I honestly don’t know how I ended up in speech. I do remember that it was as a junior in high school, and it was an elective class. I know for certain that I had absolutely no intention of joining the speech team or going …
Read MoreStream of consciousness from driving in my car
Ok, so imagine this: our entire pastoral team, after Tuesday’s team meeting, goes to the Golden Leaf for Thai food. In a freak accident, we are all killed because they garnished with arsenic instead of curry. What would happen at NFC? Would all the people …
Read MoreWine and turtles and house churches and…
I want to write a little more about my brief conversation with Andrew on Saturday night. I was telling him that it seems like I’m called to do something that most American emerging church folks have given up on; it seems like I’m called to …
Read MorePsyche wins!
And the sense of the meeting is that you want to hear about the insights I’m having lately into my psyche…why, I’m not so sure, but here we go. I’ve been reminded again that our self-perceptions are often formed very early in life, and they …
Read More“There are those who believe…that life here…”
(Bonus points will be given for those who can complete the post title…) On Monday I had lunch with Mike Huber-pastor at West Hills Friends, convinced Quaker, fellow Clackamas High School Grad (he was ’82, though, I was ’86) and a man I respect a …
Read MoreBlog silence…
I’d like to invite you into the stages of recovery from blog silence: 1. Denial: “WHAT silence?!? People LOVE those license plate things!”2. Anger: “What right do these people have to be mad about no blogging? I just give, give, give, and all I get …
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