a hundred visions and revisionsa hundred visions and revisionsA life of faith worked out in the real world. Though we moved in 2004, Cincinnati is still a new city to us in many ways - one of the most significant being our continuing search for meaningful Christian community. I created this blog as a way to exp
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Disillusionments of Belief
2008-11-28 02:45:00 My perennial blog hero Michael Spenser has posted on The Unresolved Tensions of Evangelicalism, outlining many of the areas of popular Christianity that I’ve had difficulties resolving my own integrity in: Maintaining an utterly biblical worldview, the necessity of experience as “proof” of faith, Christianity’s piss-poor job in general at creating and fostering life-giving community, ... More About: Belief
Film Twins
2008-11-25 03:26:00 There’s a phenomenon I’ve noticed recently that I thought I’d finally put on…paper…pixels…whateve r. It’s the tendency from time to time in Hollywood for two films to be released at about the same time from two separate studios with very similar and distinct topics, subject matter or themes. Pretty specific topics too, like “Animated films featuring ... More About: Film , Twins
The Alphabet Meme
2008-11-22 20:41:00 Fletch at Blog Cabins kicked off a list of best films by letter, and though I haven’t been tagged I thought hey, why not join the fun. Here are the stated rules: 1. Pick one film to represent each letter of the alphabet. 2. The letter ?A? and the word ?The? do not count as the beginning ... More About: Meme , Alphabet
100 Skills Every Man Should Know
2008-11-21 19:10:00 I’ve bolded the ones I know, have done before, or think I would be pretty capable with given the opportunity. Some are somewhat subjective (the surviving extremes section for example). My final Man Score: 73 Automotive 1. Handle a blowout 2. Drive in snow 3. Check trouble codes 4. Replace fan belt 5. Wax a car 6. Conquer an off-road ... More About: Skills
Fred, You?ve Been Standing on My Foot Since Friday!
2008-11-21 18:01:00 For whatever reason the punchline of this old old Sesame Street sketch pops into my head at strange and unusual moments in my life. And no one I’ve met seems to recall the reference. Here for your enjoyment: More About: Friday , Fred , Standing , Foot
Magic Poop
2008-11-14 15:59:00 If you’ve ever found yourself using the phrase, “too much information”, now may be a good time to click on to the next post. So when my three-year-old is through sitting on the porcelain doing his best interpretation of a Play Doh Fun Factory, he hollers “WIIIIIIIIIIIPE!!!” as he waits with his elbows on his thighs. ... More About: Magic , Poop
Blogging With Nothing to Say
2008-11-13 20:31:00 That’s right, if you’ve navigated here looking for content, I might suggest this site, or this one. Or if you’re given to lists of things, try this one. I’ll bet you’ve never seen lists like those. On the one hand it feels like faith and spirituality have been in the forefront of my mind recently, as ... More About: Family , God , Faith , Blogging
I Still Don?t Know Who to Vote For
2008-11-03 22:23:00 I’ve been taking voter’s quizzes today, because I am still undecided, and I keep coming up Obama, though my preferences are really worn down to about nothing by now. Based on their characters and personalities I really don’t like either candidate (for the sake of this thoughtspew I’m thinking only of Obama and McCain - ... More About: Vote
Avid Segment Mode
2008-11-03 21:48:00 OK I realize this will be a foreign language to pretty much anyone who may read this blog on a regular basis, but I have to get this out there. I think it is one of the stupidest features of the Avid Media Composer that moving clips on the timeline in segment mode automatically deletes ... More About: Mode
Christianity and the Arts
2008-11-02 20:25:00 It was odd last night being in church and realizing I didn’t recognize any of the songs but one. It was a strange milestone, from being a worship leader whose responsibility in part meant knowing all the songs the church sings, and most of those by heart. And as an extension of that, knowing what ... More About: Christianity , Arts , The Arts
Two Things That Disappear When You Name Them
2008-09-25 22:40:00 1. Silence. 2. Your humility. More About: Faith , Things , Disappear
Good vs. Best
2008-09-21 19:42:00 It came up again this morning, the theme of Good versus Best. The good things in life that are great and fine and no one would really ultimately complain about, pitted in a battle to the death against the best things, the dynamic, risky, life-giving sorts of things that old people on their deathbeds babble ... More About: God
Fifty-one Hours
2008-09-18 01:26:00 That’s how long we were without power this week, from Sunday at 3pm to Tuesday at a little after 6pm. It’s a strange thing to live without, given that the kids’ routines depend on it quite a bit - movies during nap/quiet time, TV while we make meals, that sort of thing. On the one ... More About: Hours
LeaderMan vs. Servant Leader
2008-09-10 16:18:00 Ah the truth in humor. Read the original post here. Some excerpts: Servant Leader : Has something to say LeaderMan: Wants a platform on which to say something ———– LeaderMan: You almost feel you know his family, because he’s your Leader Servant Leader: You allow him to influence you, because you know his family ———– LeaderMan: Wants you to know he’s a Leader Servant Leader: You’re not ... More About: Church , God
God at 3 and 4 Years Old
