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I have decided to move my blog to wordpress. You can still visit me here.

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Well Leo has done it again. "Hidden" inside an already highly scrutinized painting of his, "The Last Supper" is *gasp* someone with a baby and Templar knights! How can this be, ad sarcasm. I propose that we take all DaVinci's paintings and hide them from...everyone. Of course by doing this, I don't know where else we will find good suspence/thriller novel plots. Can't we all just give it a rest?

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An AMC Channel original drama, Mad Men, is growing on me. I watched out of curiousity based on it being produced by the same producers as The Sopranos and it being about advertising, of which is my profession, loosely speaking.So far, I really like it. It is based on ad men in New York in the 60's. The characters are played very well and very believable. I like the way the era of time has been

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I just watched the movie, The Crucible, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. To be honest, I didn't know anything about the movie, or couldn't remember, but I didn't need any prior "setting up". After watching the movie, I can safely say that this was a great movie. A movie is great in my opinion when it not only gets me thinking but effects me physically. I can say that during the movie

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Well my idea of writing more often isn't panning out the way I'd hoped. I would however like to put an entry here about the book, Jim and Casper Go To Church. I picked it up from the library Wednesday and read cover to cover the same day. A really easy to read and sectioned book. I really appreciated Casper the Friendly Atheist's insights because they were coming from an "outsiders" POV. I really

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Monday and Tuesday of this week, the Sci-Fi channel ran a Twilight Zone marathon. Usually I watch a few episodes, but this time I DVR'd a bunch and have really been enjoying them. Granted, they are pretty corny at times, but some of them really make good points. Alot of the time, the moral is, "be careful what you wish for" or "nothing worth having is easy". Rod Serling was a brilliant writer who

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I recently cancelled my Blockbuster online membership, so I have been low on movies to watch. I decided a few nights ago to watch the original Star Wars trilogy. I made it through the final episode this morning and in that episode was a great nugget of spiritual truth. You know, it seems to me that no matter how many times I watch certain shows, I find useful information along the way. Well...out

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A quote from Spiral Staircase,"I knew that a good nun must be ready to give up everything and count the world well lost for God. But what had happened to God? My life had been turned upside down, but God should still be the same...My heart and mind both seemed numb..., but God seemed to gone too. In the place that he had occupied in my mind there was now a curious blank."Or perhaps it was only

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Read this quote just now and laughed about the pertness of it.Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then, on the way out, slam the door.by Jack Handey

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I was very brief with my last post on Spiral Staircase, but now I would like to spend a couple of posts on some things that stood out for me. This is a quote, "When I thought about the issue (leaving the convent), I found only a question mark where the old conviction should have been. I had experienced this time and again recently; it seemed as though I had discarded a good deal of my old

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Well as promised, I would like to finish my reading responses mentioned in the previous post.The Secret Message of Jesus is a big let down for me. Maybe it is because of the place I am on my journey. A year or two ago, probably two, I would have enjoyed this a little more. For someone that is just starting on a "Great Awakening" journey, this will probably be more enlightening. I think that the

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It's been awhile since I have read anything outside of entertaining fiction. But because I was missing some good spiritual scholorship. Here is what I am reading:The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian McLaren. This is a book that at one time I was going to read, but put it off. A friend of mine, who mysteriously countinues to make an appearance sporatically in my life, suggested that I get the book

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I have been reading Bible Verses and I have been enjoying the perspective of someone that is not, what I would call, a traditionally spiritual person, read through the New Testament and comment on his observations. Because of my upbringing in a conservative religion, my mind was closed to all those that believed differently than myself. Since my Great Awakening (that is my new label for whatever

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I have been just reading blogs as of late and have had little to add to the cyber-conversation. Recently, I have been blogging about movies and not really about the spiritual things. Here is an update:I have completely stopped going to church. I haven't been to any church service in a month. I really don't feel bad about it. I sort of feel...hollow? numb? emotionless? I don't know the reason. My

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I watched the movie based on the popular (until about noon today had never heard of them) books and/or following today and I really liked the movie. I was very naked coming into the viewing. I was completely in the dark. For this reason, I had no prejudice for or against. Here is what I thought.I liked the main character, played by Henry Czerny. He was to me very believeable. There were a few

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Check this out! I don't know what it is, but this makes me laugh the more I see it.

