Two Very Different Subjects

I found some really old pics a few weeks ago unpacking a box. I finally got around to scanning them tonight. This is from the Ligonier Camp and Conference Center where I worked the 4 summers after I graduated from high school. I remember the two little guys. I think this was in the [...]

This Is How We Do It

I may not be a weightlifter anymore but I still have a weightroom. The boys are always up for a workout so we grabbed one this week. Funniest thing was that Mason INSISTED to be included in everything. My dad made that wooden barbell set for Cam’s second Christmas and we still have it. [...]

Yay! I’m Emergent! What does that mean?!?!

I saw this on the blog of someone that insulted Amy on Dave’s blog. How things got around before blogs I’ll never know. According to this it looks like McLaren is my Pope. Or maybe my Homeboy.

You scored as Emergent/Postmodern. You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you [...]

Creatively Re-Imagining Church Stuff

I’ve been reading more. Yes… me… Jason… reading more. And I was almost ready to form a support group with Dave H. He told me once he’s never read an entire book through.
I’ve been reading Mark Miller’s Experiential Storytelling: (Re)Discovering Narrative to Communicate God’s Message. I believe I’ve quoted from it before. Here’s some more [...]

It was cold this morning… too cold

I have friends that will post what they did over the weekend. I thought I had a fairly eventful, fun, and even funny weekend so I thought I’d tell the blogosphere about it…
Friday-Lunch w/Diane and Mason at El C’s, got caught up on some church stuff, went bowling with a horde of couples from Grace. [...]

Personal Goals & Man-Crushes

I got home from a staff retreat a little while ago and it was very rewarding. We had 2 opportunities to brainstorm and share some thoughts. I came home and told Diane that the people I get to do ministry with are just amazingly talented, intelligent, [...]

We are soooooooooooooooo retro!!!

Yesterday I finally remembered to get Cam online to show him what an Erector set is and he’s totally enthused! He’s already talking about how he’s getting one for his birthday in May.
Then later that day we were sitting around playing jacks while Zelda for Gameboy Advance sat around collectin dust. We also banged [...]

Finally Found ‘Em

Before I gained all the weight I had a kickin’ pair of bib overalls. I hung onto them for years and finally handed them off to Joel Wolfe. Joel didn’t think they were that cool and wore them to a food fight and then lost track of them.
I’ve been looking for another pair for [...]

Fewer Friends

I got this second hand from USA Today:
American adults have fewer friends than they did a generation ago and increasingly no confidantes at all. American Sociological Review reports that in 1985 most adults had three people in whom they would confide important matters. Now, that number has dropped to two [...]

Post Xmas Thoughts

Hey I wanted to talk about Christmas now that it’s all over. I had at least two thoughts bouncing around in my head that are related.
The first was how the people involved, Joseph and Mary, Zechariah and Elizabeth, the shepherds, and others I’m sure, were just going about their business when everything happened. They [...]