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Let doors close
Even writing that title is hard. I like keeping options open, and it turns out, I’m not alone. The New York Times tells us about a study from MIT that showed people will pay a cost to keep options open because it hurts to feel a door shut. Here’s a section of the article. It’s…
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Another simple plot of real estate
Since I linked to a big house a while back, check out this place – 7 feet wide, 25 feet deep, built by the owner of one of a neighboring house years ago to keep people out of his alley. The NYT article is here.
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Bad inventions
I saw this infomercial on another blog. I just cannot believe this is real. Take a minute and watch it: Can you IMAGINE answering phones with that thing going? “It’s really working my abs!” But it must be real, here’s Ellen trying one out… Got any other nominations for the “I can’t believe this is…
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The Oscars vs. My Big Redneck Wedding
While most people are posting their reflections on the Oscars (you culturally savvy people, you!), I have to admit I didn’t see much of them. Maybe 10 minutes. Maybe. Grete and I were over at a friend’s place tonight for a more low-key small group meeting, and we turned on the Oscars. But before too…
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Different types of small group ministries
When churches are looking to either start or revamp a small group ministry, it can be helpful to see what others are doing – not necessarily as an instruction manual but more as a guide to see what meshes with your community/goals/etc. It’s best to see them more as mindsets than models. What fits with…
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Theology with feet
One of the constant (healthy) tensions I face in seminary is what the theology means in life. We can spend a lot of time thinking great ideas about God. But what does it mean for following God? In the midst of talking about Hebrew parsings, evolution and creation accounts, sermon structures, the nature of evil,…
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The school side of life: Next quarter
For those of you interested in these type of things, here are the classes I’m planning to take next quarter (Fuller’s registration is next week!): Beginning Hebrew, second quarter; M. Ramos NT Exegesis: James and 1 Peter; J. Green Systematic Theology 3: Ecclesiology and Eschatology; V. Karkkainen Preaching Practicum; D. Nason
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Learning from other pastors…
David Fitch (author of The Great Giveaway) writes about the things he wished he’d done more of during the past few years as a missonal pastor. I found them enlightening and encouraging. The first three are below. Click through to his blog at the end to read the rest… Over the past several years of…
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That sermon…
A few of you have asked about my first “class” sermon. It went well, thanks. It’s always interesting preaching to a group of 8 seminary students for 15 minutes. (I’m a fan of short sermons – but 15 minutes really is a microwaved message!) There’s things I thought went well, and there are even more…
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Maximizing output
Life is usually a juggling act. I have to balance a lot of things at the same time, and I’m sure you do, too. For me, balancing work, school, home, other work, friendships, hobbies and more means something always gets less attention than it really should. Here’s something I’m learning. Sometimes productivity is really about…
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Book time
I’m preaching tomorrow for class, which means some time in the library finishing up some reading so I can finish writing the sermon! Preaching to people who want to be preachers…now that’s an interesting experience!
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When is your favorite show returning?
TV Guide has a list of when television shows will start filming again. [ht: relevant magazine]
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Linkage: Alpha male pastors, commitments, and following Jesus
>> Death of the Alpha Male Pastor || Los talks about something I’ve been mulling over. The one master leader thing just isn’t sustainable in the long term. What do more sustainable models look like? (Someday we’ll talk about that some more here, but until then, I think everything Alan Hirsch talks about gets us…
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Rest well
Who says resolutions are just for new years? I have a new one. I came to it roughly two minutes ago. Here it is: Rest well. (Yeah, it’s the title of this post. Anticlimactic? Maybe…) Here’s the deal. Life is busy. For me, it’s busier than it really should be, but there’s not much I…
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