I’m in the process of switching over to wordpress. I’m tired of Blogger’s sluggishness and comment difficulty. That and over a year ago Blogger promised to send me a hoodie for my loyalty and never did.

I wrapped up a very productive week of study yesterday and then drove to Dallas last night. Now I’m just outside of Ft. Worth at Heather’s parents’ house. Tomorrow we’ll head on to Abilene for the ACU Lectures. I haven’t been to these lectures in almost 10 years. I’ve heard they’ve changed a lot since […]

I spent yesterday working through “The Resurrection of the Son of God.” By “working through,” I don’t mean that I read every word on every page, but I did acquaint myself with the overall shape of Wright’s argument until I felt I had a sufficient understanding of it. Today I’ll dive back into some specific […]

Today I’ll be spending some time in N. T. Wright’s The Resurrection of the Son of God.

It’s been a good week. I was able to get a lot of things done that needed to be done. I had a series of very encouraging meetings regarding the shape of future ministry efforts at Garnett. I finished up a mini-series on hospitality this morning that I thought went pretty well. This week I’m […]

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Today I’m eating everything in sight. Tomorrow I’ll be saying goodbye to candy and bread until Easter.

Here’s what we’re doing in the Wednesday night class I teach. We begin with about ten minutes of introductory conversation/teaching. This usually has something to do with contemplative prayer or “lectio divina.” It’s part history lesson and part instruction. Then we spend fifteen minutes in contemplative prayer/silence. I turn down the lights and we sit […]

Did you catch the gang on Larry King Live? The Lahayes were, well, they were the Lahayes. No real surprises there. King badgered them a bit and they didn’t come across as the sharpest apocalyptic fundies in the land. Maybe it was because they were in studio with King, but I thought they were given […]

God’s blessings upon Russ and Rebecca Debenport as they make their journey to Thailand to join a mission effort in Chiang Mai. I spent a month in Thailand one summer during college. The people were warm and generous. The food was delicious. The churches were vibrant. The weather was hot. The meat market was bloody. […]