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FebruaryFeb 11 Wednesday 09
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Limitations
I turned 32 today. Not sure what to think about that. But I can confess that one begins to think more intentionally about life the older one gets. Of course, its not like I am old. There are plenty of you reading this who are much older than me!
Recently, I read a …
FebruaryFeb 3 Tuesday 09
The Rule of Benedict and the Suburban Christian
In my recent post on "The Mob" I tried to bring out the idea that we need to always be aware and thinking thinking critically about our way of life. We need to constantly be allowing God, mostly through the scriptures and through prayer, reorient and reconvert our way …
JanuaryJan 31 Saturday 09
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JanuaryJan 29 Thursday 09
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Great post by Bob Hyatt
Paying Attention to What's in Front of Me
Those of you who visit my blog daily, whoever you are, may have noticed that I'm not posting as much as I had been recently. That's on purpose. I'm doing my best to pay attention to the things that are right in front of me and not spread myself too thin. I often, …
JanuaryJan 27 Tuesday 09
The Mob.
Who do you get when you take a poor person in a slum in Ndola Zambia and give them...
a house,
a fenced in back yard,
a two car garage,
cable television with a DVR,
two cars for that garage,
and a job that pays me well but makes me work 50+ hours a week?
You get a …
JanuaryJan 16 Friday 09
ReJesus by Alan Hirsch & Michael Frost
I just finished reading ReJesus by Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost (doesn't Michael have a blog?!).
ReJesus
JanuaryJan 14 Wednesday 09
Finished Reading: Resident Aliens & The Tangible Kindgom
One of the things I have been trying to do more of in the evenings is read more.
JanuaryJan 5 Monday 09
Thinking about 2009 - A More Disciplined Life
I've been processing things like resolutions and goals more than ever this year. I've been thinking through a lot of different things but the one I keep coming back to is my need for a more disciplined work week.
JanuaryJan 3 Saturday 09
The Task of the Church
From Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics v.4.3.2 - The Doctrine of Reconciliation
To sum up, we may say there is committed to it the gospel, I.e. The good, glad tidings of Jesus Christ, of the real act and true revelation of the goodness in which God has willed to make and …
DecemberDec 31 Wednesday 08
Books of 2008 - Theology
Last year I listed out the books I read in 2007. It was fun to look back over the year and see what books influenced me and shaped my thinking.
DecemberDec 29 Monday 08
Links for 2008-12-29
End of year missional linkage. Some great blogs on the subject from David Fitch whom I greatly respect.
I need to get me some …
DecemberDec 27 Saturday 08
Resident Aliens in Suburbia
I've been reading Resident Aliens by Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon over the break. Chapter four is brilliant. This year I have done a lot of thinking about the Church as a counter-cultural community. I think this is always necessary and I'm certain there is a …Books of 2008 - Leadership
Last year I listed out the books I read in 2007. It was fun to look back over the year and see what books influenced me and shaped my thinking. You can see the list for 2007 here.
DecemberDec 23 Tuesday 08
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This is why i connect with Tim Keel so much. My passions for life and therefore pastoral ministry fall right in line with his. The writer studio in the video at the end of the post is pretty sweet too...
DecemberDec 21 Sunday 08
The Wait is Over
This is a short writing i did as I wrote my sermon for this sunday. I turned this into a reflective slideshow which you can view here.
Immanuel.
God is with us.
Wait.
Stop.
Listen again...
Immanuel.
God is with us.
God. Is. With. Us.
Wait.
God is with you.
Sure.
But …
The Biblical Narrative & the Significance of Christmas
The more I appreciate the narrative of Scripture (to put it simply: creation, fall, jesus, redemption) the more I have grown to appreciate Christmas. It used to be for me that Jesus' birth was kinda, well, anti-climatic. His birth is nice and all, but let's just get …
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