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Paul // all caps

bslash — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:05:34 +0000

I hate all caps. Always have, and I probably always will. In fact, I usually ignore people who use all caps and the comments they write. There’s just something about it that makes me not want to take it seriously.

I was reading this morning and came across this statement in Galatians 6: “See what large letters I use to as I write to you with my own hand!”

And I thought: a) I think I just discovered the invention of all caps. b) Paul, you’re the only person I take seriously who writes in all caps.

That’s how my day started. Actually, I suppose that was an hour in. But whatever.

paid clergy // missional living

bslash — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:15:12 +0000

Wrestling with a lot and rediscovering my blog at the same time. Here’s a question that I ran across today. Because there are paid/ordained clergy, do you think unintentionally/intentionally people assume there is no need to serve or live missionally? I.e. Why should I, that guy is paid to do it? It intrigued me because I’ve never thought about it…

Here’s the quote from Deep Church where I read this:

What I want to see is everyone using their gifts, ministering to one another. I am not in favor of offices or officers, because they can get in the way of people doing the work of the ministry. If people think someone is being paid or is ordained to be the pastor, then why should they serve? And they won’t.

Thoughts, anyone?

Communion // response desired

bslash — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:14:38 +0000

Randomly just wondering what you think about communion. How does your church experience communion together? What makes it special for you? Do you think you see it differently than most? Why?

All skate…communion.

creators // salivate on this

bslash — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:57:12 +0000

This is a comment from a friend and fellow creative Chris. It was a comment, but was just so good it needed to go on the front page. It’s in response to “how to be creative:

starting from nothing… immersion in the idea or the process.

if it’s about playing with a concept, kick it around and see where it leads. look at it from every direction. get your hands around it. (i.e. What does “______” mean in this context and how can it be realized?)

if it’s is about learning a new way, play with the method. look at different but comparable examples and stretch the boundaries. ask other people, but not experts what they think could/would/should be possible (i.e. can I do this with that, here?)

and don’t be afraid to mess things up because you will.

creatives // speak up

bslash — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:15:03 +0000

alright all you creatives out there

when you have a craving to create

what’s your method

how does it come out

how do you get going

relationships // a little help please

bslash — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:50:40 +0000

All Skate…

I’m lasering my focus in on relationships both vertical and horizontal, meaning I want stuff that deals with my relationship upward and His relationship downward as well as my relationship outward, and everyone else’s relationship inward toward me.

What’s the best advice you’ve heard on relationships as it applies to either of the above?

What are your biggest questions/struggles on relationships as it applies to either of the above?

What’s the best material you’ve got or that’s out there on relationships as it applies to the either of the above?

Go…

tension // so strange

bslash — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:20:19 +0000

There’s nothing so lovely and so ugly as that weird place of tension that we must all sit in at some point or another where you long to be in the “place you know God has put on your heart” while at the same time you are in the place God has put on your heart for the moment that you are already in love with.

Decisions are pressing for both places, but all that is spoken is…abide.

Continuing the Conversation // comment

bslash — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:18:16 +0000

Josh Agerton commented on a post that I did yesterday about being in the world, but looking different. He basically said, “think about these two statements, they’re very different aren’t they.” So I’m wondering, what do you think of the following statements. Do they seem different to you? How do they affect you?

Be in the world for Christ.

Be in Christ in the World.

quick post Saturday // a short post

bslash — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:46:42 +0000

I’ve been loving following @gapingvoid for the creativity sake and wish I’d come up with this phrase on my own because consumerism cannot survive:

Create or Die!

By love // do they know me

bslash — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:08:41 +0000

I’ve been meditating on this phrase this morning, “you will know them by their love.” I wonder if that phrase rings true for me basically. I can run around telling people all day long that I love people, but the line does not say, “you’ll be able to inform people that you love them,” but rather that you will know them or that you will be known by love, indicating that you should never have to say it, but rather that in your life you as acting it out..

Wondering now how that affects me on a day to day and moment by moment basis. How does that shape who I am in my conversations with people? How does it affect the way I treat people in traffic? How does it affect what I blog about? How does it affect what I Twitter about?

I am realizing that if I say I want to build up the bride of Christ like I have said, I have to think about how everything I say and do is going to land on people. Will they see my words and my actions and think love, or will they think otherwise? Heavy thoughts to begin today.