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friday night lights
With a move coming up and a baby on the way, Lauren and I have found ourselves looking for ways to relax and unwind after busy days (yeah, I know – we won’t know what busy really means until after the...
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the story of (our) stuff
Over the past few weeks, Lauren and I have been going through the process of sorting, packing, and, at times, tossing out our stuff. As a couple that is going through a fifth move in five years of...
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on what it means to believe
A few weeks back, I made my way through a new novel by Marcus Borg entitled Putting Away Childish Things by Marcus Borg. While I don’t necessarily agree with Borg’s perspective on theology and the...
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parenthood as story formation
*disclaimer: many blog posts that are written this month will be formed in the wee hours of the morning as I work the night shift. if these posts lack coherence, please chalk it up to that. It’s a rare...
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derek webb on the new caedmon’s album
I’m at work doing another overnight shift [boo]. I just typed up a new post, but can’t publish it until Friday, for reasons that will become clear on that day. In the meantime, I thought I would a) ask...
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five years
August 13th, 2005. That was the day that Lauren and I got married, and while it kind of was, I’m not prepared to say that it was the happiest day of my life, because every day that I have the privilege...
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eighth letter info
The book of Revelation contains seven letters addressed to 1st century congregations struggling to find their identity. Nearly two thousand years later we are asking some of the world’s leading...
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early thoughts on ‘raising up the dead’
It’s been a couple weeks since I jumped on the pre-order for the new album from Caedmon’s Call. I’ve listened to it several times, but don’t quite feel as though I am ready to write a full review just...
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reblog: a brief theology of ‘eating animals’
*I posted this last summer, having though through some of this in preparation for an exam question. Now that I am just about to finish reading Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, I though it was...
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summer happenings
Thought it was time for a little update. Lauren and I have had a really busy August. It began with a move, and, four weeks later, we are now feeling pretty settled. We really love our new place, and...
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eighth letter submissions
To the church in North America, from a fellow sojourner daily struggling to understand what it means to follow Jesus Christ our Lord in the 21st century … Just as a reminder, today is the deadline to...
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september call ups
As any baseball fan will know, September can be a very interesting time, even if your team has all but been eliminated from playoff contention. It’s the time of year when MLB rosters are expanded, and...
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permission to speak freely by anne jackson
A couple of years ago, Anne Jackson posed the following question on her blog, flowerdust.net: what is one thing you feel you can’t say in church? That post, and the overwhelming response thereto, was...
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outlive your life by max lucado
Allow me to begin this review with two confessions: a) I’m not a huge fan of Max Lucado’s books [admittedly having read maybe only one or two in the past], based partly on the fact that this one in...
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eighth letter synchroblog
Due to the fact that Lauren and I are expecting our son to arrive … well, really at any time, I don’t anticipate being able to sit down and pound out many posts anytime soon. I can, however, direct you...
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let’s get back to our ‘roots’
What follows is my contribution to the Eighth Letter Synchroblog, hosted by Rachel Held Evans. As mentioned previously, all this week, folks across the Web are posting their ‘letters to the Church in...
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meet will
Name: William Cameron McLaren Born: September 19th 2010, 12:11 a.m. Weight: 8lb 14oz Forgive me for not updating the blog in a little while, but it’s been a bit of a busy week. Early last Sunday...
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about you by dick staub
I recently signed up to do some reviews for The OOZE Viral Bloggers, and the first book that I could get my hands on was About You by Dick Staub, which features the following tagline: ‘Jesus Didn’t...
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nhl preview
It’s that time of year again, friends. The leaves are turning color, the baseball playoffs have started [Roy Halladay ... wow!], and a new NHL season is upon us. And so, as I do, here are some...
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taking my talents to tumblr
So I’ve [once again] grown bored with the old blog, and am looking to mix things up with a switch to tumblr. Check it out and let me know what you think, whether by comment here, via email...
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