy, musicians and intellectually curious U2 fans: for more than 30 years, U2 has asked us to look at the world, wrestle with ourselves and then dream out loud. From “I Will Follow” and “Running to Stand Still,” to “The Wanderer,” “Walk On,” and “One Step Closer,” U2 has charted the human heart and the ways of the world, calling out some of their more dynamic points of intersection. While doing so, they have created what Bruce Springsteen described as “some of the most beautiful sonic architecture in rock and roll.”

Driscoll: 6 Study Essentials

Posted on September 3, 2008

Mark Driscoll just posted on Six Study Essentials. My favorites were #1 and #6–the Bible and Community! Two things that are missing are a good Systematic Theology and a good Biblical Theology. For definitions on the difference between Systematic and Biblical theology, check out this post. Here are my recommendations on Biblical and Systematic Theology books.