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At the Mothership

2010-07-15T13:50:00.000-07:00

The mothership being the Anaheim Vineyard... and I being at the Regional Pastors Conference. So much going on and so much of the time all I can do is listen. From the tensions of being a Pastor there is the constant reminder of this being so much more then a job or even a vocation. It is really a life to be given away. There is truly so much out there, so much to be done and yet my job is this.

Ugh!

2010-04-15T19:41:00.000-07:00

Working with Christians can be hazardous to your mental health! I surf the web and find more gossip and back biting in the name of right doctrine, and honestly, it get's old. Right doctrine doesn't get old, people ranting about any person agenda or opinion, and then spraying a little "Jesus Theory", or famous (out of context) theologian quote, over it and all of a sudden, their (usually

Food for thought...

2010-03-06T21:56:00.000-08:00

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark,

Beliefs do play out...

2010-02-26T20:15:00.000-08:00

It seems that if we practice what we believe then the core of what we believe can be seen in the practices we express in our faith every day, or in crisis. So if we love our fellow man, we express love by serving, meeting needs and so forth. Yet it is interesting to see how a religious system lives out it's values. One of the more interesting observations was made recently by the BBC in the

The Divine Signs...

2010-02-09T23:06:00.000-08:00

I read Hosea and all I can say is this... though I have been through a lot I couldn't do that. Marry a prostitute, have my kids named after 3 curses, all of those said children from different fathers DURING OUR MARRIAGE and then woo and charm her back into a love relationship. But this isn't us... these passages are never about me, my soul's infidelity, nope, it's about someone else, has to be.

Advent 2009

2009-12-22T14:21:00.000-08:00

I was reading USA today (usually I find myself avoiding the local the paper, which I affectionately call... "the fish wrap") and came across this headline "Some in $4.6B Christian industry copy designs, logos" an article about the christian "knockoff / copycat" logo industry... here's the link http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-12-18-christian-copyright_N.htm It's a sell out... of

asked

2009-10-15T12:55:00.000-07:00

I am asked a lot by folks who want to grow in faith "What do I need to do to be _______?"... I usually reply well, what are you doing to grow? That is where the answer is. I see many people as wanting to grow big but not dying to the things that make them big. In the years I coached football the hardest thing to see was players with talent but no work ethic. The lack of persistent work and

walk

2009-09-21T16:07:00.000-07:00

It’s been a while since I’ve posted; yes I suck as a blogger and it has been good. During this time off there is a song by Jackson Browne that has been a bit of a theme. “Well I’ve been out walking. I don’t do that much talking these days, these days. These days I seem to think a lot about the things that I forgot to do, and all of the chances I’ve had to.”