When consoling me about a church split before I moved to Chico, my mom said, “Church would be wonderful if it weren’t for the people…” She was pointing out through irony the fact that the body of our perfect savior Jesus Christ is in fact made up of imperfect human beings, yet at the same […]
The Community and the Call Read More »
Jered Hess meets the Postal Service.
Tumbleweeds and bikes don’t mix… Read More »
The question is, who cares?
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People say it’s not possible to mod a Dell… This is proof otherwise. Still, please remind me not to get a Dell next time! I got some electrical tape from Radio Shack and jerry-rigged the front panel power switch and LEDs. The metal box hanging loose in the bottom of the case is the front
So, I’m sorry I haven’t blogged in a while. I read something in Oswald Chambers over Christmas vacation about how God uses silent seasons in our lives to speak to us, or to draw us into waiting dependence. Sorry, that doesn’t necessarily mean new blogs are going to be terribly profound… Last night Flogging Molly
Not much to say today, except I wanted to provide a link to Matt Hall’s blog for today. Good stuff! Pat’s reading John Owen’s book right now and he wants to let me read it when he’s done…
Western Europe is the new missionfield. According to the Scottish Church Census, only 11.2% of Scots attended church on an average Sunday in 2002. And those who do are mostly old people. This is higher than England (7.5%), but compare this with the U.S. at 40% (Barna), and a 1997 report by the University of
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In a previous entry I said, I don’t know if it’s because the career I prepared for never began, or because the family I expected to have never happened. The dreams of touring the globe in a worship band or moving to Scotland never materialized. Interrupted dreams can have a hard effect on a soul.
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Happy New Year! Do you have a resolution? I do… Ever since I graduated college almost seven years ago, I’ve been living as if I’m still waiting for my life to start. I don’t know if it’s because the career I prepared for never began, or because the family I expected to have never happened.
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Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud