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The Fat Pastor Goes to Washington
The last time I was in Washington DC, I was 12 years old. Even then I was a history geek and remember the chills when I first entered the Lincoln Memorial. I remember standing in front of the Gettysburg Address. I read it out loud, unafraid if anyone thought I was crazy. It was the first time I read it, and I was in awe. Now I am 34, and last night when I walked into the Lincoln Memorial, the chills came back. I stood in front of those words and read them aloud again. Tears rolled down my cheeks.
My giant head makes it hard to see Abe, but I’m using a pretty old camera phone.
I’m in Washington DC for the 2012 Young Clergy Leadership Forum hosted by the General Board of Church and Society. It is an awesome privilege to be here among 51 other clergy from over 30 Annual Conferences. I’ve already met some terrific people. I got into Washington yesterday afternoon and spent about four hours just walking around the mall. I think my goosebumps tally was four, and my tears came twice.
I think the most emotional part of my night though, was when I approached the Martin Luther King memorial. It is set up so that as you come to it from the Lincoln Memorial, you have to walk in between a few huge stones. The opening between the stones is aligned with the Jefferson Memorial, creating a beautiful geographic juxtaposition. I stood with Lincoln, the man that helped save the Union, behind me and with Thomas Jefferson, the man that wrote “all men are created equal” directly in front of me. In between is the rock that reads “Out of the Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope.” It was quite powerful to think about the promises that were offered by Jefferson, the tragic work of Lincoln, and the dream of King. I paused and read some of King’s quotes that adorn the memorial. I sat by the water and pondered his dream. Surely there is much work to be done, but I am awestruck at how far we have come. The mountain of despair remains daunting, but the stone of hope is sure.
- The Jefferson Memorial can be seen through the rocks of the Martin Luther King Memorial
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The Power of a Great Theme Song
“Some times you want to go, where everybody knows your name. And they’re always glad you came…”
The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There For You” was a number one hit in America in 1995.
“So no one told you life was going to be this way. Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, you’re love life’s D.O.A… I’ll be there for you (When the rain starts to pour)…”
If you read those lines, it is almost impossible to not start humming the tune. These, of course, are lines from two of the greatest TV theme songs. (If you’re interested in getting an hour or more sucked from your life, you should go to his website, with playable videos of the top 40 TV theme songs of all time.)
What makes these great theme songs? First of all, they were attached to great shows. The theme song to Veronica’s Closet might have been a masterpiece, but no one is going to remember it. Secondly, they were truly “Theme” songs. Meaning, they set the theme for the rest of the show.
The Friend’s theme is upbeat and youthful. You can clap along to it, and identify with the emotion of starting off in the world. It captured what was so popular about the show. It’s lyrics about friendship and being there for each other make the same emotional claim on the viewer that the show was able to make. The Cheers theme is a beautiful song (ranked number one by that website) that speaks to what made the show great – the desire to be a part of a community. Lovers of Cheers felt intimately connected to Sam, Norm, Cliff, and Diane, and that connection began with the wistful “Making the way in the world today, takes everything you got. Taking a break from all your trouble, sure would help a lot.”
The United Methodist Church has a theme song too. And just like these great TV theme songs, it captures the heart of what the Methodist movement was, and should still be, all about. The United Methodist Church wasn’t always a church. In fact, its founders were never members. John and Charles Wesley were members of the Church of England, and never intended on creating a new church. Charles, in fact, was adamantly opposed to it. John saw it more as a pragmatic solution to the problem of a movement that grew too fast for the institution.
“O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing” is the unofficial theme song of the UMC, and it captures perfectly what our church once was, and what it could be again. It is a song that is about two things – the power of a redeeming God and our only proper response. Charles Wesley wrote this hymn on the anniversary of the day he found a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He was deeply rooted in the Church of England, but for most of his life he felt no real connection to the loving, merciful, and gracious God that can transform lives.
The song is a reminder of that experience – the power of knowing a God that makes sorrows cease, makes the sinner clean, and restores us to new life. Wesley’s hymn captures the joy and excitement that is felt when a relationship with Jesus Christ becomes real and personal.
