Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
The Oxymoronic Culturally Savvy Christian
I‘ve finished Dick Staub’s The Culturally Savvy Christian. I picked it up for a couple of reasons: the title and the introduction. Granted, even with the endorsements of N.T. Wright and slick cover, what reeled me in was the introduction that spoke of us living in an ‘intellectually and aesthetically impoverished age of Christianity [...]
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Links for Living
What to do?
Although lately I’ve been loaded/bombarded with TONS of cool stuff that seem to demand my attention and devotion, I thought I’d pass along a random list of links that have caught my attention lately:
YS Underground -cool resources from Marko and company…
Hard Music Magazine (I never knew editor Doug Van Pelt was right here [...]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
The Rapture Song
If you’ve ever seen ‘A Thief In the Night’, listened to Larry Norman, or are even vaguely familiar with the mediocre Left Behind series, you GOTTA check out the Rapture Song. It’s pre-trib theology at its best…and worst. ( I TOTALLY should have written this song…dang it!)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=LvB3FWk8Xss[/youtube]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Finally Home
It was one of ‘those calls’. During lunch last week, I could sense the urgency in the voice on the other end of the phone. Some dear friends of ours were in a car accident. They had loaded up the SUV for vacation, decided to head to one of our favorite deli spots on their [...]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Quotable Monday: 8.27.2007
Why do I like QM’s? Because after a week like this last one, my brain is oatmeal, and sometimes I can only handle one thought at a time. Like today. I started reading ‘The Culturally Savvy Christian’ last Wednesday, and although I’m just about done with it (through a hellish week, in fact) there has [...]
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Monday, August 20th, 2007
Quotable Monday: 8.20.2007
Today our ministry officially says goodbye to the second member of our team, Stefanie Rasco. Stef is headed back to College Station to finish her masters degree at A&M (whoop!) this December. Stefanie has touched our lives and done some incredible ministry for the Kingdom and has invested herself (and Jesus) into the lives of [...]
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
Photo Phriday Doubleshot: 8.17.2007
Here’s a pic of our youngest (almost 4) chillin’ on vacation last week. We were swimming and he disappeared. You know that frantic feeling when you can’t find your child? Then I looked over towards our beach chairs and umbrella and saw this.
It says it all.
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
Photo Phriday: 8.17.2007
OK…I didn’t actually TAKE this photo. Shae sent it to me.
But, nonetheless, it’s worth thousands of words, especially to guys like this and this.
So, here ya go:
CALVINISM:
It’s really more like a daisy. You know…
God loves you, God loves you not…
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
Coffee Claus is Coming to Town!
I just got word that there’s a new STARBUCKS being built nearby. It’ll be located .6 miles from where I park my truck at the office, to be exact.
Coffee Claus is coming to town!
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
The Stepford Wives of the SBC?
I know…I know…I’m behind on this. It hit the presses while I was out on vacation, but I’m still trying to wrap my head around it…
Surely by now, you’ve seen the story of Southwestern Seminary’s new degree plan to teach women how to stay home and cook, sew, clean, and keep their man happy.
Well…sort [...]