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I decided to take a break for a little while. I have been writing about motivation and decided to keep it light in this entry. I have been watching a butt load of movies, mustly DVD's. I thought I would rate a few movies. I don't want to make a list from 1 to 10 are anything like that, just rate 'em likes I sees 'em.I'll start with Babel starring Brad Pitt. This movie reminded me of Crash. There

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I know. I know. This movie has been out for a while, but I finally watched it. I had heard that it was hard to follow, but it wasn't. I now wish that I had watched it before last night. I won't go into great details about the movie for those that have not seen it, but it really follows my whole motivation journey. It deals with prejudices between all people groups. The good, the bad, and the ugly

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I was watching Nell a couple of days ago. I saw that it was on and caught the movie at the very beginning so left it on and watched. A cool thing was said in the movie that went right along with my motivation journey. One of the doctors in the movie starts to talk about motives and ulterior motives. I really tuned in to see what he would say. He said that every body has motives. Good ones and bad

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Thanks boys. Thanks for the great memories. There has never been a greater season in Saints history, but hopefully this isn't the end. I am looking forward to many more great seasons from Sean Payton, Drew Brees, Marques Colston, Deuce McAlister, Reggie Bush, Charles Grant, Scott Fujita, and so on and so on.

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I have been reading a book called Being Good. It is a ethics book in its simplest form(s). I started to realize that maybe motivation is lead out of an ethical drive which is based in and around my beliefs. But what happens when my beliefs change, which seem to happen more and more regularly. I don't have a core belief system I don't think. What DO I believe? Maybe knowing what I believe will

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As if in response to yesterday's post, I went to the library to kill some time and found a book by Mother Teresa called In The Heart of The World. I had to fight back several emotions. Tears mostly. I guess when you are faced with the character of Mother Teresa, there is little to smile about when you contemplate your character in comparison. Without a doubt, I would loved to have met this great

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I have been thinking a great deal about motivation for the past two years. I don't know what brought on the desire to know what it is that drives me to do the things that I do. All I am certain of is I am fairly uncertain about what those motivations are. I will try to hash out some of my thoughts over the next several weeks. I hope that if anyone has some insights that you express them via

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Another year has come and gone. My boys are a year closer to being on their own. I've been married another year. Life just won't stop! Jane! Stop this crazy thing! Well I will try to do better with my blogging this coming year. I have really slacked off. I haven't been reading as much lately. Been watching a lot of movies though. I have Blockbuster's online movie service, I recently subscribed to

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I can't believe it has been since the beginning of November that I last posted! I have to blame the holidays, work, not working, stress from not working, etc. Anyhoo, I have been reading one book as often as I have had time, The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg. I have really enjoyed it. It is a book that was recommended by Barbara Brown Taylor at the end of her memoir, Leaving Church.After

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Things that make you go, "Ummmmm".

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Just got finished reading one of the most important books I have read in a while. It's really hard to explain to someone that has not been through a similar experience what you're talking about when you say "Leaving (rather Left) Church". Because I can relate so well to what Barbara is saying in the book, it really impacted me. You ever read a book like that? There is an epithical moment when you

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Just got finished watching The Big Kahuna starring Kevin Spacey(Larry),Danny Devito(Phil), and Peter Facinelli (Bob)in which they are salesmen at an industrial lubricant convention. I wanted to watch the show after watching the end and reading some quotes from the movie. If you haven't seen it, watch it. It is not for the weak. There is plenty of language in it, so be prepared. There is a section

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Still reading Sweet's book and I have gotten to the chapter that fires up my soul, "Our relationship with those outside the faith and with those who are different". Leonard talks my language when he talks about what evangelism is supposed to be. And I quote, "The key to evangelism is to be receivers of others--ushers to the Other, not users of others. In receiving others, we enter into their

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I am reading Len Sweet's book and he makes a pretty good assessment of the "post-modern" movement. He says, "The postmodern quest has been misunderstood as an abandonment of the quest for truth. It is far from an abandonment, but is rather a rerouting of the quest for truth along more relational and less rational paths. The question at the heart of Christianity is not a philosophical one or a

