Before I begin this post, I just want to say a quick “Happy Birthday” to my lovely wife Carla.
Ash Wednesday was last week, so this entry is a bit late by the liturgical calendar. Oh well.
The season of Lent has begun, and like many people who profess some form of Christian faith, my [...]
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Regardless of who originally came up with it, I absolutely love the phrase “Flair of the Spirit.” It’s pithy, doesn’t have the cutesy alliteration of, say, “Jesus Junk,” and, most importantly, it includes an Office Space reference.
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(original image courtesy SPH @ Flickr)
I don’t know when I started hating winter. All I know is I went from mild ambivalence in my childhood and teens (with the occasional snowman or angel) to wanting to spend the period of time between Christmas and, say, Holy Week either holed up in a well-heated house or [...]
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The next time I feel like ranting about the dangers of mixing art, faith, and commerce together, I think I’ll just post a link to Andrew Osenga’s website. He’s experienced a lot more of the weird and ugly side of making music as a Christian than I probably ever will, and talks about it much [...]
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But if I say, “I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.
Jeremiah 20:9
It’s strange to be actively ignoring what you feel to be the source of [...]
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We were having lunch at Applebee’s last week when I heard Tom Petty singing that “the waiting is the hardest part.”
“Hey,” I said to Carla, “I think he’s singing to us!”
We’d been through the heartbreak of learning we might not be able to adopt from China anymore. We’d experienced the bizarre elation when there seemed [...]
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Please stop.
Yours truly,
Everyone
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