Sep
10
Elders / Leadership
Lord, I don't think we are ready for elders yet...
Strikes me that what an elder does (good
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Journal Entries
Sep
09
Answering God
Thinking about Eugene Peterson's Answering God – his premise is that you are speaking and we respond to what
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Sep
09
Dogs in Heaven
Lord, I am still so sad about Zeke...
It's interesting: the only two animals in all of creation
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Sep
09
Consuming Like a Moth What is Dear to Us (Psalm 39)
Psalm 39
vs 4 – Lord, make me know my end,
the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting
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Aug
29
3 Approaches to God
There are 3 basic approaches to God, which all look "religious" from the outside:
1. performative – what must
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Aug
28
Reading the Old Testament
It's interesting how we Americans read the Old Testament and are critical of it... Yet when it comes
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Aug
26
Letting People In
You will never make a difference in other peoples' lives...
* in order to make a difference, you will need
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Aug
19
On Seekers
Very easy to romanticize seekers: after all, they're thoughtful, deep. They ask big questions. The Bible's
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Aug
06
Why People Fall Away
Re-reading all these old journals, thinking about how many people from Missoula no longer identify as followers of Jesus or
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Jul
29
Need as a Driver
[Reflecting on J.F. who did a great job of sharing while we were gone]
I always thought my guilt
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