Pilgrim March
Thoughts on Life as a Spiritual Journey
Our Next Step in the Journey
Starting in early December, Mary and I will be transitioning into a new phase of our lives. I will begin a church planting residency at Emmanuel Covenant Church in Roseville, MN. After leaving Highrock Covenant Church in Boston, MA more than two years ago, we look forward to our time at Emmanuel with excitement. We [...]
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Saving Our Jobs
A common Christian misconception that I’ve been fighting to overcome in my life has to do with the importance of ordinary, secular work. Over that past few years I’ve been working as a web developer, and before that I’ve worked as a computer engineer, IT helpdesk technician, and a 7th grade teacher. I wanted to [...]
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Making Decisions
Making big decisions has historically been a gut-wrenching experience for me. Instead of feeling liberated by the Christian truth that God promises to lead us, I feel burdened by it. The pressure of being certain about the will of God has weighed me down to the point of debilitation. The need to get it right [...]
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Religulous, point taken
Bill Maher’s new movie Religulous has just come out. I have seen him on a number of TV promotional spots like the Daily Show. He challenges the simplistic unscientific beliefs that so many religious people fervently hold to. He is shocked that people believe in a literal flood, a very real Satan figure, or the [...]
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Animals: Another Other to Love (Or, Why I’m a Vegetarian)
I’m a vegetarian. It’s sort of a new thing for me. I’ve abstained from meat since the beginning of February. It’s been surprisingly easy with the assortment of good vegetarian foods available, and my love affair with sweets. But a lot of people ask me why I’m a vegetarian, and so I thought I’d share [...]
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Honestly
There was a time in my life when I was terrified to open my mouth in the presence of Christians. I felt like everything I said was evaluated and judged, and people were constantly weighing my worth in the balances. If I said something that referred to a time in my life when I got [...]
The Irony of Iron Man
I was in Boston a couple of weeks ago without Mary or my kids. I took advantage of my free time to see the movie Iron Man. Overall, this was probably my favorite superhero movie to date. Robert Downey Jr. was wonderful. He played the part well. He was funny and winsome. What I found [...]
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ECC Assessment
Mary and I just returned from the Evangelical Covenant Church’s church planter assessment. The assessment was held at a nearby Covenant church in Plymouth MN. It started at noon this past Wednesday, May 28, and finished up at noon today May 31st. There were 15 couples being assessed, and around 12 assessors. The assessors included [...]
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Heaven 3: Metaphors
Talking about heaven is a little like talking about your unborn child. It’s like talking about that vocation you want to be when you grow up. It’s like talking about the job you want when you graduate from college. Talking about heaven is like talking about an unknown future, except it’s unique in that the [...]
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Capitalism makes for odd bedfellows
Here’s an article pointing out that a new Christian web dating service is owned by Penthouse! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/12/penthouse-expands-into-ch_n_101282.html Blogged with the Flock Browser Be the first to like. Like Unlike
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