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December 2006

December 29, 2006

die to self

Krishnamurti wrote: Can this mind negate everything it has known, the total content of its...

December 28, 2006

egotistical sidetracks

Chogyam Trungpa in his excellent book, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, writes: There are numerous sidetracks...

December 27, 2006

the study in which i study

this is what my home studio looks like. a mess. the desk on the right...

December 27, 2006

a virtuous betrayal?

George Bernanos, in The Diary of a Country Priest, writes: God despises nothing. After all,...

December 26, 2006

there was a fire here

iâ€™m reading a really good book right now that was recommended to me by shane...

December 26, 2006

hidden & exposed

Eugene Peterson, in his book on Jeremiah, Run With the Horses, writes: What we do...

December 24, 2006

announcement: david’s message SUCKED

so my talk SUCKED today. i mean SUCKED!!!!! i could tell when i was in...

December 24, 2006

confusion abounds!

oswald chambers, one of my main directors in things wise, said, "There are times in...

December 24, 2006

maybe not us but our kids

another commercial that says it in a powerfully in a vividly memorable way. thanks jeff...

December 23, 2006

mary mary not contrary

like tonight, for instance, i realized that i didn't want to preach tomorrow. i was...

December 23, 2006

how NOT to speak of god

Peter Rollins, in his influential new book, How (Not) To Speak of God, writes: Even...

December 22, 2006

my spiritual french friend kronenbourg

after lisa and i go out and do a little more christmas shopping, we're inviting...

December 22, 2006

depontification

someone emailed me yesterday to say that she'd visited our church a couple of times...

December 22, 2006

prophets not do-gooders

James D. and Evelyn Whitehead, in an article titled "The Spirit of Prophecy" (Spirituality Today),...

December 21, 2006

the irrational rationality of god

Torrance, in his book Theological Science, writes a section I totally understand. Although I cannot...

December 21, 2006

daughters & chemically induced comas

so my 14 year old daughter comes home from school to tell my poor unsuspecting...

December 21, 2006

wine & dinner party

my good friend byron called to say he would be back in town and was...

December 21, 2006

making whoopee, not hay

Annie Dillard, in her classic Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, writes: Thomas Merton wrote, 'There is...

December 20, 2006

some pics of my work place

this is the church i pastor. nothing pretty to look at. looks like a carpet...

December 20, 2006

suffering with others all the way

Daniel L. Migliore, in his insightful (and hard to find) book, Pastor as Prophet, writes:...

December 19, 2006

all the king’s men

i just finished watching the 2006 film, ALL THE KING'S MEN. i liked it. based...

December 19, 2006

okay i’m frustrated

okay, yes, i'm frustrated with MYSELF!! i have so many interests. i want to blog...

December 19, 2006

2 thoughts on pastoral ministry

a couple of conclusions: Donâ€™t make people do things. No guilt, pressure or compulsion. Just...

December 19, 2006

still idolatry

Karl Barth, undeniably my favorite theologian, says emphatically: There is no man who does not...

December 18, 2006

christmas banquet recap

so last night we had our annual christmas banquet. we did a potluck in the...

December 18, 2006

cross-less good news

Walter Brueggemann, a theologian who writes prophetically about the need for the prophetic in the...

December 17, 2006

christmas banquet

so our church is having its christmas banquet this evening. potluck. can't wait. got some...

December 17, 2006

money’s available or to be had

i think it's our duty to be truthful in the church. painfully so. in a...

December 16, 2006

take a good look at yourself

Krishnamurti: You go only so far in your self-criticism. The very entity that criticises must...

December 15, 2006

some personal insight

Something Iâ€™ve learned about myself, and human nature in general, is that the better angels...