the gym floor is being redone this week at washington elementary school and therefore we need to move to a new location for the week. so we’ll do what we usually do in such circumstances and turn it into an opportunity for some great time together … WE’LL MOVE TO IVERSON PARK FOR THE NIGHT. we’ll hold an outdoor worship gathering at iverson (the pavilion) and then cookout and eat together (always a biblical thing). there are a few of you who have mentioned to me that you need to be baptized. i know this is short notice but this would be a great time for it. please let me know if you would like to do it this sunday. for everyone else please bring chips and/or dessert. tapestry’s funds will provide the drinks, brats, burgers, and vegan stuff.
august prayer email
here’s the august prayer email that i send out to those who have graciously volunteered to pray for what we are doing up here in wisconsin. if you are not receiving this and would like to please let me know and i will put you on the list.
the week in tweets – 2010-08-01
- RT @CSLewis_: "If we only have the will to walk, then God is pleased with our stumbles." – C. S. Lewis #
- CHRISTian faith in GOD w/o hope 4 the future of the world has called forth a secular hope 4 the future of the world w/o faith n GOD-Moltmann #
- i borrowed a film strip titled "tommie visits church" and a projector to use at @sptapestry for an upcoming message. how awesome is that? #
- @joshcausey – i saw this deal on shamwow packs and thought you would like to know about it 🙂 http://tinyurl.com/265aov4 #
- i am working on a "business style" resume rather than "ministry style" resume for the first time in 18 years. do i remember how to make one? #
- @jwilmore you're always bad 🙂 in reply to jwilmore #
- @jwilmore – actually i was talking about your smell 🙂 in reply to jwilmore #
- i once again have a blank passport. i don't really like having a blank passport. #
- I am not used to my 16 year old son intoducing be to music I actually like – this is as brave new world! #
- james 3:1-2 (http://twurl.nl/j2cep1) in mind, what is the core difference between a teacher & a non-teacher w/n the church? everyone teaches #
- i can't study at emy j's because of the VERY LOUD 3 year old boy at the next table BUT i sure am SMILING LARGE because of him so it's ok. #
- it is not the profession that does honor to the person but the person to his/her profession – james adamson #
- i'm not an anti-dentite! #
- it has a canon label on it but i still really want this camera lens coffee mug. http://bit.ly/cameralensmug #
- i tried to run 14 miles this morning but was overcome by the MOSQUITOES on the plover river trail and gave up at mile 10. #
- FINALLY my salsa has some jalapenos with some kick to them (i prefer serranos) and my salsa is spicy! my tongue is on fire and life is good. #
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cajon
since the glazes have been gone to alaska for the summer and jodi, joel, and brad have ben graciously filling in for the leadership of tapestry’s music each sunday night i have often been playing percussion. i’m an adequate djembe player with dreams of actually being funky. those of you who were a part of the parkview student ministry will remember that i would often pretend that i was a good drummer when our normal percussionist were missing. i’ve found myself enjoying filling in on the djembe this summer and i have now convinced myself i can move on to a new instrument, the cajon. it’s a wooden box with guitar strings on the inside. it produces an enormous amount of bass. i desperately want to play one of these things well. even though i probably won’t ever be able to play it well doesn’t mean that i’m not going to try. how hard can it be to play a wooden box?
after i learn how to play the wooden box (a.k.a. cajon) i’m moving on to a mandolin 🙂
the week in tweets – 2010-07-25
- upgraded and now can't drag images into @TweetDeck. what's up with that?!?!?!?! #
- don't see this everyday – guy removed his corvette's spare tire so he could load the compartment with beer & i http://twitpic.com/26nq02 #
- jb-weld/jb-kiwk may right up there with duct tape for its super fixit-ness. #
- in 4 hours i will know if jb-weld fixed my spartus full-vue & enable me to have more toy camera medium format fun. hold tight little epoxy! #
- @@t_alan_lusk – that's fun! #
- about the TRINITY & about knowing GOD, the only thing we really have 2 see is what true love is; well in fact, simply what love is-augustine #
- the problem with good theology is that it makes me question whether i am ministering theologically or not. moltmann is doing that to me now. #
- RT @CSLewis_: Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not alone. – C. S. Lewis – quote for my next paper. i <3 clive #
- "theology … does not merely aim to understand the world differently, it aims to transform it." moltmann – TRINITY and the kingdom. #
- lookie, lookie, what my brother just sent to me! a '70-'73 minolta srt-101. what a great brother he is. http://twitpic.com/27lq6q #
- lookie, lookie, what my brother just sent to me. a '70-'73 minolta srt-101. now to take some pictures. http://twitpic.com/27lw5y #
- @SteenAR – yeah it is. now i have to see how the photos turn out. in reply to SteenAR #
- some may ask if your giant taco salad is healthy … of course it is! it's a salad isn't it?!?!?! #
- i don't believe in hypothetical situations. they are like lying to your brain. #
- wow I really am craving a bucket of beets today! #
- the problem with following @CSLewis_ is that i pretty much want to RT every quote from clive that he tweets. #
- @mike_shipp – yeah i was amazed when i got my hybird how big a difference the extra tire width made. in reply to mike_shipp #
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inception
the family and i went to see “inception” last night and all i can say is “WOW!” i mean really, WOW! all four of us loved it, which is a big deal because it means that pam loved it. this is not the type of move pam normally likes for you see pam doesn’t like sci-fi movies. i don’t think she considers “inception” as a sci-fi movie but it is. anytime you make a movie about jumping into people’s dreams you are in the land of sci-fi movies.
