faith


30
Jul 10

is

over the past few months i have struggled with the idea of perspective.  particularly about how to go about articulating and expressing a healthy world view.  i do not necessarily mean a paradigm, no something more basic and closer to ourselves.  maybe it is a throw back to maslow or a need to substantiate universals or the modality of the mind.  whatever it is, it has been gnawing at my soul like a thorn stuck in the back of my mind.

so as i mulled through the recesses of my thoughts and crept through the back allies of my synaptic roadway i began to feel a move towards something simple, something basic.  i allowed myself to creep down the path of thought – asking myself about absolutes – that is what i was most sure about as truth.  God, nature, family, relationship.

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15
Jul 10

definition of a pastor

recently a good friend of mine posted a new entry into his blog (the details of which are not important to this entry, but it is a great read and he is a good guy so you can read it here: http://is.gd/dsA4t); what has prompted this entry was what came out in the ensuing discussion and what follows is a challenge to all pastors out in Christiandom.

the idea is simple, i want to lay a challenge down at the feet of anyone who calls themselves pastor, who is called pastor, who “is” a pastor, or who speaks as one who has a pastoral calling in your life – how do you define “pastor” in your context and what does it mean.

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29
May 09

what in the world is God up to

every now and then i am reminded of the awesome power and majesty of God.  for me it is never a specific miracle or huge, mountian moving gesture that does it.  no, it is generally an amalgam of small things – a collection of minor occurances that align in just the right way at just the right time.  it is more of a romans 8:28 thing:

“And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose” (ESV)

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