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    by  • November 23, 2011 • 0 Comments

    The Cost of Discipleship

    The fruit of mining theological library book sales and used book stores in San Fran when I was in seminary, I have a few books on my shelves that are extra special to me.  There is something about these compact, hardbound volumes from the 50’s and 60’s that I love.  To me, they are...

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    Rediscovering Shame

    by  • November 22, 2011 • 0 Comments

    For much of my adult life, I have wrestled with the power of shame, and its significance in the making and breaking of the self, and of relationships.  I have struggled with its subversive destructiveness all of my life, and as a result thought as a younger man I would take some time one...

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    Run, Lurch, Run!

    by  • November 21, 2011 • 0 Comments

    Or, why I may be banned from public running events. Thanks to my dad and my brother for wanting to get this official photo for me to commemorate the Chicago run.  

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    Losing A Leader

    by  • November 18, 2011 • 0 Comments

    I don’t fully know why it happened, but it did. If you go to my church’s staff page on its website, the badge featuring the picture and the name of the pastor of my campus is gone. I had heard word last night that he had left the church- resigned- and behold, no trace...

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    Quick Hits | Wednesday, November 16, 2011

    by  • November 16, 2011 • 0 Comments

    It’s taken some time, but I’ve finally hopped on the Twitter bandwagon.  I have loaded up on feeds primarily from financial bloggers, college basketball writers, business and inspirational authors, and theological and church planting people.  Hoorah. I am also really striving in my personal life to tighten up my financial management.  I...

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    Quick Hits | Tuesday, November 15, 2011

    by  • November 15, 2011 • 0 Comments

    It’s about 12:40 on Tuesday.  I am surprised the morning has gone so quickly.  I struggle to feel like I am getting much accomplished today. I ate lunch around 11:30.  I feel anxious today.  I cannot seem to find continuity day by day, where I wake up and pick up in my goals and...

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    A Short History of Reading, Part I

    by  • November 14, 2011 • 0 Comments

    I have never considered myself a very competent reader.  I don’t have a memory for ideas and details like my brother, who can recall peculiar lines from movies verbatim after one sitting, and facts from articles and books that are relevant to life, for which I have no filing system in my brain.  I...

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    A Busy Weekend

    by  • November 13, 2011 • 0 Comments

    It was a busy weekend this weekend- which was good.  I was able to have both my head and my heart challenged over the last 48 hours. On Friday night, I attended an apologetics seminar held at Calvary Chapel Albuquerque, where I and my buddy Chris sat through two speaker sessions.  The first was...

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    Coaches, Character and Culpability

    by  • November 11, 2011 • 0 Comments

    We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way… ~ Isaiah 53:6 Joe Carter, in his article “Thoughts on the Penn State Scandal” at First Things, collects words from several other writers who have tried to make sense of the moral failures that have brought Paterno’s house...

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    7 Minutes: Look Up and Look Out

    by  • November 9, 2011 • 0 Comments

    “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.  Do everything in love.” ~ I Cor. 16:13-14 Inevitably, I begin most mornings by waking up, and some care or concern floods my mind.  I don’t have an overly complicated life, so my concerns are usually basic- they are...

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    The Impact of Indifference

    by  • November 7, 2011 • 0 Comments

    I’ve been struggling a bit lately with the loss of a friendship, which has been occurring largely because I have tried to keep a connection open with another person, and they have opted to just ignore my efforts by, well, ignoring my efforts. Emails, texts? To answer any of those sent from me has...

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    The Power of Little Gifts

    by  • November 7, 2011 • 1 Comment

    This last spring, the church I had been attending (Sagebrush Riverside, a.k.a. “the Mothership”) announced that it was going to fire up a multi-site location in the Nob Hill area of Albuquerque.  This campus would become Sagebrush Highland, would meet at the Performing Arts Center of Highland High School, and it would be shepherded...

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