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Community // doing life together
I left my inspiration for a pot-stirring post at home today, but there is one thing on my mind that I have to get out there, and it deals with the local church and community. I’ve had these thoughts for a long time (as I think anyone should who critically and rigorously studies the Scripture [...]
What a difference a day makes // pettines, pfffff
Yesterday just sucked as I allowed myself to be drawn into pettiness. But today was an amazingly productive day, not only for me personally, but I would venture to say the Kingdom as I was reaffirmed in remembering the Kingdom is about people and is not in things. Today was not special because of me. [...]
Called to Be A People // ideas on community
One of the conversations we’ve been having a lot recently is what we do with this idea of community. Some people love it, some people hate it. Some people are good at it, and some people are really bad at it. Some who are good at it also hate it. Some who are bad at [...]
doing life together // and figuring out what that means
Been tossing this phrase out quite a bit lately and it’s usually been in the context of discipleship. Wondering what you think of when you hear “just doing life together?” Go…
Telluride // the place not the band (although I am friends with Kevin Derryberry)
My sister, Robbing, lives in Telluride, CO. Her husband, Tree, is the pastor of The Alpine Chapel, a church here in Telluride. This place is o-mazing. Robbin and Tree had their first baby this year, a little girl, Anna Jordan only six days ago. Kristen and I were thrilled to be able to come out [...]
Missional Renaissance // playing with my brain
Okay, the anniversary weekend is over and life will return to normal. Well, not really, these next two weeks are going to be pretty crazy, but at least I’ll be back to twittering and blogging (which I am intentionally trying to do more of during Lent). So I asked about “church” the other day and [...]
Jesus Thoughts // lose your life and find it
Still reading through Luke and trying to absorb as much as possible. This morning, I ran across a theme that you see consistently throughout the New Testament, “if you will lose your life for My sake, you will find it.” That statement grips me every time I read it. A wrestling match begins in my [...]
Ruined for the Ordinary // never be the same
It’s a little unclear to me who first said, “I’ve been ruined for the ordinary.” As far as I can tell, there has been at least one book released with this title as well as an album, along with a multitude of blogs following along the same idea. I heard it the other day from [...]
Auburn College Students // turns out I like ‘em a lot
Almost two years ago, Kristen and I were looking for a position back on a church staff after traveling and doing mission work the previous year. As we were looking through posting online, she commented one day that she had seen a new job in Auburn. I laughed, rather heartily as I recall because I [...]
house hunting
Many of you may not know that we are in the house hunting process. This is a place we will describe as no fun. I will not berate the person anymore, but there is someone in Auburn who decided to make an offer on a house we wanted and made it in the same day. [...]
