a mind marked by love…
You know when people send you postcards from far away places and write things like, Wish you were here? Well on Tuesday night, I seriously prayed for everyone watching online and those across borders and sincerely said to myself, I WISH YOU WERE HERE. Because when we...
read moreself-aware…
Most people find it hard to be self-aware. You know, self-aware: realizing all the areas of weakness in your life that should change or managed gently. Yup, I’d say that is a sub-par definition, but a definition nonetheless. Which is part of being self-aware...
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homework booklet and guide…
This is a quick public service announcement: If you are participating in the summer series and asked about the homework guide, you can thank Steve Solis [graphic designer extraordinaire] for his hard work at helping me put this thing together. 🙂 A few things to note:...
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twitter, muzzles, and men…
Someone once said, Social media is like peeing in a pool. Once you put it out there, you can’t get it back. Oh how true that is! There have many times where someone should’ve handed me a muzzle to keep my mouth shut before I blogged or tweeted something...
read morewerrrrrrrrd…
The nerves set in as the band loaded in and sound checked. The reality of preparation, prayer, and stress had all manifested into one night. The night felt warm, but not because of the weather. The faces and smiles of friends gathered in one place brought an...
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100 words: when it can’t be done…
When it can’t be done, do it. If you don’t do it, it doesn’t exist. A new idea can be either unfamiliar, or silly, or both. It can’t be judged by description. It needs to be done [or made] to exist. It is unlikely that anyone will sanction the...
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tonight…
We’re all marked by something. Labels, stereotypes, and categories will painfully remind us that we are marked by others. But what if this wasn’t the case? What if we stopped allowing others to mark us because we appropriated the mark of something bigger,...
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he will do it…
There are people who view life in dramatic scenarios. They teeter on life’s ledges, they wallow in the bed covers as if they were ocean waves, they look for saviors to extend a hand while the quicksand of life envelopes them whole. This is the life of...
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cambodian fairytales…
In a land far, far away, across oceans and over grasslands, there resides a group of faire ladies who love their kingdom and King with all their heart, mind, and soul. They’re King is a gentle and kind man who loves his kingdom and gives his people love, hope,...
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100 words on being a street theologian [remix]…
Our goal should be to build clear, accurate, biblical theology of Life. But if your life is anything like mine, you don’t live out your theology in some ivory-tower world of peaceful libraries and deep thoughts. No, we are street theologians, trying to exercise...
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