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Read More“What was your favorite seminary experience and why?”- Part 4
Almost exactly halfway through my seminary experience, the first gulf war broke out; and it helped me to realize that I had made up my mind…I was a pacifist. I came to George Fox College pretty much knowing I felt called to be a pastor, …
Read MoreHa! I got an art house movie!
Vindication is a nice thing. Read an interview with the director of the movie last night here. Listen to this: The interesting thing is that here are people who are poor, under-privileged and often ill-educated people who because they live in a culture that is …
Read More“Swim through your veins”
but i’d really love to knowi’d really love to climbmy way into your heartand see what i could findi’d walk into your skinswim through your veinssee it from your eyescause i’d really love to try, yeah Jars of Clay, “Disappear” There’s one trait I think …
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…to blog. Maybe later. BUT, these two little simple graphics communicate a lot of what I’ve seen as the most challenging part of the emergent movement. It’s from Adam, and I found his blog because Andrew Jones linked to it. Adam’s simply adapting a chart …
Read MoreA Life Mission
Here’s a link to the message I gave today, from Colossians 2: 6,7. I brought Legos to help. After third service, about 10 kids came up and we got to talk shop about Legos. (Mind you, these are my actual Legos from when I was …
Read MorePoverty in America
I just got the daily e-mail from Sojourners. Today’s, Sept. 9, isn’t online yet, but it will be here. Read it. An excerpt: As a direct result of Katrina and its aftermath, and for the first time in many years, the media are reporting on …
Read MoreMountains Beyond Mountains- A Review
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=greggsgambles-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0812973011&fc1=000000&=1&lc1=0000ff&bc1=000000<1=_blank&IS2=1&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr If this book had been written, and I had read it in high school or college, I probably would have applied to Harvard Medical School. It’s that much of a radically life changing book. Tracy Kidder tells the story of Dr. Paul Farmer, a …
Read More“What was your favorite seminary experience and why?”- Part 3
It started because I wasn’t comfortable calling the Holy Spirit “it.” After I survived (with Jimmy’s help) the Greek intensive, I proved my masochistic tendencies by taking a Greek reading class in the winter quarter. We worked on translating parts of the New Testament. The …
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