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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Theses 10 of 95
The Church Should Not Be Bored With Jesus Lately I’ve been pouring over Paul’s letter to the Galatians. I’ve read it before, did talks based on the text of it before, I’ve even been graded on what I thought about … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, Meaning, Rant, emerging church, religion
Tagged attractional, charismania, christendom, Christianity, emerging church, Faith, luther, missional, morality, reformation, religion
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Luther and His 95 Theses
Today (May 25, 2009) is the anniversary of the Edict of Worms that declared Martin Luther a heretic. Since I’ve been posting my own 95 Theses I thought a word should be said about Martin and his work. “Emperor Charles … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, Rant, emerging church, language, religion
Tagged christendom, diet of worms, emerging church, Faith, luther, missional, network, reformation, religion, revolution, tony campolo
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Killing Fish (repeatedly)
One of the few teachers that made a lasting impression on me was my band teacher, Tony Mazzara. I wrote about him here at CV. He was one of those teachers that give you lessons on the “assigned subject” as … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, Reflective, Teachers, emerging church, perception, religion
Tagged church metrics, emerging church, Faith, mazzara, missional, questions, religion, results, success
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Killing Fish
When the elusive Donna and I moved into our fourth place to live in 2 years of being married, I felt the need for a pet. The cockroaches that visited us by night, and sometimes by day, didn’t cut it … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, death, denial, emerging church, religion
Tagged christendom, church leadership, church metrics, emerging church, measure, missional, religion, success
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You Can’t Say That! (you heretic)
“If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed your children.” – Asaph Part one. Part two. Part three. The line above comes from this guy, Asaph, who wrote some poetry or songs that made it through … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, Confession, Life, Meaning, Reflective, emerging church, perception, questions, religion
Tagged christendom, doubt, emerging church, Faith, Lakeland, mystery, questions, religion
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You (still) Can’t Say That!
“If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed your children.” – Asaph Part One. Part Two. If you haven’t been hanging out in a monastery or a cave you’ve heard about the brouhaha that started with … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, Life, denial, religion
Tagged Church, miss california, perez hilton, prejean, quiet
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You Can’t Say That! …continued
“If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed your children.” – Asaph I heard a story once about Amelia Earhart. According to the storyteller, Earhart and her husband would, on their anniversary, have a frank discussion … Continue reading
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You Can’t Say That!
“If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed your children.” – Asaph I’ve learned the hard way that there are just some things you can’t talk about with everyone. This is especially true when it comes … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, questions, religion, writing
Tagged communication, discussion, doubts, questions
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Celebrity
The first post I ever wrote for Cracked Virtue was about our relationship to celebrity. It was prompted by all the statues and monuments that the elusive Donna and I saw on a trip to Dublin and other spots in … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, Friends, Life, Relationship, reality
Tagged celebrity, extras, Relationship, ricky gervais
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