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August 2008

August 06, 2008

thumbs up!

I've been thinking about opposable thumbs. While I was on vacation Lisa and I were...

August 04, 2008

Bye Mike

This is a picture of Mike McMackin, my friend and a faithful member of our...

July 2008

July 24, 2008

vacation

Hey my dear readers. As of tomorrow morning, bright and early, I'm going to be...

July 23, 2008

just a man

I like being treated as a normal human being. Yesterday a member of our community,...

July 22, 2008

mortgage burning in our future!

I have some good news that I would like to share. Our church building has...

July 21, 2008

Dung

The pastor's ego must be crucified if the pastor would love. Yesterday the worship leader...

July 18, 2008

good domain names available

I've been carrying some domain names for a while. I've finally decided to get rid...

July 17, 2008

I See Dead Trees Walking

The other day a friend of mine who is a member of our community was...

July 17, 2008

July 15, 2008

Communal Risks: Friendship

Although there are many communal dangers, I want to talk about the difficulty community brings...

July 12, 2008

fatigue?

I get tired lately. Perhaps I mean fatigued: a lessening of one's response to or...

July 10, 2008

Mind over Matters?

The mind is very complex. I would like to think that the mind controls the...

July 09, 2008

Wisdom, Manna and Anxiety

Wisdom is not cumulative. It is like manna... it needs to be acquired every day....

July 07, 2008

10 Little Pieces of Advice to Take or Leave

Lead leaderlessly. That is, lead in a non-leading kind of way. Serve. Step out of...

July 03, 2008

A Sinner Among Sinners

I'm sorry I haven't written much lately. Some tell me that I should just stick...

June 2008

June 26, 2008

My Supplemental Jesus

I want to consider our supplemental Jesus. Most of our writing and talking is supplemental...

June 26, 2008

oops typo

sorry feeders... typo in my latest cartoon. fixed.

June 25, 2008

grace and sin abound

The problem with grace is that you can't control it. You can't control the effects...

June 23, 2008

symptomatography

I would like to use a word that I can't find in any of my...

June 19, 2008

Alanis Morissette & Improv Preaching

Lisa turned me on to an article Saturday in Saint John's Telegraph Journal called "Alanis,...

June 17, 2008

Kinds of Choice

What is being offered to the church today is a multitude of choices. (Let me...

June 16, 2008

I’m Repeating Myself! I’m Repeating Myself! I’m…

One of my more faithful commentators made this comment on my post last week called...

June 13, 2008

Church-Hate?

Many don't understand my difficulty with the church. My struggle with the church is often...

June 12, 2008

designer theology

I was watching a documentary show on Much Less Music the other night which dealt...

June 11, 2008

Passion, Desire, Lust

The very definition of desire means that it never be satisfied. Which means that the...

June 10, 2008

Idea for a Story

Here's a possible idea for a story. If anyone uses it for a book or...

June 07, 2008

Flesh and Spirit

I recently came across a documentary about a guru who specializes in tantric sex in...

June 06, 2008

Illustration Friday: “forgotten” (or “Ishmael’s Exile”)

This is this week's Illustration Friday's submission under the theme "forgotten". The painting is a...

June 05, 2008

Let It Out!

Why are we reluctant to seriously and rigorously critique the System we call The Church?...

June 04, 2008

question the answer

The question is more important than the answer. To press it further: the question is...