Well my last post wasn’t quite the re-entry into the blogosphere that I wanted it to be…but oh well. My review of Soul Graffiti is probably the worst book review I’ve ever done (which is good that it was only for a blog and not a grade in one of my classes). I had a hard time matching what I was feeling about Mark’s book and what I felt like I needed to type...
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Book Review: Soul Graffiti: Making a Life in the Way of Jesus by Mark Scandrette I met Mark a few years back at the last national emergent conference. I was in a group with a bunch of other people that had chosen Mark to be their tour guide for the conference. The other tour guides, I had either previously met or known for some time and Mark was the most interesting person to me...
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my thoughts week have turned to suffering.  they’ve actually been there quite awhile, but with our week of lent heading toward focusing on suffering i’ve become more focused on it.  i’ve posted here some of my thoughts on this week’s text through the lens of suffering and a small piece of my story and suffering. i also stumbled across a great interview with anne lamott.  i’ve really enjoyed reading her writing since i became...
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when i think back to my days of youth ministry, i am often overwhelmed with feelings and memories of failure.  but, in light of a worship service and a couple readings for class this semester, i’m getting a different perspective on failure.  failure is good, because it can produce success.  it doesn’t always because sometimes it gets us stuck, but sometimes it produces something inside of the one who fails, and in turn produces...
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I know that there are a ton of Lent blogs and individual post floating around out there on the interweb and I’m quite late on the scene.  But for those of you who are really into it I thought I’d share something COTA is doing.  I’m one of a handful of writers on a Lent blog that is going through the lectionary texts each week as well as the ideas we’re exploring in our...
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my best friend in the whole world, josh, has written a short piece about the practice of fasting for Lent.  his questions, are the ones that i think all of us ask at some point in our lives, or maybe even every year as this time approaches.  i encourage everyone to go leave him your thoughts as we begin preparing for this upcoming season.
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