With God on Our Side (Bob Dylan)

Oh my name it is nothin’ My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I’s taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in Has God on its side. Oh the history books tell it They tell it so well The cavalries [...]

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Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes…

Today, I found out that my church planting designs are getting closer and closer. I found out that my new potential job is getting a bit closer. It looks like the original timeline may just be happening exactly as planned. You cannot imagine what a relief this is to me. Our core team is getting [...]

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Dancing with the Devil

8mm, with Nicolas Cage, remains one of the two movies I wish I could “unsee” (the other one, for comparison, is another Nicolas Cage movie Con Air which I dislike for an entirely different reason – mainly because it is just such a terrible film). In one of the most disturbing movies ever made, Joaquin [...]

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I Tried To Keep Silent…

…but sometimes I just can’t.  Today, as I’ve been following the downward spiral in the middle east, I’ve been reading this article and was amazed at the wisdom of our Commander in Chief. It’s no surprise that I am not a fan of GWB’s, but he now seems to be exhibiting the wisdom many of [...]

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Wars And Their Rumours…

Watching all of the news recently has made me very eager, longing for the time when the Prince of Peace will come and establish His Kingdom once and for all.  Seeing things blow up once again with Israel, this time with Lebanon.  I won’t even get involved in the politics of this one: who’s wrong, [...]

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Being A People, Part whoknows…

In an article I read today in Time Magazine, Robert Putnam discusses the current trend towards lonliness in American society. In You Gotta Have Friends, Putnam describes the impact of our current sociological trend towards continued and more severe isolation from one another as a huge factor in premature death citing “social isolation is as [...]

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OK, I Guess There’s No Backing Out Now…

Today was an amazing day. The very project I’ve been working on for the last six months, secretly whittling away at plans, meeting with leaders, designing strategies, doing demographic studies…that very project was unfolded briefly to the church this morning. Of course, what we shared was just the tip of the iceberg, but we did [...]

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How Rich Are You?

I’m sure you’ve seen these tools all over the internet that compare your monetary worth to the rest of the global population. If you’ve never seen one or have never tried one, you can here. Now, besides the obvious skewing of the data on things like this (comparing your income to that of 3 year [...]

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Compassion, not Criminalization in Immigration Reform!

“I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matthew 25:35). Immigration is a deeply relevant issue for both Americans and Christians. The U.S. is a nation of immigrants, one that has been continually reshaped by new groups of people bringing diverse cultures, perspectives, and resources. Immigration is also a core issue for Christians: The biblical [...]

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