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MarchMar 6 Thursday 08
I don’t like the me that I see in you, but I like the You I see in me
Here's the beginning of Today's dose of Brennan Manning (thanks again, Kim)..."The way to peace begins with accepting the truth of myself-the whole truth. Any bit of me that I refuse to accept b...
MarchMar 3 Monday 08
feline theology
For our spiritual lives we are on a long journey. So much of the daily work is getting from point A to point B, this is especially the work of the Cell Leader: to help people get to the next place t...
MarchMar 1 Saturday 08
Identity: Who Are You?
My cell took a field trip this week, and it got me thinking about identity. Vicki is a 5th grade teacher at Grover Cleveland Elementary School at 19th & Erie Ave, and she helped organize a c...
FebruaryFeb 20 Wednesday 08
grapefruit marks the season
Baseball season is coming. For some people it doesn't matter, for me there's a bit of excitement. I realized how excited I am about it when I saw this video today about a prank that certai...
FebruaryFeb 15 Friday 08
the $0.41 discipline
As part of a Lenten discipline together, our cell spent 20min last night writing letters. We could each write to whomever we wanted, we even had a chance to talk about who we chose this time.&nb...
FebruaryFeb 9 Saturday 08
Lent is loosening
The cold approachesThen we are inside of it.This is not the end.Sometimes I get pretty jammed up. I like to think like Robert Falcon Scott on a long, hard journey to the South Pole and the icebergs a...
FebruaryFeb 4 Monday 08
not tablets of stone
As we begin Lent this week together, let's reflect on Christ's work through us. As we prepare ourselves for Christ's death and Resurrection, remember the parable that Jane led us through on Saturday....
JanuaryJan 30 Wednesday 08
adapting to public
Roll on, little train Roll on and leave me behind I'm ready to wait.The best thing and the worst thing about taking the el is that you see your train coming. It can be the best because sometimes...
JanuaryJan 24 Thursday 08
say it ain't so, hasbro!
looks like our precious scrabulous is kicking the proverbial "C3 A1 N1" today-article. what a bummer. i was just getting good. and christopher was almost gonna pull off a comeback v...
JanuaryJan 22 Tuesday 08
caught some "demos" last night
as in democrats, as in...sorry to say, jackasses.
prayer on MLK Day
I'm glad that there are many ways to not only honor Martin Luther King, Jr, but to continue to celebrate and live out the legacy of Jesus-following reconciliation, peace making, and prophecy. A 1956 ...
JanuaryJan 19 Saturday 08
finding God in the ER
I will often reflect on an event, especially a difficult situation, and look to see how God was working. It's helpful for me to even get parabolic, even to break down the roles of an inter...
JanuaryJan 15 Tuesday 08
dinner and a movie
Martha and I had a nice date the other night, filled with gifts from friends. It was very sweet, classic dinner and a movie. We officially acknowledged that we both hate chain restaraunts and then w...
JanuaryJan 7 Monday 08
The Imitation of Christ
A couple years ago, while going through my late grandmother's house, I came across this old and famous devotional called The Imitation of Christ-a cool cyber version of the book is here. It was origi...
JanuaryJan 5 Saturday 08
air tight
I'm almost done with this head cold, I hope. Whether the sinus pressure/congestion is from the weather getting super cold and then warm again, or whether my body is telling me to slow down...I'm...
DecemberDec 31 Monday 07
can’t believe how cool my friends are
Kelly & Andrea are no doubt super cool. They are also truly great friends. There was another great article about her living with Inflammatory Breast Cancer in the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday...
DecemberDec 30 Sunday 07
full of it
Doubt hedges subtleComforting cool fog and yetHope shines brighter stillYou can't really know how incredible an excellent meal is if you haven't tasted your share of slop. Victory is joyless unt...
DecemberDec 28 Friday 07
lullay
Clutching thankfullyAnd being held back, safe fromSurrounding chaos.At my cell meeting last night (yes, of course we met), I talked about how I am grateful for the baby being born this year. Need tha...
DecemberDec 22 Saturday 07
boycott? renounce? live.
I'm catching up today. Some questions are on my mind.1. Should I boycott The Golden Compass-trailer here- like awesome woment hunters & many Christians would have me do (yet a Messiah College pr...