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faces turned out // a new phrase

If there is one thing that I’m really good at, it’s taking an idea and running with it in my head, getting really excited about it, talking to a bunch of people about it and then dropping it after promising everyone that I’ll keep talking about it. (That’s a terrible intro, but it’s all I’ve [...]

different is not negative // different is just different

I can’t remember if I’ve written this post before, it feels like I have, but I’m writing it again anyway, because I have this nagging feeling that people just don’t get this idea, but I have been saying for a while now and have had several conversations on it as of late: different is not [...]

the World as deaf and blind // part, the last

“Warning! Confusing and random thoughts from me lie ahead.” So, to finish out the thought process from the last post about the church being deaf and blind, I have to say that at some point, I imagined the world being the same way. Except I think I was able to play this one out a [...]

the Church as deaf and blind // part one

This may be an entirely random post, or it could be a moment of truth, you decide. As I was driving home from rehearsal last night, Helen Keller popped into my head for some reason of which I am entirely unaware. In any case, I began to process her life and think about what it [...]

I loved it // I hated it

So this past week, I read a book called “unChristian.” A year and a half ago, I picked up this book, because it was supposed to be cutting edge, but really, I never go in to it. Facts and figures and percentages and numbers aren’t really my thing. Letters are. That’s why a book filled [...]

Continuing the Conversation // comment

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 [...]

Creativity // some more thoughts

A few weeks back I wrote a post on an article that I was reading called How to Be Creative. And I’ve been in that mode recently where I have been doing a lot of creative thinking, tossing around ideas and planning for future series and services for Cornerstone, so it seemed like an appropriate [...]