Thy Grace is Sufficient

Do all bloggers look thusly? Each day, for perhaps 6-8 hours, in order to make a living, I spend much of my time in a seated position. After...

No Holds Barred Alright skiing fans, we are back from Mammoth. The snow was wonderful, the weather great (two days of sun and 50 degrees, on...

Heading here Tomorrow morning our family heads to Mammoth Mountain. My wife and I have not been on skis for about 20 years, and our girls (a...

Goodbye Karol These words were the first scripture chosen for the funeral mass of John Paul II: Acts 10:34-43 (New International Version) 34...

Interesting convergence... Alright, everyone stay calm, I am not becoming a Catholic. But the older I get the less I know for sure. I do kno...

Gosh darn Christians! In the span of 24 hours, this and this appear on separate blogs, both by men who love Jesus. I swear, we Christian f...

Although the church may make us nuts sometimes, it is worth it. Please, go read this .

John Paul II 1920-2005 If ever it could be said, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" , it has already been said, in Heaven, ju...

Jesus Christ. Relevant. I came across this website the other day, on a hat tip from Hugh Hewitt . This concept is wonderful to me. Part of ...

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Could it be............? More on this article interview with Brian McClaren: Earlier in 2004, Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ w...

"Now is de time vhen we reinvent de church!" One of my favorite Saturday Night Live pieces ever was "Sprockets" with Mik...

This , by Peggy Noonan, is so worth your reading, I will just shut up. Favorite part: "I do not understand why people who want to save ...

Towering Over Humanity The Wandering Church Homeless Family traveled here today. The place has very fond memories for me, as it is the chur...

This is not Jesus My 14 year old (Kelly) and her friend (Allison) and I were in the car tonight. The conversation went something like this: ...

Pope John Paul II Musings below are based in part on this . Although I am a confirmed protestant, Pope John Paul II continues to be a man wh...

Terry Shiavo We can't get far now in the car without the news radio telling us the latest on Terry Shiavo. And so it should be. This con...

I have been thinking about a review of Joel Osteen's book for a while, because the premise really gives me the shivers. I also could not...

Some of you will remember my previous post about Terry Schiavo. Today, America and the world is faced with this . I am sorry, but this is i...

My buddy Pastor Tod I don't wear suits much. When I do they tend to feel restrictive. Not into tight collars. Here is a wonderful piece ...

Its about cotton candy... I spent the evening tonight with a room full of really wonderful people, at a Young Life evening. These folks rea...

A Sacrament...and a welcoming More from the wonderful Peterson Interview in Christianity Today: In church last Sunday, there was a couple in...

From John Stott's Daily Thought: A universally acceptable Christian emblem would obviously need to speak of Jesus Christ, but there was ...

"It's learning how to die..." More on the interview with Eugene Peterson. Excerpts below: I don't want to suggest that th...

Drop everything, and go look at this . Warning, it is not for the squeamish, but it is, at least for me, such a wonderful example that God, ...

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I am involved with Young Life in my area. Young Life steps in where the church has failed to be relevant, and works in partnership with the ...

We need to see our world more clearly...

I go on and on about Christian American things, post them, and then, I find this . Go ahead, look. Steve (same name as me) lives in Burkina ...

The Wrong Kind of Intimacy As I mentioned yesterday, I was thunderstruck by the thoughts of Eugene Peterson in this article in Christianity ...

Softball Season has begun! Blue Crush 5, Other Team (Name unknown by me) 7 Darn! Season Record 1-1 The thoughts of Eugene Peterson in the m...

Eugene Peterson As my plane ride to Sacramento for business hit cruising altitude yesterday morning, I was perusing the latest issue of Chri...

After feeling varying degrees of sadness and angst over being "church homeless", this article renews my faith in what God continu...

My mortgage is large Debt looms over me like fog American Dream?

A response to Derek I received a thoughtful response to two posts, here and here , from Derek, who is obviously a kind, handsome, thrifty, ...

Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau once penned: "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation" This was written as Thoreau...

Go Rachel, Go! Feel like your life has too many challenges? Too many bills to pay, kids too noisy, feeling lonely, like your job stinks. Fee...

I had another conversation today with a (different than the other day) pastor friend. He was telling me about his new members class at his c...

Are The Cleavers "Seekers" or Just "Emergent"? Gosh, come on and smile you people, or is church THAT bad? Ok, so Tod Bol...

Daniel Schorr So I am driving home today from work, listening to NPR. There is lengthy coverage of the news that freedom seems to be breakin...

As noted here my way cool wife just returned from a weekend of home building in Tijuana. Upon return, the team of those who went were tradi...

I need to get a pipe! Alright, I take off a day or so from blogging, and cyber-space zaps past me. My friend Tod Bolsinger has a wonderful s...

Terry Schiavo This is simply not right. I know. Our dearest friends have a family member who is living in sub-acute care, and slowly declin...

Building a bit of the Kingdom For the past 10 years or so, my wife has always wanted to celebrate her 40th birthday by building a home for s...

I was in a pastor friend's office today, and spotted this quote, framed on the wall: "Lord its your Church. I am going to bed....

Awwww...so touching

So very alone... Interesting. My little bits recently on Homeless Churchie , Perfect Church , and Church Shopping have started the gears tu...

And you think this blog does not offer important news items ? Prepare to have your paradigm shifted.

A Company of Soldiers Tonight I had the opportunity to watch the PBS Series Frontline, which presented " A Company of Soldiers ", ...

Simon and Garfunkle had it right. Our lives race by at a pace that is stunning, breathtaking, ridiculous. Tod Bolsinger has a post on this t...

Pastor KC About fifty jillion years ago, I used to spend time with a group of college aged fellows from my old church. One of these guys had...

The King had a dream.... Recently I heard a series of messages given by Dr. Mark Labberton of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley. All cre...

Julie and her family Those faithful who have stopped by this blog in the past, have heard about my friend Julie, who continues to battle can...

A good man from one-half way around the world, living out the gospel in his vocation, offers these great guidelines for blogging from a Chri...

Recently I heard a series of messages given by Dr. Mark Labberton of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley. All credit here goes to Dr. Labb...