January 2010
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Christian TV Rick Rolled
This next post assumes you know what Rickrolling is. If not, here is the wikipedia article to catch you up. Now, onto Rickrolling taken to a ‘nuther level. Thanks to Carlos Whittaker of ragamuffin soul for finding this gem:
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The question that gets me to stop whatever I’m...
Me: working on my laptop at the kitchen table. The morning is brand new and I’m hitting it hard with my to do list, email, on and on. Stuff. Kaylee: fresh out of bed, teddy bear in one arm, happy blanket in the other. Wide eyed, dimples popping, sweet inviting voice. She asks the question that gets me to stop whatever I’m doing: “Daddy, would you like to sit on the couch and...
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What does Joy look like?
Abstract experiences like joy, hope, worship are actually concrete and tangible. what does joy look like? After 7.5 days of being trapped in the rubble of Haiti’s earthquake, it looks like this:
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Honest Questions for Honest Atheists
Last week, I posted a list of questions for evolutionists and today I’d like to continue with these honest questions that have niggled at me for a few years. I’d love to hear from any atheists on these: 1) If there is no God or supreme being, where do you think love comes from? 2) In the same vein, what do you see as the purpose to life? 3) If you had to choose, would you say your...
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Legs
Here is a reflection that I wrote over 10 years ago about a man I met while I was serving as a chaplain. I still think about him, and many others from that year. WARNING: This post is longer that my usual efforts… In my first year of marriage, I worked as a chaplain at University of Tennessee Hospital – it was, and remains the most challenging and stretching year of ministry I have...
Your Spiritual Growth?
A simple question and I’d love to hear your thoughts on it: what one or two experiences/books/seasons of your life/church programs helped you grow in your relationship with Christ the most? I’ve found that when it comes to spiritual growth, many of us move to two extremes: we talk completely organic and philosophically, or we talk church programs. What I’d like to hear is...
Why I believe
It’s Saturday night and I’m about to turn in. I read some Fred Buechner today, listened to a 2 minute clip from Lew Smedes that always grabs my heart and I took a fresh look at Acts 8 for tomorrow. In the midst of this reading/listening, I was overwhelmingly struck by the simple idea of why I believe in God as personified in Jesus Christ. It’s because of this: I never...
Honest Questions for Honest Evolutionists
These questions are honest, not intended to pick a fight, but to seek clarification on what I perceive as key gaps in the evolutionary theory. WARNING: just so you know where I stand, I think the theory of evolution is a faith based theory like the theory of young earth creation. I do not subscribe to the notion that evolution is science and creation is faith based, based on my understanding...