October 2007

Disturbing strengths…

Have you ever found yourself good at something, that you’d rather not be good at? As my time at seminary is wrapping up, I’ve found myself disturbingly good at churning out papers. I’ve been a straight-A student for the most part, but what does that really mean in the real world, or better yet, in [...]

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“Me” church

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Practicing Sabbath…

A few thoughts that came out of a discussion I was in yesterday… Sabbath is suppose to be counter cultural – the Israelites were known as people who took a day out to rest in God “I use to believe that Sabbath was a form of punishment from God so that I couldn’t get my [...]

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New Radiohead Album

One early morning a decade ago, I heard on the radio that the first one hundred people to line up to purchase Radiohead‘s OK Computer would be given a free ticket to their North American premiere at the Opera House. I didn’t have a car at the time and ended up pulling a friend out [...]

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Childhood Dreams…

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal [...]

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Christ in the pain…

I’ve often said that healing comes as you move out and serve, but sometimes it’s harder to say than others. This past while I’ve been connecting with people with hurt-filled marriages, addictions, and extreme loneliness. These aren’t people to be equipped, mobilized, and sent out right now. Sometimes it’s so easy to forget that the [...]

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