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THE ADAMS FAMILY: What are we up to?
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Saturday, January 16, 2010. What are we up to? Okay, we are officially the worst bloggers EVER! I guess I can blame it on the busyness of life combined with the feeling that I am blogging in vain. am I blogging for therapy or do people actually read this stuff? I guess either is a good enough reason to blog more regularly :). Here is a little summary of what is going on in our lives:. Josh does appreciate the miracle of giving birth, but he will quickly admit that OB/GYN is not his cup of tea :). I canno...
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Leslie Family Adventure: 7/1/13 - 8/1/13
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Two weeks ago and that meant Todd helped me string a sheet up to cover our staircase and we put this half-blanket half-decoration from IKEA on the floor. (Seriously, where has that thing been the last 5 years? No, those aren't teeth, she's just a St. Bernard and drool is apparently shinny in pictures. This is the typical Zora look: Okay, I'm here. I'm cute. Entertain me. Mom, I know that I technically stole this basket when I promised to return it 8 years ago and managed, instead,...
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Leslie Family Adventure: 3/1/15 - 4/1/15
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Saturday, March 14, 2015. In the 90s movie Dangerous Minds. Michelle Pheiffer's character gets her class' attention by using the word "choose" in one of her first lessons. She later says that each person in her class has a choice, always. You can either choose to leave here and not graduate, or you can stay and put up with me. It may not be a choice that you like, but you do. Have a choice.". I was capable in, something. Feels like… to have it all yanked away. Walking. Away is different. To be left w...
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Leslie Family Adventure: Details
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Monday, March 17, 2014. I've been asked a number of times over the last few days/weeks what we're doing and where in the world we are. So here are some details. The couple, be loving on them in a very real, very physical way. Look like, time to sort of get 'back to his roots' and all in the company of good friends, new and old. He was due to come back in the middle of the night on a Tuesday. The Saturday before, while he was still away, a good friend phoned me up at my parent's house. The movie, not the ...
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Children of Peace: Keeping God at a Distance: Poverty and Grace
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Keeping God at a Distance: Poverty and Grace. 8220;Inscribed on the very heart of God’s grace is the rule that we can be its recipients only if we do not resist being made into its agents; what happens to us must be done by us.”. The news hit pretty hard. They wondered whether they left something out, whether it was their fault. Then incredulity hit. How could this family have the nerve to call and say that the gifts were inadequate? Yet, how do we respond to grace rejected?
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Children of Peace: July 2010
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Bedouin Update and New Encounters. Saturday, July 24, 2010. Meeting with the Bedouins. Today we drove south to The Negev. We visited and ate with three bedouin communities. After 1948, the Arab Bedouins (who had been on the land for hundreds of years) were forced to either leave or been restricted to an area called the Siak (? Thursday, July 22, 2010. I want to write about two things. Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Monday, July 19, 2010. Tuesday, July 6, 2010.
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Children of Peace: April 2011
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Saturday, April 2, 2011. Keeping God at a Distance: Missing Poverty? Ryan Fasani and Eric Paul. Should the church have a chance at being Christ’s body in the world, should we have a chance at being God’s agents of redemption, then it is without option that we know from what people need to be “bought back” ( redimere. Christian, in his PhD thesis, Powerless of the Poor: Toward an Alternative Kingdom of God Based Paradigm of Response. John Friedman, in Empowerment: The Politics of Alternative Development.
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Children of Peace: October 2010
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Keeping God at a Distance: Taking Seriously (Our 'Un-Belief of) Matthew 25. Ryan Fasani and Eric Paul-. And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you? 8217; And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you did it to me.’ -Matthew 25:34-40 (ESV). It’s a matter of location—emotional presence and physical p...Meanwhile...
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Children of Peace: March 2011
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Keeping God at a Distance: Why Sanctified Believers should listen to Hip-Hop. This was written a while ago and I somehow forgot to post it). Ryan Fasani and Eric Paul-. I (Ryan) am particularly interested in the “power” sanctified believers receive from the Holy Spirit. I recently read about the obliteration of mountaintops in the South East for the extraction of coal. That’s power! 8220;Soul Survivor,” by Young Jeezy (Featuring Akon). 8216;Cause, I’m a rida, yeah. Yea I’m...
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Children of Peace: May 2009
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Sunday, May 31, 2009. Christian Identity defined by Moltmann. In light of such questions, I have decided in this post to just quote Moltmann as an added voice toward Christian identity, a voice to add to this discussion. I do this as much particular local community of believers is preparing for a Pentecost Baptism service. Where does the identity of the Christian faith lie? Tuesday, May 12, 2009. I wrote this in response to these questions found at Epworthpulpit.com. Who does it reward? We all fit within...
