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UnChurched

Posted in church, emerging church, equality, poverty, preaching, race relations, ranting, spiritual formation, surrender, theology, unity, words on October 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I want to join the ranks of the unchurched!
A lot has been written and said about unchurched people over the last 10-15 years, but there may be something significant to being “unchurched.” The technical definition of “unchurched” is someone who has not participated in a worship service in 6 months or more. I’ve never spent [...]

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Voting Parties

Posted in family, politics, tagged , , on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

 
My family voted this morning. All of us, me, my wife, Rochelle, and our daughters, Malia and Katharine all went to our local polling place to cast ballots. Though it is still “early voting,” the lines have been wrapped around corners and boasting hour long waits. Nevertheless, we took the chance today, betting that the [...]

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Weekend Reflections

Posted in books, church, grace, politics, prayer, preaching, tagged , , on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I spent some time yesterday with Todd Hunter, former national director for Alpha USA, who know consults and leads 3isEnough. He graciously preached for our congregation yesterday and had lunch with my wife and me plus another couple. Todd’s first book, “Christianity Beyond Belief” releases in February 2009. From all indicators, the book looks to be [...]

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Sneak Peeks

Posted in books, church, emerging church, preaching, reading, tagged , , on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve got two sneak peeks of interest today. First, you can see the 1st episode of this season’s 30 Rock, starring Tina Fey here. It’s a complete episode, you don’t want to miss it. Second, I’m now holding my copy of The Voice: New Testament. I’ll go into further details about The Voice next week, [...]

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A Prayer of Protest

Posted in change, church on October 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Once again…again…I returned to Walter Brueggemann during my morning reading/devotional. I found this prayer meaningful today. For what reason, I do not know.
A Prayer of Protest
Since our mothers and fathers cried out,
since you heard their cries and noticed,
since we left the brick production in Egypt,
since you foiled the production schedules of Pharaoh,
     we have [...]

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What It Says… (Authentically Black)

Posted in Obama, advocacy, authentically black, change, history, news, politics, race relations on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I believe deeply in our democratic process and the need we, as Americans, have to participate in our electoral process. I’ve written about this current presidential more than most. This, I think, is the most important election of my relatively brief life (34-years). That’s why I thought what Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.) said Sunday morning [...]

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