Last night during a special moment… and honestly folks, “special” only happens momentarily and you have to catch them when you can… Jesse, our 18 year old son, was sitting down with his guitar trying to figure out the chords to John Mayer’s “Daughters” song. My daughter Casile is right next to him. The other two girls are staying with us right now… troubles at home. You can see all the lyrics here, but the chorus goes like this: Fathers... Read more
A little something our youth group is up to. Yah right wink wink nod nod! I got the heads up on this super-human video from Dooce, another interesting blog I check in on once in a while… an ex-Mormon. Read more
I’m exhausted and I’ll tell you why: I have teenagers living with me. And not just my own! It seems our house is becoming known as a place for young people to live when they get kicked out of their houses. Last night we had a house full of teenagers, friends of my kids, and none of them church types. We don’t get much sleep, Lisa and I, dealing with these crazy people. I mean, all the stuff that surrounds... Read more
Excuse me while I continue to attempt to articulate what I mean. Something else I’ve been thinking of is that I need to resist the temptation to see my people or my church as a resource. This is not to mean that it isn’t a resource. In fact, I think my church community is a powerful collection of unusually gifted, passionate, authentic, wise, unique individuals who can change worlds. The temptation is to see this community as a means to... Read more
Sometimes I just don’t know. When I read the New Testament, it really isn’t that great a testimony to the strength and vitality of the early church. I mean, look at Jesus’ church, which started with 12. And at the pinnacle of his career they all pretty much abandoned him. Then there’s Paul’s record. Not very impressive. I mean he did get lots of churches off the ground, but I think most eventually disintegrated. John’s churches too. Read the gospel... Read more
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