Monthly Archives: February 2012
The Church of Baltimore
For the last two months I’ve been devouring Conn Iggulden’s three part series on Genghis Khan. I highly recommend the books. Incredible novels (I’ll write a review of them after a finish the third book in a week or so). Coming … Continue reading
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Just like Peter – Repeating the Mistake of the Transfiguration
Much of my church experience has been a cycle of repeating Peter’s misunderstanding. Before I get to far ahead of myself, let’s read the story. After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, … Continue reading
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An Amazing Video from Ed Dodson
Typically I don’t re-post videos here, but this video from Ed Dodson is incredible. I highly recommend you take 10 minutes to watch it. Every church goer needs to here what he has to say. http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2012/02/11/eds-story-my-garden.cnn#/video/living/2012/02/11/eds-story-my-garden.cnn
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The Thingy 2.0 – What’s Next?
Three years ago Wendy and I joined a team (the Thingy) whose goal was to rethink what it means to be the church. You can read the back story here, what has frustrated me here, and what has gone well … Continue reading
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Whistle Blowing, Stop Snitching, and Church Discipline
When I was a junior in high school I learned that a friend was being abused by his parents. He and I were walking home from school one day and he just launched into a horrific description of what was going … Continue reading
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“That was so 16 seconds ago.” – Social Media and the Speed of Customer Service
So this morning I was going through my typical Tuesday/Thursday routine: I made the kids breakfast, brewed coffee for me, played Words-with-Friends while I drank said coffee, made five lunches for wife and kids, dropped the big two kids off at … Continue reading
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In the Beginning
For the last few weeks I’ve been working with friends, editing a large article that I’m going to stick in the download section of the site (hopefully in a few days). The article is my attempt to look at the … Continue reading
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