September 2007
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Top 10 Things I’ve Learned Lately
Top 10 Things I’ve Learned Lately: (10) It really is okay to be different. People are different from each other. Churches are different from each other. Preachers are different from each other. Since God made us so unique, it would be irresponsible for us to try to be like someone else. There are many big… Continue reading
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Turn Right After “Spiderman,” and Take the First Left Onto “Cars”
Recently I visited Carolyn’s kindergarten classroom. All the hallways at the school have names, like roads. I noticed that Carolyn’s hallway was called “Finding Nemo Lane.” Seemed like a funny name for a hallway, so I asked about it. Her explanation? They let the kids pick the names! Kids are so funny about naming things–like… Continue reading
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New Schedule
Moving from one church to another has affected my weekly schedule in a bigger way than I’d expected. At SonRise, my typical work week went from Sunday through Thursday. And since my most productive time was spent in my study at home, I tried to put in mornings there whenever possible. But I’ve found that… Continue reading
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He Must Be Around Here Somewhere
One of our Training Station teachers told me something funny the other day. Last week I spent a good amount of time–and energy–pushing some preschool kids around the playground in a big toy Jeep that seats two kids (or eight, depending on how many pile on). After doing this for several days, I happened to… Continue reading
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The Team Names They Come Up With These Days
Over the weekend my mom was spending some time with my nephew (her grandson) Justin. He was watching the Ohio State Buckeyes playing football. When my mom asked Justin what he was watching, he said: “The Butt Guys!” Continue reading
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Now for the Mug Shot…
Got fingerprinted earlier today. It’s been several years since I’d been fingerprinted, and that was when they used that messy black ink. (It made criminal investigation easier, because everyone left black fingerprints everywhere.) But today they used some digital stuff, which was pretty cool. One of the best parts is that it checks the prints… Continue reading
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Skollership
This fall I’m taking a course on Anabaptist Missions & Peace. You can read about it here. It looks pretty interesting! Nerdy as it sounds, I’ve been wanting for years to go back to school. Fortunately, I’m now required to by the conference our church is affiliated with! There are four courses designed primarily for… Continue reading
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“Facing the Giants”
On Saturday, Carolyn and I watched Facing the Giants. Yeah, I know–what kind of Christian waits so long to see this movie? Oh well. If it makes you feel better, I did see part of it back in February. The movie has a really good storyline and some good dialogue. Unfortunately, much of the acting… Continue reading
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Creed: God the Father
Yesterday at CrossWay we continued our Creed series by opening a three-week exploration of God. The whole premise of the Creed series–in which we’re taking a look at Mennonite beliefs–is that our beliefs determine our behavior. Look at the way a person acts, and you can see what they believe. So when we talk about… Continue reading
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CrossWay On Purpose – Session 11
It’s kind of hard to give a summary from CrossWay On Purpose on Wednesday. We had 1o people there, and we looked over the long list we’ve compiled over the last couple months. The list is comprised of everything we found in a bunch of Scriptures about what God wants His church to be and… Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 