And sometimes, I think my life feels difficult. I have no clue.....

As I approach the mid-century mark in age (cut me open and count the rings), I am rediscovering (refiguring?) a sense of call for my life. By call, I mean my perception of what it is that God wants me to do with the rest of my days here on this planet.I got the essence … Continue reading Leaving a Legacy

Tonight, after a busy week of real life and hardly any blogging, comes more from the mind of Steve Hayner on the Missional church. Remember those old videos of the early days of flight. What a pathetic bunch of early flying machines were put together by those early pioneers.Here are some thoughts about the way … Continue reading Failure is Painful

I am not sure who I identify with more here....

Jumbo sized. Super size me.Mega. Ultra. Massive. These are the sacred words of our culture.And sadly, they seem to have become the sacred words of American Evangelicalism. Can you say Willow Creek, Saddleback, Claude Osteen, Focus on the Family?There is something about being American. We seem to think that bigger, is well, better. Size matters. … Continue reading Reverend KC Wahe Installed

About 18 months ago, we lost a dear friend who was only 36. Her name was Julie, and I have written about her here, and here.She was in the college fellowship I helped to lead more that 17 years ago. There are few people that I will remember in my life as truly beautiful, in … Continue reading Tony Silvestri, Starting Over, and Sleep

When you Google the term "nerd", you get this photo.My daughter thought that my score, below, was funny....

I will admit, I have been interested in all the heat and light that seems to have developed around Barack Obama during the past several months. I want to believe there is a "new way of doing politics" as I have heard him say.Recently, Peggy Noonan wrote an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal … Continue reading To Barack or Not To Barack, That is the Question

Can we get this clear? I am not typically an impulse buyer. But recently, I strayed from the straight and narrow, and picked up this amazing album while standing in line at Starbucks. What a brilliant impulse buyer I am.This album spans nearly 30 years, and is the result of the recovery of some old … Continue reading An Album and a Movie