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September 2007

September 10, 2007

The Church as a Controlled State

I read a marvelous book last week, The Cave, by Jose Saramago. Translated from Portugese....

September 05, 2007

The God Who Pulls Me Down

I just met with my leadership team. I confessed to them that I've been having...

September 04, 2007

How Bloggers Eat Lunch

I had the pleasure of taking Bill Kinnon and his wife Imbi out for lunch...

August 2007

August 31, 2007

In But Not Of

I am inside the system. I am a part of the machine. I am one...

August 08, 2007

Narrow Is the Gate

Here is something I wrote in my journal Sunday afternoon, August 5, verbatim. It explains...

August 07, 2007

Friends Like You

August 03, 2007

If It’s Not Measurable It’s Not Manageable

Richard and I were standing outside talking over lunch at the close of our Vacation...

July 2007

July 31, 2007

The Offensive Pain of Grace

Grace is offensive. Back in this post from December of last year I quoted Merton:...

July 24, 2007

Living the Definition or Defining the Living

Living the definition or defining the living. That's what most all people do. As well...

July 18, 2007

Interview With the Devil #18: Motivation

July 08, 2007

Leszli Kalli’s Honest Appraisal

Please excuse the long entry here, but I have to quote this entire passage from...

June 2007

June 28, 2007

Circus Sheep And Ring Leaders

Please excuse me for using an analogy that is dated and offensive for some people....

June 27, 2007

Let’s Go Hit Rock Bottom!

I'm reading an awesome book, Leszli Kalli's Kidnapped: A Diary of My 373 Days in...

June 21, 2007

Trampoline Temple

This is my daughter Casile jumping on our trampoline. She manipulated the photo. Again, she...

June 20, 2007

Jesse’s Graduation/ Church Party

So last night my second child and son Jesse graduated from grade 12. Lisa and...

June 18, 2007

Branding and Labeling

On the one hand, my blog is finally helping me to find my voice. I'm...

June 12, 2007

Love Heals, Love Hurts

Today I'm thinking about relationships because some of my relationships are changing and I don't...

June 07, 2007

Dumbing Us Down

John Taylor Gatto, in his excellent book, Dumbing Us Down, critiques education in America. I...

May 2007

May 25, 2007

10 Years Since Narrowly Escaping Death: Church Split

Ten years ago today this church split. It happened on a Sunday. I walked blindly...

May 17, 2007

10 Questions for Religious Leaders

Is it possible for people to gather without there being an agenda? In other words,...

May 14, 2007

My Vision is to Have No Vision

I went to another Vineyard leaders meeting this last weekend. I love the people. That's...

May 09, 2007

Party Is Just Enough

I've personally come to believe that the simple act of our church community getting together...

May 07, 2007

Facilitate and Moderate

Yesterday was interesting. When I started speaking from Isaiah 44 on idolatry, I stressed that...

April 2007

April 19, 2007

Please Don’t Gag Me!

I think I need to explain something. I quite often get the accusation that I'm...

April 16, 2007

A Partying Proximity!

Yesterday I took a break (or gave the people a break) from my teaching, and...

April 10, 2007

Foul Weather Friends

Meet Ang. She's a good friend of my friend Sarah. Sarah loves her so much...

April 06, 2007

Where Hypocrisy Abounds!

I suppose Krishnamurti is becoming known to you by now as one of my favorite...

April 05, 2007

Not Easy Being Me!

One of the most difficult things for anybody to be is themselves. Just themselves. It...

March 2007

March 20, 2007

Brenda and Her Kites

This is Brenda. She's a part of our community. She's an artist. She's a friend....

March 19, 2007

Farmer Peter’s Party!

Peter and Debbie McCready, farming friends who are a part of our community, had a...