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October 2009

October 22, 2009

Z-Theory #13: another stab at articulating an idea

I started developing what I call the Z-Theory back on June 22, 2009 (click here...

October 20, 2009

agendaless sanctuary

My agenda is to have no agenda. This frustrates so many people, including myself. But...

October 19, 2009

Structure and Authenticity

Some people have been visiting our church lately. Checking us out. One of the comments...

October 07, 2009

Come In and Go Out.

So more people leave our church. I have a gift. It's obvious. I can't hold...

September 2009

September 28, 2009

Art as Language

We had Rik and Zara Leaf with their two kids with us for a week....

September 24, 2009

Quantum Physics, Tribes and Community

A couple of weeks ago we tried something I call the Open Round Table in...

September 23, 2009

another proposal about community

Even though I recognize that all proposals are falsifiable, I do however propose: We are...

September 22, 2009

just some blathering

This image is a "painting" I did on my iPhone using the Brushes application. I...

September 21, 2009

The Sum of All My Fears

These are some things I fear by one, being who I am; two, expressing my...

September 21, 2009

cartoon revisted: sheltered from… LIFE!

I found the original reactions to this cartoon to be very interesting when I first...

September 18, 2009

Questions Questions Questions

Socrates said, "The highest form of human excellence is to ask questions of oneself and...

September 18, 2009

U2 and Snow Patrol

Last night my 22 year old son Josh was taking me to a "seminar", but...

September 14, 2009

Knowledge or Change?

The founder of the Vineyard movement I presently find myself in, John Wimber, once said...

September 10, 2009

Abandon and Forsake

If your prejudice separates you from your brother, relinquish it. If your opinion separates you...

September 09, 2009

Compared to Bishop Spong??!!

Some Sundays ago after our service a woman who was visiting informed me that she...

September 08, 2009

Ineffable

It has happened. Is happening. This is impossible to put into words. Words are inadequate....

September 03, 2009

defined or confined?

I just read something from Huston Smith's fairly recent book, The Soul of Christianity. He...

September 01, 2009

Discussion or Dialog?

Discussion, although sometimes necessary for an immediate solution, isn't the method to bring about peace...

August 2009

August 28, 2009

A Different Kind of Success

My first passion is to free people. I also am passionate about how such people...

August 27, 2009

should I go back in the positive

So let me put the post "Should I go back?" into the positive. I empathize...

August 26, 2009

Should I go back?

On my vacation I met with many people who have left the church. They are...

August 06, 2009

cartoon: vacation mode for 2 weeks!

Hey everyone! I'm going on vacation tomorrow. Taking two weeks off. I'm not taking my...

August 05, 2009

3 more photos with lisa and “him”

Here's three more pictures of Lisa and that guy. Many years later after our first...

August 05, 2009

Lisa’s Birthday

This is Lisa and me on our very first date some years ago. We went...

July 2009

July 30, 2009

Cartoon to Appear in Christianity Today!

I'm pleased to announce that this cartoon is going to appear in the print issue...

July 28, 2009

Paraphrase in Unpredictable Times

Here's my paraphrase of Isaiah 40:8... "People come and people go, but the word of...

July 27, 2009

Z-Theory #12: the “ials”

The z-theory is obviously written from my perspective. I am a middle-aged white North American...

July 24, 2009

Just a Few Random Thoughts

People don't change their minds. Only rarely. Transformation is not a desirable option to our...

July 18, 2009

z-theory #9: underpinnings

Please have patience with me as I try to have with myself. I'm thinking out...

July 16, 2009

Z-Theory #10: Implicit Order

Is there an implicit trinitarian structure to reality? This is what the z-theory (here and...