Seeing too much to deny and too little to be sure, I am in a state to be pitied. Blaise Pascal

Man-oh-man. My week has been packed and is only getting fuller. Sunday is “Family Business Day” at Garnett, which is another way of saying “Budget Sunday.” Now more than ever, I’m understanding that a church like Garnett is both a family and a business. Both are equally important. Sometimes I get the sense that some […]

Forgive me, but heaven gets in the way of lots of important work. Hold on, now. Before you fire off a red hot e-mail response or call me on the phone or assemble a church tribunal, hear me out. For twenty-five years I served churches as a pastor. For the past ten years I have […]

Have you seen the movie To End All Wars? If you haven’t, and there’s a good chance you haven’t, then check it out. It is based on a true story, is set in a WWII Japanese POW camp, and is brutally graphic. It is also one of the most “Christian” movies I’ve ever seen. If […]

Earlier today, Heather and I returned from three great days in Colorado. It was our first multi-day trip together, sans children, in over three and a half years. Major thanks go out to Heather’s parents who came up and faithfully stood in the guard tower for us. We had some great snow at Keystone. It […]

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Here are a few of my favorites from 2004. Favorite Posts: (In no particular order) Thinking Out Loud About the PassionIn Praise of BathsReflectionsRaising Boy at Chick-Fil-AEthical DilemmaPolitical RamblingsForced EvangelismAnother Obstacle to Community Favorite Books: Theory of Everything (Ken Wilber)The Mountain of Silence (Kyriacos Markides)The Dark Tower Series (Stephen King)Mere Discipleship (Lee Camp)Exclusion and Embrace […]

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Radio had its golden age in the 1930s. In the 1950s, it was television’s turn. Historians may well date the golden age of the blog from 2004when Merriam-Webster.com’s most searched-for definition was blog. How long can it last? Who knows? Here’s what we discovered about the new medium this year

Plastics. I’ve heard that line a hundred times and always wondered what in the world it was about. Now I understand. “And here’s to you, Mrs. RobinsionJesus loves you more than you will know” I’ve heard that song a hundred times. Now I know where it came from. I liked the music just as much […]