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- tuesday randomness
i am spending today in a day long staff retreat. it should be fun (i know that can sound like an oxymoron) as we meet for a bit, then do some field trips to some of the downtown sites. the...
- tournament pics
i am in three pools at the moments. here is my breakdown for three brackets. champion is in italic.bracket 1final fourwisconsin - midwestkansas - westtexas - eastohio state - east finalohio statekansas bracket 2 final fouroregon - midwestkansas - west...
- to be of the internet or in the internet
i cannot remember if i have talked about mychurch.org or other separate clone sites that try and give a church friendly replication of what is popular in culture. my personal perspective is to say, those are well and good, but,...
- technology snacks & ministry
i have been enjoying reading wired latest cover story on snack culture. the premise is that we have become less and less needy on the full products, from smaller cookies, sliced songs, shorter movies, smaller screens,.. etc. we have moved...
- mixing mexican and american cultures
one of the best parts of going on vacation and into a new country is the culture exchange. i have come to see that the american culture is so overwhelming that it permeates into other cultures. this pic, for me,...
- we are back!
erin and i are back from our little family vacation. cruising life is an interesting life. it took some getting used too. more on all these reflections later. check out some of the pics. shalom, -g...
- prevention of the development of true culture
Noise displacing beauty, dazzle supplanting wonder, bluff and illusion superseding reality, speed shifting engagement, information replacing communication - all these might be summed up as the strangling of culture in North America.from unfettered hope...
- the sociability test
The Sociability Test helps you to measure your dog's interest in his fellow dogs. Healthy, well-adjusted dogs will greet one another, exchange routine information, and then be on their way to strike up a new and perhaps more promising acquaintance....
- song for a bomb
I split and scatter him who splits and scatters,And in my falling there is Adam's Fall.Where in this vacuum will you find purpose,Where in this pattern where a purpose dwells? It only takes the naked brain to think me,It only...
- mclaren on eternal life & kingdom of God
[going through John 3]...John almost never uses the term kingdom of God (which is at the heart of Jesus' message for Matthew, Mark, and Luke). There are two exceptions, both of which occur in this unique conversation. Instead, John normally...
- experiences of a youth podcast
a few weeks ago we started doing our wednesday night bible studies and conversations as a podcast. i have not checked to see how many subscriptions or total downloads we have had (though it has maxed my typepad bandwidth when...
- the stache says
jay did a little presentation on arminianism and the emerging church at our nashville cohort. this is what the stache spoke to me about....
- out of the office
in some ways it seems forever. in some ways it seems like we just got back. whatever it feels like later today is what it will be, we are off on a family vacation. we're heading to la (not lower...
- insane reading on a new creationism
i just checked back with a post jamey put up about a college student who has a theory that science proves the creationism. i'd blurb some of it, but it gets crazy, and when the darwinian atheists get mad at...
- internet is our parish speaker
so i met with jeremy this morning, who i mentor as a youth minister. he is at a church just north of hendersonville. when he got to our meeting i shared with him my confusion. so we got into conversations...