Eyes Wide Open

Looks like Will Willimon is the popular pick this month:
If we don’t have followers of Jesus who embody his gospel, we turn the Christian faith into an intellectual problem, a matter of academic debate, a thing of deep, inarticulate emotions, or some other invisible exercise which excuses us from the task of making people who […]

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“Jesus did not come preaching a new philosophy. He came preaching a new way of living and dying.” -Will Willimon, Acts

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Chronically late. You’ll have to read the article to fully understand, but my reasons usually teeter between freedom and organization. How about you? ( thanks riddle)

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Scot McKnight on Marriage and Divorce. Brilliant.
Uh-oh! Mark Riddle outs the local TV Church broadcast.
A song that still messes with me? Coldplay’s “Fix You.” Over on Dan Kimball’s blog you’ll find this interesting….and beautiful beautiful performance by the Young at Heart Chorus.

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My colleague Elaine spent some time during her sabbatical exploring the “Theology of Beauty.” I have yet to ask her about her this since her return, but I wonder if these two videos from “Britain’s Got Talent” might contribute to her exploration:

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I arrived home this afternoon and found this picture showing in our digital picture frame.

It was a great Father’s Day indeed.

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I am preaching this Sunday (and next). The text for this week centers on the riot in Ephesus (Acts 19). Essentially, the local silversmith union is going out of business b/c Paul is calling for all to turn from idol worship to the one true God. The thing is, I have a […]

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Don’t look now, but immigrants are finally learning what it means to communicate to the sub-30 generation. (Immigrant=anyone who spends less than 20 minutest per day online and does not have a working knowledge facebook, myspace, or YouTube, among many other qualifiers.)
According to this NY Times article, Presidential Debates will begin to look very […]

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I must admit, I am quite tardy in updating my site as of late. Quite frankly (as opposed to those who use the phrase ‘to be honest,’ which leaves me thinking, ‘what, have you been lying the entire time?’), we’ve been getting our tails kicked by little Andrew. And as much as we […]

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I continue to be amazed at how one little word can have such a profound impact on my life and the lives of others. What word is that, you might ask?
Expectations.
Here are a few examples:
1. When Heather and I were married, I vaguely recalled a bit of advice I heard […]

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