Scene: The coffee shop within Powell’s bookstore in Portland called World Cup Coffee and Tea. A few weeks ago Rose (that is my wife for those who do not know) and I went out to coffee. I had lots rolling around in my head. So we just started talking. This post is a synopsis of…
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Extreme Grace
A Christian buzz word I’ve heard a lot of is “extreme grace.” Yeah ok, it is 2 words. I know that. But the phrase is used all the time. Whenever someone who was in jail, is a prostitute, or was addicted to drugs, accepts Jesus, people call this extreme grace. Whenever a 12 year old,…
Short Christmas
It is a short Christmas for Rose and I. We both have to work on the 26th and today. So we get a one day break. Better than nothing.The big news around here is the small possibility of afternoon snow tomorrow. I talked about this about a month ago. Forecasters always call for snow that…
Hard As Nails
Last night on Nightline ABC they had a showcase on Justin Fatica. He has an HBO special documentary coming out called “Hard as Nails.” He is an unordained Catholic priest and he travels around the country speaking to youth at churches and schools. He is a very polarizing person and a very intense speaker. He…
Fridays are for New Music .3
I got this song a while back and have neglected to share its awesomeness to all of you. So without further ado. Phil Wickham’s “True Love” is an incredible song and this video is an acoustic version but his great guitar skills and unreal vocals show even more because of that. In heaven I might…
Church Politics: Afterthoughts
I have thought a lot about my three posts on church politics this past week. Even though my hardest experience with them happened over four years ago, it still feels very real even to today. I guess that is the problem everyone has with politics in church. Church needs to be more than a business…