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I am listening to the audiobook of Jimmy Carter's "Our Endangered Values". When the book came out, I didn't think that I would like it. So far it is good. He seems very down to earth and easy to understand. He made a comment that I thought was quite interesting. He was talking about religious fundamentalism and how he defined the attitude of those adhereing to it. The attitude of the

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I have been visiting a church trying to find a community to join. This morning the preacher said that he wanted all the "lifestyle referees" to put up their uniforms, give up the whistles, and close the locker room door. In other words, STOP JUDGING PEOPLE!! He said that we need to be concerned with the inside of a person and not their outside, which I know to be true, but I need to be reminded.

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Vader & Earl Voice Over FunYou have to be a fan of James Earl Jones movies and Star Wars to appreciate this. If you are, this will hurt your sides.

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How Star Wars Should had endedBecause I am a Star Wars fan, I don't spend a lot of time of plot holes, but this one is pretty funny. Check out the creators website: www.howitshouldhaveended.com, especially if you are a movie fan. Very well done sketches.

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I liked Don Miller's book "Blue like Jazz" so much, that I found and read another of his books, "Searching for God Knows What". He uses a metaphor nearly through out the entire book, off and on, about being in a lifeboat. It came from a class he was in. His teacher asked them if one person in a lifeboat had to been thrown out, who would be? Each person in the lifeboat was from different classes,

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Just got finished reading "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller. Very good book. There is something in the writing that really resonates with me. The writer being from Houston, and me so close by in Louisiana, helps that connection I suppose. I told my wife last night that I didn't want to sound egotistical, but that I felt that I could have wrote this book. Not because I am talented, I am not a

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Recently my mom was taking a class on letting go of the past or something similar to that and she felt led to do some visiting and settling of the past to make the future more livable. What is forgiveness but letting yourself move on past the offense. Anyway, it seems that the first visit to my sister-in-law went well. I know that being apart of a family is difficult. There are ups and downs.

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I am reading Dallas Willard's The Divine Conspiracy. It is a lengthy book and even though I consider myself an accomplished reader, have not been able to get through 60 pages in a week. It is slam full of information, so much so, that I find myself re-reading several things just to try and get some of it. One thing that I did read today was worth noting here in the ol' blog. He has been

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I haven't gotten back to the previously discussed matter of Michael and his boyfriend. I have been again visiting this hot button of today's Christianity, and again I am at a crossroads. I am not a advocate of same sex relationships. I don't see a time when I will participate in a rally for homosexuals. With that being said, I do see people with same sex partners as human beings with just as many

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Sitting at Emmanuel Baptist Church this morning, during children's church no less (I always seem to understand that more), the leader made a statement that today seemed to jump out to me. The statement was "sin seperates us from God". I began to think about that statement as I never have before. If I understand Jesus' statement that He was in fact God in the flesh, then the statement of

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Father Capon gave what he calls a three "booby-trap" problem with trying to put someone back on "the right track". Someone contemplating suicide, having an abortion, or like our example, Helen, continuing an adulterous relationship, the principle job of the minister would seem to place them on the theoretical right track so he/she can become a non-sinner. First booby trap, that is not what the

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I am a day late on getting back to you on the question posted in my original post on the Mystery of Christ. Have you decided on what you would tell the adulterous women? It seemed a pretty obvious priestly answer to tell the women that she in fact is living in sin and should dissolve the relationship with the man that is not her husband. In fact, it was what she thought Father Capon would have

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Went to see the movie tonight and because I don't want to spoil it for anybody, I have but a few words to say (and so that I don't offend anybody, I will use the official KJV)....DAMNETH that was awesometh!!Sim CP

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I have begun to read the book mentioned in the title after I saw it mentioned in the afterwards of Rob Bell's book Velvet Elvis. So far, it has been a great book. Robert Capon is an Episcopal priest and a very good author. He has laid out his book this way. The odd number chapters are real life counseling sessions he has had through his ministry (names and places changed of course). The even

