We’re in Boise, Idaho this weekend, celebrating with Boise Friends Church. In 1905, BFC began as an outreach of Kansas Yearly Meeting, and they’re still going strong 100 years later. It’s a story for another post, but I pastored Boise Friends from 1999-2002, coming after …
Read MoreThe cross as a way of life
It’s more than Jesus’ teaching that leads to a life of peacemaking and pacifism. You’d be hard pressed to find a Christian who didn’t believe that the life Jesus lived ought to serve as a model for how we live our lives. But it’s fairly …
Read MoreHappy Birthday!
Today, September 22, is Bilbo and Frodo Baggins’ birthday! What are you doing to celebrate? Hobbits celebrate birthdays by giving presents to other people. Sometimes the presents are just a mathom, some useless something that gets passed from person to person. But Bilbo set the …
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Read MoreWord Association-via song
So the song stuck in my head from the new Switchfoot CD, “Nothing is Sound,” is Lonely Nation. Which made me think of P.O.D.’s Youth of a Nation. Which made me think of Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation. And I thought it would be a new …
Read MorePeacemaking and the Old Testament
Marta asked in the comments (and if you haven’t discovered by now, comments and questions are the “fix” we bloggers seek) to talk more about peacemaking and pacifism, and in particular how it meshes with God endorsing war in the Old Testament. (Disclaimer: this is …
Read MoreNew Switchfoot
I’ve given the new Switchfoot CD, “Nothing is Sound,” a quick once-through listen. I’d been a little afraid, cause I heard their first single (“Stars”), and it seemed a little bit cliche. But those fears are fading… Some lyric samples: Happy is a yuppie word….Blessed …
Read MoreBoundary Markers or Life?
Here’s a link to the message I gave today. I also used some picture at one point, and if you’re interested in seeing those, you can go here.
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