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the week in tweets – 2010-01-23

  • i'm right-handed, so why is it easier for me to read and type with just my left hand? #
  • just renegotiated our bundle with charter cable. i saved $60 and got a dvr in the deal. woohoo! thanks for the comparison bundle at&t. #
  • any of you guys use a lent devotional at your church? if so what? #
  • @dhaltom7 – a devotional for lent :). in reply to dhaltom7 #
  • @drewcausey – thanks drew in reply to drewcausey #
  • anyone ever taken ""developing a missionalchurch" PMCP8303 at nobts? i'm looking for opinions on taking it. #
  • @meganckelly-thanks but right now i'm really just trying to figure out if the seminar is worth taking. worried that nobts' missional may be in reply to meganckelly #
  • @allisonrichmond – i believe i know the "what's his face" you are asking about and he is no longer there. this is with tolbert & pinkard in reply to allisonrichmond #
  • @dannygilliam – well you being there is a positive. in reply to dannygilliam #
  • the tapestry's topic for sunday demands use of zeppelin's "stairway to heaven." but "how" is the question. perhaps pam interpretive dancing? #
  • tapestry's topic for sunday demands use of zeppelin's "stairway to heaven." but "how" is the question. perhaps pam interpretive dancing? #
  • Meeting with the Touched Twice United board. I love and believe in this group. You should get your church involved with it. #

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till we have faces

jack

oh how i love c.s. lewis. noah’s middle name comes from “the great one” – i even tried to convince pamela that clive would have been a good first name since it is a sansom family name but she wouldn’t go for it. i think pamela expresses my thoughts best when she says that she hates reading anything by lewis because she feels like highlighting the entire book (well i agree with her except for the “hate” part – every line being amazing is why i love reading lewis).

till we have faces anyhow i used the drive to my atlanta workshop to listen to an unabridged recording of “till we have faces ” – i thought it might be dangerous to actually read a hardback while driving. 😉 this is my absolute favorite of lewis’s fiction. it is a retelling of the myth of cupid and psyche. while it is definitely one of lewis’s least theologically blatant books it has some serious depth to it when you read it with the eyes of faith. i actually quoted from it today when emailing a friend. that’s what i love about lewis’s writing – his works connect so perfectly with real human emotion, needs, and struggles.

some of the last lines of the book blow me away every time i read them. orual’s last words are..

i ended my first book with the words “no answer.” i now know, lord, why you utter no answer. you are yourself the answer. before your face questions die away. what other answer would suffice? only words, words to be led out to battle against other words. long did i hate you, long did i fear you. i might —

goosebumps! i’ve read the book 7 or 8 times and each time near the end of the book i get excited about reading those words.

lewis is the man! you need to read this book. go get a copy now!

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fickering pixels

flickering pixels

last night i finished “flickering pixels" by shane hipps. i first heard shane at the 2009 q ideas conference and he was incredible. his discussion concerning “the medium being the message” in regards to the gospel was enough for me to want to read more. thankfully i didn’t have to buy his book, which i would have done, because it was provided in the conference bag (i love free stuff, especially when it is good free stuff). needless to say i was looking forward to reading the book.

like i said i finished the book last night. it was great. shane is a great speaker and this has translated well into his writing. i haven’t heard anyone else discussing how technology can and does shape our faith or the dangers of some of the methods that we use. how do our cell phones, computers, dvr, etc. effect our love for GOD and others? its an important question and one that i think hipps does a a great job of bringing up.

if anyone in point wants to read it my copy is now available.

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why i don’t have a boat

 iced-boat

or it could be because i don’t want to spend the money on salting the deck for safety reasons.

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ray kroc

KROC

pam and i just watched a “biography on nbc” episode on ray kroc. it’s sad that a guy can be such a success in business and such a failure/jerk in so much else. overall the episode made me glad that i prefer culvers. if any of you know any dark secrets from the past of the founders of culvers PLEASE DON’T TELL ME. i want to continue to get culverized every now and then and i would prefer to do so without feeling like i’m supporting a guy who ditched his family.

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thank GOD HE closes doors

johnson ferry copy

this past week i finished the mid-career workshop of my d.min work. this means i am now halfway through the course work of my degree (of course, i then have to do a dissertation which might take longer than the course work). this workshop was held at the meriatta nobts satellite campus. the campus holds most of its courses within the rooms of johnson ferry baptist church.

in 1994 when i was graduating from swbts i interviewed with johnson ferry for their middle school minister position. i would love to tell you that i wowed them and didn’t go there because i was convinced that it was not where GOD wanted me but that’s not what happened. the truth is that i was VERY excited about interviewing for the position but i didn’t impress them enough to rate a second interview. c’est la vie. johnson ferry is a BIG chuch and at the time i was convinced that a church like johnson ferry would obviously be the type of church that GOD would want me ministering in. it had to be that way because it would be the manner in which i would be able to reach the most people. right?

when i enter the doors of johnson ferry this week i was overwhelmed with thankfulness that i had not gone down the route that i had thought would be best. i wouldn’t be the person that i am today if i had been at johnson ferry. this is not meant as a cut on johnson ferry. i’m sure it is a great church. i don’t have anything against megachurches. i just know that a large church is no longer the route that GOD wants me on. instead i am convinced that HE wants me to be a part of a church that grows to divide only to grow again and divide again (the tapestry plan). if i had gone down the path that i thought was best at the end of seminary i would probably never have been moved by the call of social justice within the gospel of CHRIST, or the thought of growing to stay small, or overwhelmed by the trinitarian importance of community. so when i entered johnson ferry i thanked GOD that i had not wowed the interviewers enough o rate a second interview.

sometimes we need to reflect on and thank GOD for the doors HE closes. those closed doors may have more to do with who GOD shapes us into than the open doors do.

SIDE NOTE – if you are a “24” fan and you like a good snide remark every now and then you should do yourself a favor and follow dave barry’s 24 live blog each week. it’s great.

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the week in tweets – 2010-01-16

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the religion of superheroes

i’m posting this mainly for chris perkins. this is a website that list the probably or claimed religious affiliation of comic book superheroes. its pretty fun.

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the week in tweets – 2010-01-09

  • Point's roads are trash right now but I do love the snow. #
  • http://twitpic.com/x2z0i – @calvinb – that makes me smile – "fear of snow" routine, right? this is our driveway and road right now #
  • @thegsides – i don't know. i would have loved it if it hadn't of been so deep in our territory. in reply to thegsides #
  • i can live with that #BAMA. now let's get something going on offense. #
  • 1st quarter hasn't gone like i thought it would but i'm feeling a little better now. #BAMA #
  • though i am pumped for #BAMA i also feel pretty bad for gilbert. that's a difficult situation for a freshman. #
  • @bCodySmith – i agree. of course, i want #BAMA to win but i feel sorry for the freshman. in reply to bCodySmith #
  • @mcschobert – amen in reply to mcschobert #
  • @mike_shipp – he's secret weapon was to spend all year not developing a running game because mccoy would obviously never get hurt. whoops. in reply to mike_shipp #
  • mcelroy may have not lost a football game since the 8th grade BUT he definitely just picked his nose on the HD broadcast of the game. #
  • come on #BAMA, a td takes care of business. #
  • BAMA! BAMA! BAMA! #
  • 1 advantage of no longer being a yth min is retreats = kidless date weekend. another is telling ym to have a nice vacation on the retreat:) #

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