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John here. Well, it’s the end of the second day of Engage: LA and i’m finally taking a few minutes to write. It has been a remarkably busy, yet wonderful, two days. We’re staying in a condo in Venice Beach, about __ miles east of LA proper (I don’t know how far). It’s about three…
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Well, I’m on my way. Destination LA. This week is major step in my life. I’m on an airplane to Los Angeles for the annual Engage retreat, a week of learning, interviews and exercises designed to help me know whether or not Christian Associates is the right organization for me and, vice-versa, whether…
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I like window seats. Whenever I fly, I always hope the airline gives me a seat with a view. Usually I get stuck in the middle seat between a sloppy teenager with his face buried in a smart phone and a business person with a load of work in his hands but every now and…
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Yesterday was a sad day in the world of sports. Well, a sad day in general, sports or not. In case you haven’t heard by now, IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon was tragically killed in a fiery crash yesterday during a race in Las Vegas. He was but 33. Now, I don’t usually watch Indy races…
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What would the world be like if everyone lived their lives according to that little slip of paper inside a fortune cookie? I mean, who doesn’t like smashing a fortune cookie into a kazillion shards? It’s like Christmas Day! And that slip of paper contained int he middle? Who doesn’t want to know what it…
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“Our church is recognizing there are a variety of viewpoints on scripture. There’s no longer a right viewpoint and a wrong viewpoint but several faithful viewpoints, one of which includes me in terms of being a minister in the Presbyterian church. So we’re honoring a diversity of viewpoints in our church.” — Rev. Scott Anderson,…
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For the past day and a half I’ve been working hard on a video for Sunday. It’s an original idea I cooked up last Monday. This Sunday’s sermon is on Mark 4:1-20, better known as the parable of the Sower and the Soils or the Seed. Here’s the video, a sneak peak of Sunday morning.…
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In 1985, one of the most iconic sci-fi movies was released. Back to the Future instantly changed the way we thought about time travel and the potential consequences of altering the past. Oh, and it gave us great quotes like “1.21 gigawatts” and “Lorraine? You are my… density.” And who can forget this exchange between…
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“For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your…
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This oldie but goodie comes courtesy of the late great Charles M. Schultz. I ran across it in my pictures folder the other day and got a good chuckle. So I’ll share. This perfectly sums up my writing struggle. I love to write. I love to start articles. I have trouble ending them. I need…
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