I read through Isaiah 50 last night (after watching about 3 hours of evening news) and then again this morning. My prayer for myself, my family and our church right now is for increased faith. There certainly is enough reason for us to look to God a little more quickly and easily these days — […]
I watched the Cowboys game last night on Monday Night Football with a good friend Evan Hendrix. The game was insane… It was the second most points ever in a Monday Night Football game and the most total points in a game ever for both the Cowboys and Eagles. The ball just kept bouncing in
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In studying this morning I came across this tidbit that I wrote years ago in an essay on the difference between true spirituality vs. individual virtue. I thought I’d share it… In seeking life in Christ we seek a person to relate with. In seeking only virtue we strive for a product to have –
This Thursday I am kicking off the class that I am teaching through Kilns College called Personal Calling and Mission. I’m pretty jazzed on the class and specifically on the reading. It is like a who’s who of my favorite books and essays… – Augustine’s Confession’s – Bonhoeffer’s Life Together – C.S. Lewis’s essay “The
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Have you ever run into a sliding glass door? I have. I ran into our sliding glass door at the beginning of summer so hard that I fell over backwards. The headache that came on was so fast and so intense… the only thing worse was how stupid and mad I felt. I did what
Tamara was working on names for baby #4 last night and came across this web site. It lists the birth names of celebrities — pretty stinkin funny!! http://www.babynames.com/Names/Celebrities/ P.S. In case you’ve ever wondered what Sting’s real name is, it is Gordon Matthew Sumner.
Went kayaking with my dad this morning… good times (and a little chilly!) It’s beautiful at Hosmer Lake — we were thinking we’d bring the whole family back next summer to camp.
I was talking today with one of the other pastors and mentioned that I think there are two kinds of martyrs out there – those who run into problems because they are doing what God wants them to do and those who run into problems because they are not doing what God wants them to
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The girls picked me up to grab a quick coffee and drop me off at a meeting… I’m really enjoying my day so I had them screaming, “I love life!!” over and over again. It was fun :)
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