Today is To Write Love On Her Arms Day. If you're not familiar with TWLOHA, you're missing what is in my opinion one of the most meaningful movements of the church in teen/young adult culture in a generation. The TWLOHA story is the story of how Jesus moves in the world. It is a story … Continue reading To Write Love On Her Arms
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Show me da money
It's a trip. It makes the world go 'round. It's what I want. Cash. Bread. Dough. Moola. Dinero. Pastor Steve's recent sermon series on Generosity has got me thinking a lot lately about money. Not in the "love of it is the root of all evil" sort of way, or in the "give it all … Continue reading Show me da money
Time to go all Old Testament on you…
Because I've been teaching a couple of classes on the Old Testament for the past few weeks, it's really been influencing my thinking of late. It seems a lot of Christians don't like to spend much time in the Old Testament. Beyond the Creation story, a few character sketches about various heroes and villains we … Continue reading Time to go all Old Testament on you…
New perspectives on perspective
Life really is all about perspective, isn't it? The way we view the world is so deeply informed by our circumstances, perceptions, associations and experiences that we really don't even notice it. It just is. We define everything by our perspective. That's why there is always tension and conflict in life...we are individuals with different perspectives … Continue reading New perspectives on perspective
A Roller Coaster Guy Stuck in a Merry-Go-Round Park
I love metaphors. I think there's a reason Jesus speaks so much in that form through stories and parables. Metaphors draw pictures of concepts in a way that speaks to our commonality of experience. Regular readers--both of you (insert smiley face emoticon here)--will notice that lately I've been wrestling with expressing some frustrations in the arena … Continue reading A Roller Coaster Guy Stuck in a Merry-Go-Round Park
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