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“Enough” by Will Samson, a review

Posted in Missional Church, blogs, books, consumerism, missional, politics on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This my review of Will Samson’s newest book, Enough: Contentment in An Age of Excess which I also posted over on Viral Bloggers.
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I’ve been speaking to my friends and anyone else who would listen lately about the lack of exegetical living in the contemporary American church. By it I mean that my lifestyle, and the lifestyles [...]

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Blog Changes…Coming Soon (And Immediately)

Posted in Blogroll, blogs, books, change, church, consumerism, emerging church, missional, reading, words, writing on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A few months ago I sketched out a blog post about the death of blogging. In the post itself (which never met the net), I described how boring blogging had become and how I felt that there wasn’t much being said on most blogs — including this one. I posited that the reaosn for this was [...]

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Lenten Beginnings

Posted in Bible, advocacy, change, church, consumerism, covet, giving, missional, spiritual formation, tagged , on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It took seeing Vice-President, Joe Biden, on MSNBC donning ashes on his forehead to remind me that today is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Over the past five years, I have formed a deep appreciation regarding Lent. As a boy, I was tacitly taught that it was some strange “Catholic” practice, and as [...]

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Christmas at St. Francis’ House

Posted in Christmas, St. Francis, change, church, consumerism, covet, giving, life, poverty on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This is a reprint of my favorite thing I’ve ever written. It may not be the best, but it’s my favorite. Each Advent, I post it and continue to be challenged by the life of St. Francis.
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A friend of mine tells a story about walking through his neighborhood a few weeks before Christmas years ago. [...]

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No Room For Ca$h!

Posted in Apple computers, consumerism, covet, iPhone, ranting on July 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The world is in trouble! Big, big, big, freakin’ huge trouble! The reason? No one takes ca$h!
In my seemingly endless curiosity and lust for the iPhone 3G, I stopped by my local Apple store today to check out the machine first hand. First, I was shocked that nearly a month after its introduction, there was [...]

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What Is The World Coming To?

Posted in Apple computers, church, consumerism, iPhone, life on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

World leaders discuss the world hunger crises over an 18-course meal. Check it out here. (Of course, I just spent $13 on an Asian salad for lunch, so what can I say?)
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A church in my hometown of Atlanta is offering “Drive-In Church.” See it here. (Of course, a “church” cannot be drive-in by definition, IMHO. [...]

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