I’ve said it before: I am richly blessed with some immensely deep friendships. Whether they live across town or across the globe, I am refreshed by their conversation, their brotherhood, and their embrace of our lives together. Our time together is never long enough and always too long in between. Waylon and I met when [...]
Last night was our first installment of Our Story. Each week, we are producing a video interview of someone in our ministry (adult or student) sharing some details of their journey with jesus. Our hope is not to share clean, tidy stories each week that consist of (1) I was a sinner, (2) I met [...]
David Zimmerman (author of Deliver Us From Me-Ville and all-around cool guy), has posted the following excerpt from St. John of the Cross’ ‘Dark Night of the Soul’ over at Loud Time. With respect to the fourth sin, which is spiritual gluttony, . . . such persons expend all their effort in seeking spiritual pleasure [...]
Consider yourself a disciple of Jesus? If so, I’d challenge you to listen to David Wilcox’s single "Underneath". Then find an answer you can live with. Underneath (ctrl-click to open in new window) Below are lyrics, while you listen: I know that compassion is all out of fashion, and anger is all the rage… Grow [...]
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In the 2008 hit movie Juno, Juno’s father tells his teenage daughter, who has just disclosed that she is pregnant, “I didn’t know you were that kind of girl,” to which Juno replies, “I don’t know what kind of girl I am.” Gone are the days when good girls “don’t” and bad girls “do.” Now good [...]
Several months ago, through one of my most trusted and most ragamuffin Pirate Monks, I met author/speaker Pete Gall for some Rudy’s BBQ and soul baring. He very generously gave me a copy of his book Beautiful Idol–which I gobbled up (and have since given out several copies to friends). If you haven’t read it, [...]
Who would’ve thought that in 2009, we’d not only swear in the first African-American president, but that the controversy would peak…not over the homosexual Episcopalian bishop who prayed the day prior, but over Rick Warren, the purpose-driven, evangelical, conservative pastor who prayed at the inauguration. According to 1 Timothy 2: 1-3, we are supposed to [...]
One of our local Christian radio stations has a tagline that turns my stomach. There. I said it. Now, I know what they mean by it. But, still…it makes me queasy. Every 6 minutes, some velvet-throated DJ says, "This is positive, encouraging ———. Safe for the whole family." And every 6 minutes I throw up [...]