Entries from January 2008

A Night in York in Three Acts

January 31, 2008

Today’s blog post comes in three acts (yes, I’ve been listening to some This American Life podcasts). These are all stories from our trip to New York City yesterday. Act One begins in a coffee shop.

Act One: Mud and Reconciliation
After Sarah and I got off the train, we headed over to the Lower East Side [...]

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Julie Clawson on the Kingdom of God

January 30, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Julie Clawson:
The Kingdom of God is like a well-cooked Italian meal. Now it might seem a bit strange to start off a reflection comparing the Kingdom of God to Italian food, but I recently stumbled upon [...]

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Ryan Dobson on the Kingdom of God

January 28, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Ryan Dobson:
Blessing or Testing?
I was at church a few years back and the pastor asked if we would be willing to tell stories about a time in our lives where we knew God was there. Some [...]

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Settlers of Catan & Three Buck Chuck

January 26, 2008

One of the best Christmas gifts Sarah and I received for Christmas was the board game Settlers of Catan. Sarah played this in college and always told me we should get it, but it was expensive, hard to find, and looked like kind of an odd game to me. Oh how wrong I was. Since [...]

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Recent Designs

January 25, 2008

I haven’t been doing as much web design recently, partially because other things have been taking priority and partially because I just needed a break. But I’ve been able to finish up a few projects in the past week, and that’s felt good. I recently completed redesigns for Peachtree Baptist Church (Atlanta), the Kentucky Baptist [...]

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Fridays are for New Music

January 25, 2008

This song has been out for awhile - I believe the first time I heard it was on Grey’s Anatomy. Decatur-born Michael Stipe, lead singer of R.E.M., put this song out after Katrina to benefit Mercy Corps. The song is “In the Sun.”

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Phyllis Tickle on the Kingdom of God

January 24, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Phyllis Tickle:
The Kingdom of God as a phrase and as a concept or construct has been much on my mind over the last two or three years; and this, the best I can tally, for three, [...]

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G-3.0401 Called to Openness

January 22, 2008

Awhile ago while looking through the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order (BOO), I ran across this section:
G-3.0401 Called to Openness: The Church is called

to a new openness to the presence of God in the Church and in the world, to more fundamental obedience, and to a more joyous celebration in worship and work;
to a [...]

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Book Tagged

January 22, 2008

So I was recently tagged in a books post. I’m not generally a fan of questions like “What is your favorite book?” or other “favorite” questions like that. But I thought I’d give this one a try, since I do like books.
1. One book that changed your life
That’s a pretty bold claim, a book that [...]

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Keith Beebe on the Kingdom of God

January 21, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Keith Beebe:
The heart of Jesus’ message and ministry was “the Kingdom of God,” a topic he talked about more than any other. All three synoptic gospel writers summarize the content of Jesus’ message as “the good [...]

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