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Thursday, April 02, 2015. What is your favorite Easter memory? What is your favorite Christmas memory? This is a much easier question, isn't it? Christmas lasts from about September 3rd when the first Christmas song comes on the radio until December 25th at 4 PM when all the toys have lost their luster and everyone is in a food coma. Is he a man-sized terrifying creature or a rabbit sized creature who can't carry a basket? What is your favorite Easter song? Your favorite Easter movie? And I'm certainly n...
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Barneyisfat: November 2013
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Thursday, November 28, 2013. What we get wrong III. Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. These are people with a great big enemy. The Old Testament was written as a law book. An eye for an eye was a progressive law. The earliest law had been the law of revenge. If someone pokes out your eye - you should kill their child. But it's interes...
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Barneyisfat: August 2013
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Saturday, August 10, 2013. He asked the people in the room to slowly think for ten seconds about the people who have had a strong, positive influence on them. He stood there in silence as he watched ten seconds on his clock. Can we pause to stop and think for ten seconds about the people who have shaped who we are today? Wendell Berry wrote, "Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest. That you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest.". Would our purses wear ...
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Barneyisfat: July 2013
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Wednesday, July 03, 2013. Full hearts, empty churches. The first human “demon” that normally needs to be exposed is the human addiction to power, prestige, and possessions. These tend to pollute everything. Once we preach the true Gospel, I doubt if we are going to fill the churches." – Richard Rohr. The church growth movement tends to deny the reality that the Gospel of Jesus just isn't very good at growing churches. Sometimes it's healthier for a church to not. A problem with a large, sprawling centris...
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what's with today, today?: birthday, etc.
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What's with today, today? Wednesday, June 03, 2009. After that things got crazy and there was much celebrating this past weekend. I missed having family and friends from home here but my friends from Moscow, Vladimir, and Kostroma made it very special. Celebrating at the Hard Rock (they actually didn't allow us to eat the cake on the premises. ahh Russia.). So we took it to Starbucks where the staff happily provided us with forks to eat it with. Friends from Vladimir and Moscow. View my complete profile.
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what's with today, today?: June 2009
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What's with today, today? Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Last weekend Russia celebrated its independence. Instead of trying to figure out from whom this great country became independent, I decided to grab my brother Michael and head for the countryside. I wanted him to get a taste of the "real" Russia outside of Moscow and St. Pete. Here are some pictures from our adventures in Kostroma and Vladimir:. At Ipatyeski Monastery, Kostroma. On the banks of the Volga River, Kostroma. Wednesday, June 03, 2009.
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Barneyisfat: March 2014
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Thursday, March 27, 2014. So my co-director has been preaching these last few months. As he will be the director soon, it is important that he is seen as a leader in every area. He did a great job, but I am excited to be back preaching again. I do miss preaching when I don't get the chance. Luke 5: 1-11, 27-32. No one likes being passed over for a promotion, not getting the job you interviewed for, or being rejected by someone. Or the people who were most teachable? But this is exactly what Jesus is doin...
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Barneyisfat: On outdoor weddings.
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Friday, April 04, 2014. My friends who get married very rarely have their weddings in a church. Weddings are a celebration of tradition and family. If your family wasn't particularly great - maybe you don't want to celebrate those things. If your parents don't want to pay for your wedding - for whatever reason - why would you go to the expense and trouble for a piece of paper. I've read that for the average American family, Christmas is a celebration of tradition more than a celebration of Christ's birth...
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Barneyisfat: April 2015
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Thursday, April 02, 2015. What is your favorite Easter memory? What is your favorite Christmas memory? This is a much easier question, isn't it? Christmas lasts from about September 3rd when the first Christmas song comes on the radio until December 25th at 4 PM when all the toys have lost their luster and everyone is in a food coma. Is he a man-sized terrifying creature or a rabbit sized creature who can't carry a basket? What is your favorite Easter song? Your favorite Easter movie? And I'm certainly n...
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Barneyisfat: Preaching Again
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Thursday, March 27, 2014. So my co-director has been preaching these last few months. As he will be the director soon, it is important that he is seen as a leader in every area. He did a great job, but I am excited to be back preaching again. I do miss preaching when I don't get the chance. Luke 5: 1-11, 27-32. No one likes being passed over for a promotion, not getting the job you interviewed for, or being rejected by someone. Or the people who were most teachable? But this is exactly what Jesus is doin...
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