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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Addicted
If you don’t know Ludo you most certainly need to check them out. Although their hardcore fans aren’t as crazy about their latest album as Broken Bride, the title cut is an amazing confession of addiction.
What flavor of addiction doesn’t matter. Whether alcohol or a destructive relationship or eleventy-billion other things, addiction is addiction. It’s [...]
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
Rebirth Pains
Almost one year ago this week, i was in the same place again. After a whirlwind of summer activities and a little vacation, I was feeling almost human again. This year, it’s been postponed a few weeks due to some family issues, relocating our ministry offices, and a couple of hurricanes that have altered our [...]
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Quotable Monday; 08.18.08
I got up early to pack for our annual staff retreat this week. Before heading out the door, I had a few (quiet) minutes to read and ‘be still’ (thank you, jimmie). I had pretty much decided to discontinue regular QM posts, but ran across this from Piper’s Life as A Vapor :
"When a person [...]
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Whaddaya Mean?
I’m a closet word freak.
There, I’ve said it. Words have always fascinated me. Meanings. Nuances. Detailed, cross-hair descriptiveness like a sniper’s scope.
Did you ever realize that Britney Spears is an anagram for Presbyterian? Or that Pepsi Cola is an anagram for Episcopal?
Lately, I’ve been hung up on the question ‘Do geese see [...]
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Still in One Peace
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that we were on vacation last week. Not a stay-cation like we sometimes do, either. We bolted out of town ASAP with hotel confirmations in all kinds of touristy tickets in hand with the full intent of heading to Galveston for a few days and then letting [...]
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Is Hell Real?
I consider myself a pretty self-aware kind of guy. Maybe too much so. (Self-awareness is a debilitating curse…) So I’m pretty sure that if I were trapped in Hell, it would consists of a couple of scenarios.
The first circle of (my) Hell would be being locked in a 24-hour Wal-Mart on Senior Citizen day. [...]
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Metaphors of Missional 1.0
Today is day two of the National Worship Leader Conference here in Austin.
Wow.
Not only have I run into old friends, former students, and new buddies, but I’ve been trying to drink from the fire hydrant that is the nature of conferences like these. Lincoln Brewster says I am supposed to lead with excellence. Len Sweet [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Quotable Monday: 07.21.2008
"If you have any questions, call my cell phone at 965-XXXX"
-me, on an Austin-area radio show last Saturday morning. Geesh.
Yeah.
What was I thinking?
My CELL number?
I’ll let you know how that works out…
Live and learn, huh?
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Ministry Madness!
Apologies for the lack of blogging lately. As usual, the whirlwind of summer is in full swing. Family. Student ministry. Worship. Doing life with those who are in the process of becoming shepherds. And learning that I don’t know it all.
OK. That last one is common knowledge.
Last Saturday I was privileged to be [...]
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Quotable Monday: 07.14.2008
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself–an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.
-philosopher Antisthenes the Cynic
I was finishing up Leonard Sweet’s 11 last night and noticed my wife watching back-to-back episodes of The Two Coreys, featuring Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, [...]