Andrew Gates
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Husband. Father. Pastor. |
| Location | Lansing, Michigan, United States |
| Introduction | This is why I do what I do.
God reconciles everything to himself by sending Jesus Christ to absorb the sin/suffering of the world through his death and make a new creation through his resurrection, empowering the believing community with the Holy Spirit to bless the world with God’s truth and love, toward the renewal of all things at our Lord’s return. It's the gospel, and I'm pretty stoked about it. |
| Interests | God, family, ministry, music, reading, theology, dreaming, worship, art, film, culture, absurdity, the Cubs, great food, comedy, innovation, DaBears, justice, compassion, grace, love, etc. |
| Favorite movies | Back to the Future, Waiting for Guffman, In America, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Big Fish, A Mighty Wind, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Braveheart, Rain Man, Citizen Kane, The Pianist, Rocky IV, Amistad, Chocolat, Hotel Rwanda, Groundhog Day, I am Sam, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Tommy Boy, The Truman Show, Crash, Dr. Strangelove |
| Favorite music | Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Wilco, The White Stripes, Johnny Cash, Anathallo, Sigur Ros, The Decemberists, U2, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Yo La Tengo, R.E.M., The National, Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, Blindside, Sleeping at Last, The Tallest Man on Earth, Bon Iver, mewithoutYou, The Antlers |
| Favorite books | Bible, Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear, The Sacredness of Questioning Everything, Slaughterhouse Five, Sex God, They Like Jesus But Not the Church, Ruthless Trust, Lord of the Flies, I Am America (And So Can You!), Crime and Punishment, 1984, Mere Christianity, The Old Man and the Sea, The Stranger, No Compromise, The Wounded Healer, The Ragamuffin Gospel, The Alchemist, What's So Amazing About Grace?, Wise Blood, A Brave New World, The Jesus Creed, Night, Everyday Apocalypse, Velvet Elvis, More Ready Than You Realize, The Way of Jesus Christ, Oil!, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years |