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A mishmash of thoughts on religion, life, technology, and whatnot.
February 11th 2009
Tags: Emerging Church, Uncategorized

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Stimulus – Part 3 – Economic Theory Primer

"I am the eternal optimist. I think that over time people respond to civility and rational argument." - President Obama If only that were true. I saw a link a couple of days ago breaking down all the wonderful things that the stimulus is going to do for us. I don't care ...
August 7th 2008
Tags: Emerging Church, Godstuff, Rob Bell

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Nooma – She – Preview

There's a preview out for the next episode in the Nooma series.
July 30th 2008
Tags: Emerging Church, Godstuff

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Senior High 1, 2008 – Tuesday

See part 1 - Introduction See part 2 - Monday Tuesday - Called to be Loved MSG 31-39So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the ...
July 28th 2008
Tags: Emerging Church, Godstuff, Rob Bell

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Senior High 1, 2008 – Monday

See part 1 - Introduction Monday - Called to Faith There's been a lot of talk about atheism vs. belief lately. Every few years there seems to be a new crop of books that pop up about how religion is an evil influence on society. This year, I discovered Tim Keller's The ...
April 4th 2008
Tags: Emerging Church, Godstuff

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Rob Bell profile from CurrentTV

One of the habits that I've picked up over the last year 18 months or so is running several times a week. And one of the reasons I look forward to it is that it has become my devotional time. It's during that time that I listen to the weekly ...
October 12th 2007
Tags: Emerging Church, Godstuff

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Senior High 1-07 – Tuesday – Blessed on the Way

Download: SH1 2007 Tuesday Flowsheet Tuesday Evening Tuesday night was a struggle for us this year. Due to some issues that week, we ended up not coming on as strong as we had originally planned. Despite all that, I think that it was pretty memorable and meaningful for the campers. The setup was ...
October 10th 2007
Tags: Emerging Church, Godstuff

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Senior High 1-07 – Monday – Clouds and Fire

Download: SH1 2007 Monday Flowsheet Monday Night: We started out the evening with a mock recap of the Moses and the Exodus story. We played it like I had asked Timmy to put together a short video to bring us up to speed on Moses and then we showed the short video, ...
October 10th 2007
Tags: Emerging Church, Godstuff

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Senior High 1-07 – Sunday – Blessed on the Way

I probably waited a bit too long to start these recollections. Most of the memories that were fresh over the summer have faded, but still, maybe there are some useful resources out there for someone. A couple of sites we found really useful in planning over the last couple of years: Basecamp ...
July 23rd 2007
Tags: Emerging Church

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Today

Nooma 17 | Today is viewable from the Nooma MySpace page until Noon Eastern on Wednesday. As always, Rob Bell speaks truth in a meaningful way.
February 13th 2007
Tags: Emerging Church, Godstuff

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Dichotomy: Modern/Postmodern

Over on The Ooze, there's a great article which originally appeared in Relevant entitled STRANGER THAN CHRISTIANS: A Tale of Two Movies that is a commentary on Facing the Giants vs Stranger Than Fiction. Be sure and read the 1 comment that has been posted, it nails the real message ...

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trying to follow Christ, husband of Jamie, father of Anna, a senior designer who does web and print work, an alumnus of the University of Alabama, interested in the emerging church, a Mac fan, a Camp Sumatanga junkie, a program coordinator for high school camps in the United Methodist Church, a music snob, a budding oenophile, too busy to update his resume/portfolio, debt-free*, a geek

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February 23rd 2010
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Ron Paul 2012?

I think that the neoconservative pundits underestimated the Ron Paul Revolution's staying power. Over the weekend, while I was working at a retreat, I walked in front of a tv screen and was pleasantly surprised to see that Dr. Paul won the CPAC straw poll. Immediately, the neocons in the Hannity and ...
February 15th 2010
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America has an Empire Problem

At its height, the Roman Empire had 47 major military bases scattered throughout the lands under its control. When the British were running their empire, they had 36 bases. What happened to these empires? The cost of maintaining them bankrupted them. They were unsustainable. We don't like to call ourselves an empire, ...
February 13th 2010
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Critical Success, Commercial Failure – Cops: Sumatanga

For the last few years, I've come up with a camp rules video for Summer camps. After a couple of years of milking the Turkey Vulture video (part two was never uploaded, I need to find that one), we stole a concept from another camp and went crazy with it. I ...
January 28th 2010
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Delusional Alabama Fans

From August 2007 MSNBC.com article Alabama gaga over overrated Saban: Crimson Tide pinning national title dreams on good — not great — coach by By Cary Estes The Crimson Tide went 6-7 last season and has not won a national championship in 15 years. Yet a number of Alabama fans truly ...
January 27th 2010
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A Landmark Day in Technology?

I love how some people are mocking the Apple tablet buildup, point out that Microsoft has had tablets out for years. Yes, and there were mp3 players before the iPod, but which one is considering the ultimate version of the technology that caused it to take root? And there were smartphones before ...

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