I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about the American Christian culture. The latest statistics (a landmark study just came out two weeks ago) continue to demonstrate that Christianity is shrinking rapidly and that “non religion” is the fastest growing religious category. Other statistics show the huge drop off (70 – 80% depending on […]
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I watched the movie “Religulous” the other day. It is an overtly anti-Christian / anti-religious documentary that seeks to point out the ridiculous nature of religion and religious people. The hard part for me — I agreed with 90% of it. Why do Christians have to be so weird? If Bill Maher was making a
I’m talking at length about wine tomorrow at church as part of a sermon on Jesus turning Water into Wine. In case you’re interested, here is a great little article on the subject of Alcohol and the Bible by Daniel Wallace, a widely respected New Testament and Greek scholar (he wrote the Greek textbooks that
I love what Augustine calls the Psalms in chapter 9 of his Confessions: “Outbursts of devotion with no room in them for the breath of pride!” Outbursts of devotion. I could think about that phrase for quite a while. What do outbursts of devotion look like in our lives… in my life? Was the capacity
Tamara and I took the two youngest over to Portland for a couple of days. We had a bunch of stuff on our list and also wanted to be able to spoil Sara (she used to be the “baby” till a couple of months ago and needed to be reminded that she’s still special!) Here’s
Tamara has been at it the last week or so with her photography business (Wiggleworm Photography). Here are some fun pictures of our kids and some of our friends’ kids. Thanks also to Benjamin Edwards for being such a stud and having the heart to help mentor Tamara. Her business is so cool because there
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When out snowmobiling with my dad this week on his machines. An hour in to Elk Lake Lodge, an hour coffee break and an hour back. Hit 70 mph at one point – then thought better of it. Good times!!
Had coffee today with LV Hanson as he’s cruising the northwest in the Catalyst Conference Vanagon. Great conversation and great connecting with a passionate and creative leader out there.
Tonight was the kick off lecture for the spring semester of Kilns College. The night was totally cool, but the neatest thing was the check a guy dropped on us for one month’s rent. I love generous people!!
Saturday we had an all day Elder meeting and then reconnected that evening at the Wine Loft in Bend for dinner with the wives. Also enjoyed having Cory Bittner sit in on the meetings as he has joined the staff as a volunteer helping us out with executive and organizational issues. Pretty amazing privilege to
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