I’m learning a lot, and making new friends. And I think I’ve found the kind of focus that ultimately makes a blog work.
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Archive | September, 2010
the secret to innovation
September 26, 2010
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Sharing God’s image allows us to explore the adjacent possibilities, creating both poetry and iPods.
Read morehow to stay married
September 23, 2010
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Two couples in our church have been married fifty years this fall, and we are having a celebration as well we should.
Read moreliving off the grid
September 21, 2010
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A new asceticism. A new monasticism. A new anarchy. This is not kingdom work, not really. This is just an old way to glorify the flesh, when we are supposed to bear witness to the spirit.
Read moremy father’s heart
September 18, 2010
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We all have this responsibility to demonstrate the love of God. But in healthy families it starts with dads. It must mean something when a child thinks of God as his father.
Read morethe new dark ages
September 16, 2010
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I don’t think the dark ages come from our inability to read Latin, but from our unwillingness to hear each other. In the end it is always the darkness in our hearts.
Read morein praise of posters
September 14, 2010
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Anyone who walks down a hall of flyers and posted notices knows the community is filled with people who are doing something and you are invited. It’s an emotional connection that says a lot is going on here. And you don’t have to have permission to do stuff.
Read morehospitality begins at home
September 9, 2010
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Dysfunctional families often turn inward, hiding their pains and focusing on their problems while healthy families turn outward, opening themselves to others, sharing God’s blessings without reservation.
Read morethe blessing of work
September 6, 2010
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I’ve been reading The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Bottom, and the book itself is a joy. It’s well done literary non-fiction, an exploration of work in ten fields, everything from being an accountant to the manufacturer of cookies. I can’t begin to do justice to the literary and philosophical texture of [...]
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and the band played on. and on.
Throw in a little foksy gospel, some sing along, and a hint of story telling about life on the road, and the house concert its own charm. Not to mention some really great bass, but I have my biases.
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