On Thursday nights, our core team gathers to eat and plan and pray and dream about launching a second campus of our congregation. It's the one meeting of my week that I'm not responsible for—the one church meeting that I can just attend. And I get to attend as the...
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why i wear black to church
Ours is a t-shirt and flip-flops sort of church, so I can get away with wearing just about anything that falls into the "modest" category. Plus, I'm a "musician" (said in hushed tones with hand covering mouth). So, black it is. And black it's been for nearly three...
now go sit with someone…
On Guilt: "It is about as hard to absolve yourself of your own guilt as it is to sit in your own lap. Wrongdoing sparks guilt sparks wrongdoing ad nauseam, and we all try to disguise the grim process from both ourselves and everybody else. In order to break the...
[video] christmas wishes, memories, and treats with @smalltownpoets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v717EQ27mPc In part one of my two-part interview with Smalltown Poets, we talked about how their Christmas album came together and what Christmas means to them. In part two, we talk about what they would wish for this Christmas, recall...
[video] @smalltownpoets christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMeorqEeO_g My wife LOVES Christmas music. I do...
even for the little things
I am lying on my stomach on an operating table, waiting for a doctor to...
prayer, pride, and trust: the hand-off
This morning, I prayed while showering. I pray in the shower every...
indescribable love
How can one describe the depths and mercy and grace that is God’s love? Lord,...
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