Archive for May, 2007

Vacation Baby!!!

Leaving in 3 minutes… YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!


Misquoting Jesus

I started reading “Misquoting Jesus” last night. It is a very readable book… although at this point I think education killed his faith.
Here is a Fresh Air interview with the author, Bart Ehrman…click here
Here is a critical blog… click here


In the beginning there was tattoo…

Here are some shots I found in the early days of me getting ink. Adam “Astro” Shewsbury is the artist… Pictures were taken by my friend J-Mo


Don’t Waste your Life

I have started reading “Don’t Waste your Life” by John Piper. Piper, for me, is always a hard, slow read. I really have to take some time to let his words sink in. A well lived life that is consumed by Christ’s gospel. More specifically we must glorify God in Christ [...]


2 records for you to purchase this week!!!

Here are 2 records everyone needs to go pick up… Talk about hard rocking spiritual message…


New Tattoo

Here is my latest tattoo by Greg Ross from http://www.grosstattoos.com/
Sugar Skull Mary and Praying Hands


door of utterance..

I am getting excited about going on vacation. I so need at time to disengage from normal activities. It will be one of those deep breath moments…. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. It looks like we are going to have glorious weather. Mid 80’s and high 50’s for 9 whole days.
Last nights Journey Group was [...]


A hyper-active mind…

Things I am thinking about…
Family Monastic Communities:
(http://johnmichaeltalbot.blogspot.com/) Sometimes individuals and families need more than vacation to get things on track. Sometime an extended sabbatical is needed. How nice would it be to take 3-6 months off to just hang-out with God and family and grow those relationships. I have always [...]


New Journey Groups - New Opportunities

I am really excited about co-leading a ‘Journey Group - Madison’ with Cindy Martin. It is neat to be on the ground floor watching 2 journey groups being birthed at Sojourn Church. It is a neat thing to watch God raise up leadership, begin conversations, and grow relationships.
I am so excited about the [...]


Church as a Safe Place

I appreciated David’s words this morning about Sojourn Church being a place were people feel comfortable ‘pulling off the mask’. Giving people space to unload baggage, be transparent, seek community without strings attached or agenda is an amazing thing. It is very liberating to come into a place where you can drop your [...]