Waves Across OceansIt’s unfortunate that celebrating a day like today is seemingly becoming more and more rare. I’ve found that for Theresa and I, there have been some crucial, hard lessons we’ve had to learn as a couple that have helped us get to where we’re at today. There are certain things in a marriage relationship that [...]
Today I’ve seen and heard things that anger, sadden, and sicken me about humanity, and things that give me hope. I won’t go into it tonight for the sake of reprisal. What I will say, is that the paradigms come from the opposite sources of what one might expect. I’m choosing hope, because I won’t [...]
Once again, Shane puts it so eloquently. Read his Easter message “Death Be Not Proud” here. Feel free to contribute your thoughts as well. Blessings this Easter season. Jeff
About 2 1/2 years ago, a book idea was birthed by Mike Signorelli and myself called “Real On Nine”. It’s been a work in progress for some time. We’re hoping to let it see the light of day soon. The following is from a chapter called “Colony Collapse & One Night Stands”. Hope you enjoy. [...]
Shane wrote a letter to the IRS. You can find it here. Thoughts?
Watched “Ordinary Radicals” tonight. I know it’s a few years old now, but I hadn’t previously had a chance to watch it. A very well done documentary by Jamie Moffett, “Ordinary Radicals” chronicles the “Jesus For President” book tour for the book of the same name by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw. The tour (and [...]
Some days, all I can do is scream. I’ve got to scream, because punching something like an inadament object does no good, and only hurts you, and punching people isn’t something I’ve ever made a habit out of doing. Being a peacemaker has been a lifelong thing for me, not a trend to latch onto [...]
A little postscript to last week’s blog, “The Simplicity of the Gospel”.
Sometimes when I speak or blog I fear what people are going to think of me. I have this unnatural fear (at least in my estimation) of being misunderstood. I’m afraid sometimes that what I say will be misconstrued, that the full intention of what I’m trying to convey will get lost in a wash [...]
