Two weekends ago I was in Hamilton, Ohio, at my church’s annual men’s retreat. The theme that was weaving in and out of the weekend was this idea of how we take our work and life. There were basically two options, the speaker said, “labor” and “opus.” Labor being just that—labor. Work for the sake of [...]
Like everyone, Monday morning I was watching a video of my beloved Kanye West, storming the stage of Taylor Swift’s VMA acceptance speech. I am a fan of Kanye West, I love his music and music that he has produced. In the past I have seen him pull stunts like this, apologize, and then do [...]
Gave my last talk on worship yesterday morning, and I have to say, that it must have been ALL GOD, because I was not ready, or feeling it. But God really moved. Here are my initial thoughts that were the basis of the little talk. Warning: this one is a jumbled mess. I can’t believe [...]
The last month or so at church, my pastor has asked me to give some mini-teachings on corporate worship. It has been happening in the midst of our worship set, usually after the first song. It’s been a really awesome, freeing, confidence-building experience for me. I was talking to Israel earlier, and he said I [...]
This blog / my web server has been giving me nothing but problems the last few months. Finally got it working again. I had to re-install WordPress, and then I decided to screw around with the look and feel. I think this layout is a lot more readable. Hope you enjoy it. New (real) post [...]
Wow. Can’t believe it’s been so long. Again, we’re still here. Still pondering. Still thinking. Still content. Still frustrated. Still joyful. Still pissed off. Still understanding. Still doubting. I know that I’ve been thinking a lot about division. Division in the church, notably. Division between “traditional/mainline” church and the “emerging” church. Thinking about how these [...]
No worries, Israel and I are still here. He’s on tour and moving, and I am so busy I barely have time to breathe. New posts coming soon.
I don’t know anything about Simone Weil (other than what I just read about her on Wikipedia), but holy crap is this good: “Christ likes us to prefer truth to himself, because before being Christ, he is truth. If one turns aside from him to go towards the truth, one will not go far before [...]
Maybe I’m writing this because I am still on a high from my small group a couple days ago—or maybe because my pastor has been preaching on it for the last three weeks—but I think it’s high time that we all start ripping our hearts open. I have been reflecting on how easy it is [...]
I know, I know. I have only posted one entry since starting Words last week. And now I am going to get on here and tell you something is changing. In fact, I am quite excited to tell you this. Israel Beachy and I have been really good friends for a couple years now. You [...]
