The Divine Hours

One of the highlights of my vacation was practicing the discipline of fixed hour prayer using Phyllis Tickle’s The Divine Hours. I’ve been dipping into fixed hour prayer on and off for three years now and I’ve found it to be one of the more helpful disciplines to me. I like the rhythm it gives […]

Back in the Pool

We’ve been back in town for a week now, but I haven’t opened the blog back up because I’ve been so busy trying to catch up on everything else. I put some very unrealistic pressure on myself the first day or two back. I really thought that after being away for two weeks and not […]

On Vacation

No new posts until early August. I’m turning the comments off for all posts so that I don’t get nailed by spammers while I’m not watching. See you in a few weeks.

Destin?

We are supposed to leave this Sunday afternoon for a ten day vacation in Destin, Florida. I’m not sure what the plan is now. Destin got a good dose of Hurrican Dennis yesterday and we’re not sure what awaits us there if we head in that direction. Update: There’s still no word from the condo. […]

And the Survey Says:

You scored as Emergent/Postmodern. You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don’t think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in dialogue. Evangelism should take […]

Coldplay

I made a trip down to Oklahoma City last night and had the chance to listen to Coldplay’s latest album a couple of times. Sounds pretty good to me.

Greg Taylor

Greg Taylor has some exciting news over at his blog.

Malibu

I’m in Malibu for the Pepperdine Lectures. Right now I’m on a spotty wi-fi connection so I’m not sure how much posting I’ll be able to do for the next few days. SoCal is beautiful this time of year.

Tombstone Exercise

If you’ve ever done a self-help, envision the outcome of your life kind of exercise, then you’ve probably been asked to write down what you’d like to have written on your tombstone. To make that exercise a little more concrete, I point you to the Tombstone Generator.

Good Question

“Do puppies think people are ice cream?”–Caleb Hodges, almost 4 years old