Steve’s off to Sondernach, France for a ministry conference. So probably no posts and no comments moderated for a few days. Our whole family was going to go, but Caleb caught the fever Zachary had last week. That means Shannon and Laurel won’t be able to join us. Joe hasn’t had the bug yet, so [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Heading to France
Posted in family, tagged ministry, travel, Zachary on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah, I’m White
Posted in Humor, tagged blogs, Humor, race, satire on February 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Stuff White People Like – I found this blog amusing and in some places absolutely dead on target. For myself, the posts on Recycling, Public Radio (I love “This American Life” and “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me”), Marathons and Apple Products were particularly squirm-worthy and chuckle-inducing. Some of the posts are a little crass. If [...]
Crazy Liberals and Conservative Jerks
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This article dovetails nicely with the “Recovering Evangelical” post I just wrote. Unlike the author, I tend to avoid confrontation on these issues, so the conflicts I feel are more internal than external. My blog is actually a step towards bringing some of those buried conflicts out into the light and working them out, even [...]
New to Blogging?
Posted in Technology, tagged blogs on February 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just in case you’ve never read, written or participated in a blog before, here’s some quick info to get you going. Clicking on highlighted word(s) will take you to another website in a new window. The following links are wonderful primers written for absolute beginners (which I was about two months ago):
What is [...]
Recovering Evangelical
Posted in Theology, tagged church, emergent, evangelical, Theology, Words on February 22, 2008 | 10 Comments »
A couple years ago, my friend Jeff introduced himself at a ministry staff conference as, among other things, a “recovering Evangelical.” Now I actually have no idea if what he meant by that phrase is anything like my thoughts in this post, but those two words resonated deeply with me, and have stuck with me [...]
Head and Heart, Mind and Soul
Posted in Theology, tagged church, prayer, quotes, Theology on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another Nouwen quote that really rung my bell today:
O Lord, thinking about you, being fascinated with theological ideas and discussions, being excited about histories of Christian spirituality and stimulated by thoughts and ideas about prayer and meditation, all of this can be as much an expression of greed as the unruly desire for food, possessions, [...]
Grief
Posted in Theology, tagged Books, Theology on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finished Nouwen’s The Return of the Prodigal Son today. This passage on grief really resonated with me:
It might sound strange to consider grief a way to compassion. But it is. Grief asks me to allow the sins of the world – my own included – to pierce my heart and make me shed tears, [...]
What’s UP?
Posted in Words, tagged Humor, language, Words on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Received this email forward yesterday. Seems appropriate given the title of this blog:
Lovers of the English language might enjoy this…How do non-natives ever learn all the nuances of English??? There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is “UP.” It’s easy to understand UP, [...]
Wisdom in Paris with Joey
Posted in family, tagged family, Life, travel on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I led a middle school trip to Paris. While the students were at Disneyland, I hit the metro to scout out a photo scavenger hunt around the sights of Paris. It was an absolutely gorgeous day, and to make it even better, I was able to bring my four-year-old son Joey along with [...]
Carnival!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Carnival (you may know it as Mardi Gras) is a big deal in this part of Europe. Every town has a parade – lots of color, lots of music, lots of candy and lots of partying. We returned to our old neighborhood in Voerendaal to join our friend Marjo in watching the carnival parade there. [...]
