I think we were made to shine. There are colors and nuances yet to be exposed in all of us. We hide ourselves to fit into the darkness that has wrapped around this world, but every now and then light reflects off our surfaces and the beauty we were created with is revealed.
My [...]

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My community of people who are unlike myself.
I’ve been leading a small community of spiritual seekers the last year. My wife and I are the only Christ-commited followers in this incredibly diverse group. Black, white, european, asian, ex-catholic, hindu, new-age, atheist color the community. Yvz and I look forward to this gathering [...]

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I’ve lost track of how many people that I’ve encountered who think that life is just about being a christian, or a good citizen, or worse yet just getting by. One of those people was me.
People have said to my face that I was a waste of potential growing up, but I didn’t mind [...]

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Inspired by Sam’s mosaic values discussion, i’ll be posting some missional values i wrote up a while back. I’ll be using trackback’s for the first time and posting in chunk the next few days as Parke suggests. They way they’re written up is not in stone, but the convictions behind them are very [...]

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I’ve always loved the message of freedom and running wild found in the Scriptures, but there’s something also to be said about the trials and disciplines that lead to that life-transforming freedom that we sometimes neglect to mention. A couple quotes from the book:
The transformation of our character is more revolution than reformation. [...]

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For Valentines, Yvz and I celebrated, by getting our small group downtown to connect with the homeless in our city.
We split into three teams and gave out some quality sandwiches, brand-spanking new socks, drinks, snacks and roses. I thought the roses would be an interesting idea, but only managed to give out a [...]

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I got and finished reading Erwin’s latest, Stand against the wind, it appears a day before it’s officially released.
It’s a re-package of Uprising, flashier and in smaller chunks. I can see why it’s geared toward the 18-35 market. I like uprising and the experience guide more, but still, I think i’ll spend sometime [...]

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I just got back from seeing the dentist. I don’t floss. Other than the moment before I head to the dental office. It’s painful every time. Especially since I’ve got an aversion to all things metal (I try to eat with plastic cutlery whenever possible). Everytime I go they remind [...]

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I just rented, and ended up keeping and buying the movie Millions. It’s a british indi-film that only made 6 million at the box office, but I absolutely love.
It’s a quaint and charming PG movie about a boy struggling to do what he believes is right, no matter how naive, in a world that [...]

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Amazing. Read the transcript below.
Video clip on cnn here.
Bono’s best sermon yet: Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast
If you’re wondering what I’m doing here, at a prayer breakfast, well, so am I. I’m certainly not here as a man of the cloth, unless that cloth is leather. It’s certainly not because I’m a rock [...]

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