Category Archives: God Type Things

How Do I Respond?

Tonight it was announced that Osama bin Laden was killed. Hearing that — correction, reading that on Twitter — took me back to the Fall of 2001. I feel a bit perplexed on how to react to the news. I … Continue reading

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What is Christmas?

That’s not a rhetorical question. I’m really chewing on this question this year. I don’t have a solid answer to the stated question, but I do know what Christmas isn’t. Christmas is not Santa Claus. While Saint Nicholas was real, … Continue reading

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The Politics of Christianity

Tony Campolo was the speaker at this year’s Yearly Meeting for the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, and I happened to be the one responsible for the live streaming of it (you can still go watch the video on the … Continue reading

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All I Have Are Questions

So tonight in our small group it was my turn to share some of my spiritual journey. As I’ve been doing my mental preparation for it over the last couple of weeks I’ve been looking at things from my past … Continue reading

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“No, tell me what you WILL do.”

Back when I was growing up, I got into trouble on more than one occasion. It could be something like not turning in a school project. After the error had been discovered by my parents, we would have the “talk.” … Continue reading

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A Beer Commercial In Church?

A while back in church this video clip was shown. I thought it was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in church ever. So, I asked for a copy of it, and now I am passing it along to … Continue reading

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Clean Teeth for God

I recently went to the dentist for the first time since the spring of 1998. Yup, that’s 7.5 years. Actually, I’ve gone twice recently. The first trip was my whole mouth evaluation where they took a full set of xrays, … Continue reading

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You Annoy Me

This morning in church Gregg spoke on Colossians 3:12-17. Verse 12 says this: Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. In reference to “patience” Gregg had this to say, … Continue reading

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I’m In What?

As a kid you might hear that you are in trouble, in a great class, or in line to get your hair combed for lice by the school nurse. Well, where I (and my wife too) am is this place … Continue reading

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Catch-Up

Well, this will hopefully catch you up on what’s been going on in my world over the last week-and-a-half. As mentioned here, I was recently in Michigan for a conference. There are portions of the conference that were geared towards … Continue reading

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