Archive for the ‘Loving People’ Category
Monday, March 6th, 2006
I have greatly appreciated all the comments, both on and off this page, about my post on A Statement I Live By. You have given me much to think about as I refine and deepen my understanding of what it means to be guilty of loving too much rather ...
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Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
Dateline: March 2, 2006--The first day of the year that Waco breaks the 400 degree mark. And the air conditioning is out in my car.
My sermon page is now much more accessible. Check it out. Thanks to my good friend, Dan for hooking me up. Now, I'm ...
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
I have a phrase that I repeat over and over again. I don't know where I got it. I am assuming that it is just my own quote that I have concocted over the last 18 months of refining my theology. However, I do not want to be so arrogant ...
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006
This will be the first in an incredibly extensive list of things I need to change in my life.
So I got this idea from Tracy. You can go to this site and do a word cloud that will capture the key words on your blog. Here is mine:
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Monday, February 13th, 2006
Sometime during my elementary school years I was given the nickname "Scooter." Not very inventive, just an extension of my name. Kids in grade school called me by that moniker all the time.
When I hit seventh grade I moved to the main high school campus. One Friday after school we ...
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
It is of the utmost importance to me that I provide protection for my girls. I am compelled by my duty as a father to provide them security in a world that is fraught with danger.
This world is full of accidents waiting to happen.
I must teach them not to talk ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
I, for one, was greatly disappointed in the President's state of the union address. So much more could have been said about poverty both in the US and on a global scale. Instead we saw some political sleight of hand to make the numbers appear better than they truly are.
Here ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2006
(Originally published January 26, 2005)I'll never forget the moment that she asked the question,
"What are you doing tomorrow night?"
She, in this story, was Lucy**. Lucy was one of my classmates. I had known her all of my life.
We, of course, had never been friends.
You see, while I was still at ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
Another day, another fantastic album.
On September 12, 2003 the world mourned the loss of one of it's greatest poets.
Roseanne Cash mourned the loss of her father.
Black Cadillac deals with loss, anger, hurt, despair and hope. It is a seminal album from an often overlooked artist.
I said yesterday that Derek ...
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Monday, January 23rd, 2006
...January is Poverty in America Awareness Month.
Here are some things you can do to become more aware:
Take the Poverty Quiz. It may surprise you. (Thanks to Larry James for this link)
Then watch this haunting Video about poverty in America.
Then listen to Derek Webb's stunning new album, Mockingbird. I guarantee ...
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