I mispell things!
I get the privilege of being a part of one of Marc Martin’s C12 (a business peer and coaching group from a Christian perspective) meetings each month. It is always enjoyable. Sometimes the business specific information he covers relates very well to the pastoring and chaplaining I get the privilege to do and sometimes I …
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I was perusing one of a Christian writer’s books recently when I read this statement: God created us to be spirit beings temporarily inhabiting a human body. I seriously try not to be overly picky about words and give people the benefit of the doubt when they are trying to communicate. Therefore, I’m not going …
I’ve been thinking a lot about community lately because I’ve been asked several times recently why Tapestry is named Tapestry. Since, I have mentioned it I should probably explain here why Tapestry is named Tapestry. A tapestry is woven together. To separate it is to destroy it – kind of like what I hope (and believe) the …
At church I regularly talk politics without talking politicians. What I mean is that I don’t talk about specific politicians, while I do talk about how the kingdom of God should direct how we live as aliens in this world, ambassadors of the kingdom who live in this country, and a royal priesthood who get to vote for …
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I’m presently reading “The Answer to Our Cry” by Rick McKinley. McKinley is the pastor of Imago Dei church in Portland (a church that I respect greatly) and one of the people who started Advent Conspiracy (an organization that I also respect greatly). I really connect with McKinley’s consistency concerning bringing everything back to the …
A while back I read “Free of Charge” by Miroslav Volf. I believe I have mentioned in the past that I love Volf’s writing and speaking. He is wonderful. Here’s a quote from “Free of Charge” that I really enjoy. God is an inexhaustibly fertile source of everything. But is it true that God demands nothing? If …
for those of you who have been following the development of my d.min project/dissertation i thought i would give you a little update. at this point i need to find an expert/authority to review the bibliography that forms the base of my research. once i do this and get him/her to approve it i will …
jim posted the podcasts that he is presently listening to. i realized it was something i hadn’t done in a while and thought i would do so now. the radio antenna on my car has been broken for a year but i’ve been too lazy to replace it because i basically just listen to podcasts. …
my mom found this (i’m not sure how she finds this stuff and i’m a little scared by all that she finds – if my mom was ever a stalker she would be an incredibly scary stalker – i love you mom 🙂 ). it’s a church planting prayer list for the minnesota / wisconsin …