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Your results:You are SpockSpock 64%James T. Kirk (Captain) 55%Worf 55%Deanna Troi 55%Uhura 50%Jean-Luc Picard 50%Will Riker 50%Leonard McCoy (Bones) 45%Mr. Scott 45%Chekov 45%Data 44%Beverly Crusher 40%Geordi LaForge 40%An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 40%Mr. Sulu 35%You are skilled in knowledge and logic. You believe that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Click here to

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Because my friend over at Words Less Spoken thought it was a pretty good book, I picked it up and read it. A very good book indeed. The idea started with his velvet Elvis painting's artist "signature", R. Rob Bell wondered if R. would have said to all the other painters in his era, "put all your paint brushes down, I have painted the greatest painting ever. There is no more need to paint ever

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Without a doubt, one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I have watched this video clip probably 50 times while I am chillin, relaxing, or chillaxing. This is funny to me on several levels of which my kids,who also think this is hilarious, don't get. They like the end when Spock is dancing to "Gasolina". Here are a few reasons...One, I am a Star Trek fan. Two, I am familiar with MTV's Cribs

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I love movies. I mean I really love movies. Because of that, I am always looking for what is coming up in the movie world. One of my favorite sites to visit is Coming Soon . There I can find out what is on the horizon, read storylines, and best of all, watch trailers for upcoming movies. Several months ago, I saw a trailer for United 93 . The trailer depicts a fictional, but probable exchange

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Warren Barfield wrote a song called "Mistaken" which was on his self-titled CD. I heard it for the first time at a Third Day concert in Monroe a couple of years ago where Warren opened for them. He was out on the stage, just him and his guitar. I was instantly hooked. I don't know another song that speaks to the calling of humanity as does this song. In case you haven't heard it, here are the

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I made it to "The Da Vinci Code" movie yesterday. I was bracing for the protest , but not much of one (about 8 people with two signs at the marquee). The movie was good. Because I has already read the book, I was "informed" as to what was going to happen, so the shock factor wasn't there. The coolest thing was seeing the places talked about in the book. I am a Tom Hanks and Ron Howard fan, and I

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I, as I have been for some time, am reading several books (Currently, "The Importance of Being Foolish, How to Think Like" Jesus by Brennen Manning and 1st to Die by James Patterson). I have mentioned in earlier posts that I feel the more I read the less I understand, which still holds true. One thing that I am really trying to learn right now is what Jesus' thoughts were and what He really

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Garden hose----------$10Water sprinkler------$5To be a kid again----Priceless

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At Barna.org there is an interesting article from the Barna research group about "The Da Vinci Code". The whole article is good and focuses on the fact that overall this book has not effected most, 95%, of people who have read the book "cover to cover".As a side note, The Town Talk (local newspaper), in the opinion section today, a group of people will be having a PPP, peaceful, prayerful protest

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"Christianity, Christian ideas and ideals have for good reason withstood so many challenges that a 'Da Vinci Code' whodunit in no way presents a threat," director Ron Howard recently reassured the German press.I was reading the Drudge Report and came across an article which tells how "The Da Vinci Code" is being reacted to by different religious groups presented by the media on a global level.

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Without a doubt one of the funniest things that I have ever read. Go here to read this hilarious take on "The Da Vinci Code". While your there, cruise around this great satire magazine on religion. SIM Church Planter

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I have to write an entry on this. It is so apparent that the world is on the fundamentalism bandwagon. If it is not Harry Potter corrupting all the children of the world with his "magic", it's Dan Brown's DaVinci Code making life for the modern-day Pharisee's down right unbearable. I have to admit, I just don't get it. When I was growing up, I didn't think that people had fairy godparents that

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I am reading another of Brennan Mannings books, "A Glimpse of Jesus: The Stranger to Self-Hatred" and so far it is not a let down. I read the "Ragamuffin Gospel" not long ago and it oozed with grace and so does this work. This morning, I was reading and I came across a story Brennan tells about a vision he had while on a spiritual retreat. I would like to transcribe it here for you to read. The

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I have tried and tried to "get into the news", but so far I have been unsuccessful. I have tried the local, national, and world news, but to no avail. I have tried different medias, ie. TV, newspaper, etc., no dice. I don't know why this is when people who are my age seem to keep up regularly with it. I just don't have the motovation. The newspaper to me is good for comics, sales papers (for my

