Archive for August, 2005
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
What Kind of Jesus Do You Have? (Part 1)
These are some recent pics I shot at a nearby cemetary. (Obviously, the date on my camera is wrong…) They are a good reminder to me of how we all see Christ differently. We seem to focus on the image of Christ that currently ministers to our individual needs. The lowly, pure infant in the [...]
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
The Kristo
For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, you need to check out The Kristo.
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
He Touched Lepers
Most people think of Jesus as the guy who started the Christian religion. Turns out he wasn’t just a guy, and he wasn’t interested in religion. But he did have an affinity for outcasts…like Lepers.
He (the leper, that is) was no different than I. He longed for what I long for. To be complete. To [...]
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Friday, August 26th, 2005
Jump With Me, Intermezzo
In response to Part 2, tg2 posted the following:
If you hold something as being central to your faith (coming from a fundamentalist evangelical) that is something that will not move — no matter how much you grow in understanding. Do you define that as a brick or as a frame? Does it matter? At the [...]
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Thursday, August 25th, 2005
Jesus is for Losers
Jesus, the ultimate revolutionary, didn’t come to help those of you who think you’ve got it all together.
Jesus didn’t come for those of you who are ‘not that bad’.
Jesus didn’t come for those of you who, on your way to church Sunday mornings, drive by your neighbor working in the yard and think, “Look at [...]
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
Jump With Me, Part Two
[be sure and read Part One before reading the following...]
Bell quotes a man giving a lecture on creation. At one point, the man says, “If you don’t believe that God created the world in six literal twenty-four hour days, then you are denying that Jesus ever died on the cross.” It’s a bizarre leap of [...]
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
Jump With Me, Part One
James and I are reading Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis. In the introduction, Bell raises some interesting metaphors. Take, for instance, the trampoline.
To Bell, the Christian faith is akin to a trampoline, held together by its many springs. With a trampoline, you really don’t see the need for springs until you begin to jump. Although Gindrup [...]
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Monday, August 22nd, 2005
9 Out Of 10 Ain’t Bad, Fellas
My goal was simple: ten things to NOT do… reflecting back, here’s a postmortem of the week.
1. I didn’t see Jess and the gang in the new Dukes movie. However, I DID get suckered into seeing March of the Penguins…ugh. Seriously, I have Discovery Channel at home, why am I here? Because Valiant sold out [...]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2005
Top Ten Things I’m NOT Going To Do On My Vacation Next Week
School starts August 16, and I’m going to hibernate. Find a cave somewhere where I can regain my voice. After a summer tour of Laguna Beach, hurricanes, shark attacks, middle school camp, Mexico, and a truckload of other stuff….I’m headed for 7 fun-filled days and nights of…nothing. We’re definitely going to spend a couple of [...]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2005
my God can beat up your god
This has been ‘one of those weeks’.
Early in the week the AC in our house went out.
Over the weekend, someone busted the window out of one of our cars (tried to steal [...]