anyhow, i loved this movie. i especially loved the fact that not everything was answered with the end of the movie. i won’t go any further because i do not desire to spoil the plot for anyone else. just know that it was really good.
thanks bro
the above wonderful minolta srt-101 is what i just received from my brother. yep that’s the kind of sibling he is – the kind that will send you a free vintage 35mm camera when you put the word out that you are looking for one. its weird because i always remember ken being a selfish little pain in the butt. some how he changed as he matured 🙂
actually he’s a pretty good guy. he would have to be since adam and noah’s nickname for him when he was a toddler was “uncle hero dude.”
now i need to figure out how to use this thing.
mike made my day
mike penza (along with his wife kaylyn) is one of the people who GOD used to start tapestry. he is now a student at gordon-cromwell seminary in boston. today he pasted a blog post on my facebook profile that he said reminded him of tapestry. here’s part of the post:
As I sat here, drinking coffee and thinking about my life and ministry it dawned on me that there are more reasons for coming to Panera than just food. Yes, they have good coffee and breads and desserts that aren’t that good for the waist line but it hit me that there’s more to it than these.
In fact, I think the food is just icing on the cake. Deep down and not so deep down, people love community and the blessing they get from contact with another individual, especially friends that share a common interest in life.
it is a really good post concerning the community that the author is experiencing at panera bread and the “what if’s” that arise when a church opens itself up to strong webs of relationship with no focus on a building.
i was thrilled and honored that mike immediately thought of tapestry when he read the post. he would know from personal experience if it is true of tapestry or not. i was also pretty pumped that i was at emy j’s drinking coffee – it’s much better than panera.
man on wire
noah and i are presently watching “man on wire” concerning philippe petit‘s tightrope walk between the twin towers of the world trade center. it was an amazing feat and the documentary is excellent. i’ve seen it before and i am equally entertained and amazed by it this second time.
the thing that i am struck by this time is the collaborative nature of one man walking across a wire between the two towers. while philippe was the one that received all the credit and glory for the task there is no way that he could have accomplished the walk without a large number of people helping him. petit was taking the largest risk (he was the one facing the largest chance of death) but everyone involved was placing themselves in harm’s way in order for petit to accomplish his goal.
i believe that the majority of the things we believe we have done on our own have in fact been done with lots of people helping us.
best laid plans of mice and me
i posted awhile back about working a directed study concerning moltmann’s theology of the TRINITY as a part of my d.min program. well it kind of back fired on me. since the dean of the d.min program was on vacation at the time i was having trouble getting in touch with him for the purpose of getting my directed study approved . his signature would be the last step necessary to make the directed study happen. i therefore emailed him saying that since it didn’t look like i would be able to get everything approved for this trimester i want to see about having it approved for the next. i then went ahead and registered for another seminar (family counseling) for this trimester. unfortunately for my dr. ogea is a really nice guy and fast tracked everything during his vacation. he was able to get me registered for the directed study. now instead of my normal one doctoral level seminar i am now taking two. should make for a busy summer. woohoo!
here’s the syllabus for my directed study and the works that i will now begin studying.
- the TRINITY and the kingdom
by jurgen moltmann
- pilgrimage of love: moltmann on the TRINITY and CHRISTian Life by joy ann mcdougall
- the TRINITY, creation and pastoral ministry: imaging the perichoretic GOD
by graham buxton