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One of the coolest lines in a film is in this trailer for the much anticipated Superman Returns (select player at bottom of screen). In case you miss it, here is the line from Jor-EL (Superman's dad) to Superman (Kal-EL): "Even though you have been raised as a human being, you are not one of them. They can be a great people, Kal-EL, they wish to be...They only lack the light to show the way...For

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I would like you guys to read my friend's blog entitled All You Need To Know here before reading this one, it's sort of a opener. I'll wait here...Wow, that was quick. You must have made all A's in reading! Just kidding. ANYhoo, here is some of my thoughts on The Pensacola Project.The place is indeed crawling with churches on every corner, street, road, and edifice you can imagine, but hospitals/

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While recently in Pensacola on business, my buddy and I went to eat at a hole in the wall place called The Oval Office. We went there because of the advertisement we saw in the hotel's local eatery guide. It said that we would receive a 10% discount if we showed our room keys and they boasted the best burger of Myrtle Beach. Well we got there and the place was more of a bar than an eating

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The book entitled "What is so amazing about grace" by Phillip Yancey is a must read for any fundamentalist. I for some time had grappled with the apparent lack of grace offered by that faction. I was a proponent for most of my life, but the lack of grace seemed evident. There seemed to always be a "but" at the end of a grace statement. For example, "The homosexuals are part of the world and God

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I just realized that it's been ten days since I've put down some thoughts. Time sure does fly when...well you understand. Anyway, I would like to let you all know that there have been some up times and some down times since last we met, but that is life. The cool thing is that God never lets me get too low before He shows up with some really cool stuff. For instance, last week I was able to hook

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I was traveling to Monroe, LA with my good friend/co-worker/future business partner/fellow church planter from Words Less Spoken and we were just talking about life in general when the topic went to games. I love games. Board games, card games, table games, computer games, any game really. I was telling him the games we play when we are at my ma-maw's house, which include progressive rummy,

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I have had a revelation. This morning. During my four book "read-a-thon". Particularly in two of the books. First, revelation had to do with fasting. I am trying to develop spiritual disciplines in my life and have found a book entitled, "Spiritual Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups on the Twelve Spiritual Disciplines", edited by Richard J. Foster. This book is good for me

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I have been reading so much stuff lately (currently four books at a time) just to learn what it is that is the splinter in my mind. I am literally unlearning as fast as I am learning if that is even possible. I want to share with you that there is so much more out there than I first perceived. I have been falling down the rabbit hole for about a year now, and there is still no ground in sight. I

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Playing cards, drinking egg nog, listening to Alan Jackson Christmas music.

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I am still not ready to return to my Pagan Christianity critique, so I will instead give you a something a little on the lighter end. I was traveling in town the other day and saw a bumper sticker I had never seen before. It said, "It is better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not". I also noticed some of the other bumper stickers on the car and its occupants and understood

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I have been reviewing the book by Frank Viola and am now going to take a small break. I would like to begin by saying the new year feels...new. There is something to all the hype about the beginnings of things. There seems to be a slate cleaning that takes place. Here we are at the beginning of January and I feel like last year is so...last year, like everything is refreshed. This is good for me

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Chapter 2 in "Pagan Christianity" is a very volatile subject for most. He states that without the sermon being a part of the typical church service, "it becomes a songfest". To remove the sermon would induce mass exodus from the church, from the lack of the "need" to attend. Maybe the reason people are leaving is more poignant, boredom from the sermon. Viola challenges us to ask the typical

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"Custom without truth is error grown old." -TertullianMy friend over at Words Less Spoken and I have been speaking about what C/church is and what its roots are, and we have had some really great conversations that most people I know would have labeled as "heretical". I believe that in order to be the C/church God would have, we must first know the original design He instituted. I believe He gave

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In the beginning...well not quite that important are the words to be written here. I am trying to put together a comphrensive view of modern day Christianity and the practices of the contemporary church. This is a life long project that will undoubtably change course from time to time. You, the reader, will be on a journey wherein there is no "road" to follow. I, the writer, will be merely a

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