A rant about storm sirens

April 26, 2011

UPDATE: I heard from the chief of police today. He said in an email, “Please tell your friends and neighbors about the sirens being an outdoor warning system and that their sounding does not indicate that a Tornado is imminent. It means ‘Take shelter and monitor weather media.’” I disagree, but if that’s the city’s [...]

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What’s in your back yard?

April 22, 2011

You ever think about what is in your back yard? Might seem like a bit of an odd question, but it’s one that’s been on my mind recently. It’s really pretty easy for me to answer. We’ve got a fort for the kids to play on, a slide and a little house for the younger [...]

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A simple observation

February 27, 2011

Just about every Sunday I stand in front of an audience of people, preparing to lead them through music in worship to God. Every time, probably more out of habit now, I ask the same question, “How is everyone this morning?” I occasionally get a genuinely excited “Whoo!”, but most of the time it seems [...]

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Hope doesn’t work

February 25, 2011

A couple of days ago, I had an epiphany, a moment where an idea crystallized and finally became clear to me. What was that idea? Hope doesn’t work. It simply doesn’t do anything but sit there and wait. We hope for a new job, we hope for more money, we hope for a person to [...]

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This guy is getting torn apart

February 17, 2011

OK, I’ve seen this video running around Twitter and Facebook for a couple weeks now. Before this becomes a Jesus Juke, which it is and I’m not ashamed about that, let me say that yes, I did laugh at the videos. The first one I saw was to Paul Baloche’s “Your Name” and it was [...]

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Don’t blame Disney

February 16, 2011

Yesterday I read this article from Redbook (hey, a couple people I follow on Twitter linked it, don’t judge me) and it riled me up a little bit. Hence, I’m writing this when I haven’t written anything in a long time. Essentially, the article says that girls are being oversexualized at a young age, which [...]

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Thoughts on idolatry

November 12, 2010

I just read this quote from Mark Driscoll’s book, Doctrine, and thought it made a phenomenal point about idolatry in our lives. The chapter this comes from is discussing how we worship, and it crystallizes several things to me. One of the great evils of idolatry is that if we idolize, we must also demonize, [...]

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Critical Mass – The Canon of Scripture

September 16, 2010

Frederick Fyvie Bruce, more commonly called F.F. Bruce, was a highly respected theologian and frequent author, penning more than thirty-three books and serving as editor for some theological journals. He was the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester. Bruce was known as a distinguished scholar on the life of [...]

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The Confessions of Augustine: A Theology Experienced – Conclusion

September 12, 2010

Conclusion Augustine experienced a great many things throughout his life. He knew the joy of conversion, and he knew the sadness of death. He experienced the admiration and adulation of his friends and cohorts, and he experienced the rejection of being from the wrong background. He felt the love of one parent, and the disinterest [...]

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The Confessions of Augustine: A Theology Experienced – Experiencing the Divine

September 11, 2010

Experiencing the Divine What did Augustine experience that caused him to write his Confessions? He experienced a saving knowledge of Christ, one that changed his life and forever marked who he was. Having been one to so deeply experience sin, be that sin lust, pride, gluttony, or any of a number of things, he was [...]

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