2008-09-08 16:22:00 The other night I was putting my four-year-old to bed and I asked her if there was anything she wanted to say to God . “I already asked him to help Gianna’s leg feel better” she said. The baby’s leg, incidentally, is broken. She got caught in a sibling sandwich Tuesday night and is back this ... More About: Faith , Years
The Meaning of Everything
2008-09-02 19:31:00 I’ve been thinking a lot lately about meaning. You know, the big questions humans have asked since we first opened our eyes. The church woes and faith crises of late have brought this to my mind, as well as a series thoughtful conversations with a friend. It’s strange though how present a topic this has ... More About: Church , God , Faith , Meaning
Baby for Sale
2008-08-30 10:06:00 Cheap. Available for ownership between the hours of 1 am and 8 am only. Ambien or Lunesta accepted as barter. More About: Baby , For Sale , Sale
One-Track Life
2008-08-22 13:08:00 So there was this whole thing that happened recently, something about a vacation for a week with Amber and two great friends at a house on the beach in Florida with a private pool and nothing to do and oh by the way no children. I think that’s how it was at least, because all ... More About: Life , Track
Be Kind Rewind: A Review
2008-08-11 23:26:00 We watched this movie on the inaugural night of our vacation, and while on the one hand it lived up to its billing as a dumb and fun Jack Black vehicle, on the other hand I found in it some connections to my understanding of The Way the World Really Is (see my forthcoming post ... More About: Review , Rewind , Be Kind Rewind
Meaningful
2008-08-06 21:32:00 I’ve got 4 seconds to write this down but I’m realizing today my life is much more exciting with purpose. I’ve been feeling aimless and purposeless on a big picture level for quite a while now, as much of what I used to attach purpose to isn’t currently in my life or at least activated. ... More About: Meaningful
You Gotta Love Network Marketing
2008-06-05 20:18:00 I’ve been offlining 15 or 20 tapes worth of interviews with participants in a network marketing company and besides being first annoyed, then a little creeped out, I’ve found a few quotes that standing alone just make me stop and say….excuse me? Granted I haven’t done my research (nor do I care to), so no ... More About: Marketing , Church , Faith , Love , Network Marketing
I Got the Wrong Guy
2008-06-04 19:04:00 I realized this morning as I caught up again to the same guy who had been going 5 under the speed limit earlier and somehow taken a short cut I hadn’t yet discovered that it’s much easier to be angry at nobody than at somebody. Or at least at the wrong guy. I made some ... More About: Family , Wrong
Time Ger Fro Moving SOon Brain
2008-05-30 15:37:00 This space intentionally left blank. No more thoughts to spare. Brain is mushified by packingpaintingliftingworkingnotsleepingo rganizingtapinglabelingcallingemailingdri ving payingandohbythewaydidimentionihavekids. We move tomorrow. Amen. More About: Time , Moving
Rockery or Mockery?
2008-05-26 18:38:00 I ran across this video this afternoon of a “really brilliant new talent” doing his take on…well, rock & roll, I think. The best part of the clip was when it was finished my daughter sitting across the room said, “I want that song again, Papa.” The humor of that statement will hit you about ...
The Life and Times of a Disenfranchised Christian, volume iv: Church withou
2008-05-25 21:34:00 There’s a lot of conversation going around about a movement of people that’s been labeled many different things - you can take your pick from “the new face of religion in America”, or “a new way to do church”, or “A new kind of Christian “, or “the new Christians“, or the more socio-religious sounding label, ... More About: Church , Life , God , Times
Painting, or Rather, Unwallpapering
2008-05-24 05:07:00 We closed on our house this week, our third time sitting around that table in three years. I remember the couples across the table each time, what the interactions were like, whether we thought we might have liked them or not given the chance to get to know them outside of buying or selling a ... More About: Painting
5 Things That May Have Seemed Right to Say at the Time
2008-05-20 16:58:00 I told you so You made me I’m not the only one who feels this way Well if you hadn’t… Shut up and a bonus personal favorite… 6. I love you and all, but More About: Time , Things , The Time
Small Room, Big Elephant
2008-05-18 21:24:00 How can you spend an entire evening talking about your job, and my job, and online video contests, and the features and capabilities of cameras, and movie trailers and what your kids shouldn’t be doing over there right now, when the cancer you’ve brought into your life is eating up your wife who’s sitting across ... More About: Small , Room , Elephant
Like Farmer Gray?s Birthday Party
2008-05-17 15:41:00 I was up until 1am last night with good friends and movies (what am I, 24?). And then up again at 6:30 with the cute but firm reminder of the difference seven more years has made. It was all I could do this morning to keep upright on the couch downstairs and keep my eyes ... More About: Party , Birthday Party , Birthday , Farmer , Gray
Repose
More articles from this author:2008-05-14 13:43:00 Mothers’ Day was a roller coaster day. We were going to go to the zoo, but as it turned out cold and rainy we opted for a day indoors in our PJs, only putting on jeans once to go out for ice cream. We had good friends over for dinner - delicious take out Mexican ... More About: Faith 1, 2 |
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