There are very few things that are more personal than a relationship with Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit. My relationship with Jesus is intensely personal. It has had its ups and downs. We have had times when were were extremely close and times when I’ve alienated myself from him. Jesus knows the inner depths of my soul and can see the blackest parts of my heart. He has seen me stumble. He has seen me hide. He has seen me fall. He has seen me get knocked down. But every time I get knocked down he is right there. He puts his arm around me and whispers in my ear, “Get up, Robb.”
And those times when I have gotten back up, there is nothing that I can do but sing my praise to God. My only wish is that I had more than one mouth to do it with. I wish I had more than one tongue to sing my savior’s praise. O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing my great redeemer’s praise! You see, transformation in the Holy Spirit is an intensely personal experience, but it is not private. Authentic faith in Jesus Christ is a personal matter, but it must never be private.
This dual nature of faith as both intensely personal and never private is what our theme song is about. Knowing our redeeming God brings tremendous joy. I am convinced that others are in desperate need of this kind of joy. They are in need of a relationship with the God transforms lives, transforms communities, and transforms the world. People are looking for something that gives life meaning. I have found meaning in a relationship with Jesus and in involvement with the United Methodist Church, and if I am to live up to our theme song, then I must share this with others. It doesn’t mean that I am going to tell others that they are wrong. It doesn’t mean that I’m going to insert God into conversations where it isn’t warranted or welcomed. I’m a grown up with grown up social skills, but I’m also not going to hide from the opportunity to share with someone what God has done in my life and what life in the Church means to me.
John Wesley preaching outside (because most churches wouldn’t let him inside). Notice: He’s using words
“O For a Thousand Tongues” is our theme song, and it captured what was great about the Methodist Church. It was written for a movement that was driven by the Holy Spirit. It was the song of a movement that captured the hearts of thousands. It was written for a movement of people that were willing to take risks – to go places others weren’t willing to go. It was written for those going into the prisons, for those preaching to the working poor that would never enter a church, for those that were meeting in their homes to have hard discussions about how God was working in their lives. It was written for a movement of people that were on fire with the Holy Spirit, and could not help but tell others. It doesn’t mean that they were pushy or judgmental or rude. It was written for a people that had found the good news of Jesus Christ and found that one tongue to share that good news just wasn’t enough.
In our world where we are inundated with bad news, couldn’t the world use a little bit of good news? Are people really going to think you’re a nut job if you tell them that you find meaning in worship, study, fellowship, prayer, or service?
Today, many Methodists like to quote Francis of Assisi’s “Preach the gospel at all times. Use words when necessary.” There’s a lot about that quote that I like. If it means “Make sure that your actions back up your words,” or “Don’t just talk the talk, but walk the walk,” I can get on board. For too many though, this quote is used as an excuse to not talk about their faith. Sometimes words are needed. Most of the time words are needed.
“O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” by Charles Wesley
O for a thousand tongues to sing,
My great Redeemer’s praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace!My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad.
The honors of Thy name.Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
’Tis music in the sinner’s ears,
’Tis life, and health, and peace.He breaks the power of canceled sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean,
His blood availed for me.He speaks, and, listening to His voice,
New life the dead receive,
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice,
The humble poor believe.Hear Him, ye deaf;
His praise, ye dumb,
Your loosened tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Savior come,
And leap, ye lame, for joy.In Christ your Head, you then shall know,
Shall feel your sins forgiven;
Anticipate your heaven below,
And own that love is heaven.
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This blog was written after I preached a sermon on this topic at Riverside United Methodist Church in Moline, Illinois. If you are interested in a CD of the worship service, please leave a comment below and I will contact you about a mailing address.
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Paterno’s legacy (not his eternity)
I believe in a God whose love is more powerful than the worst of human nature, so I stay out of the guessing game as to who is going to be rewarded in heaven and who is going to face eternal damnation. I don’t have the theological arrogance to try and guess at that sort of thing.
Joe Paterno died yesterday, and the commentaries, columns, blogs, status updates, and tweets started to pour out. Some of it has been vitriolic. Some of it has been too flowery to stomach. Joe Paterno was a man. He was a sinner like all of us. He had some great victories, and some terrible failures. I would not want to be judged by my worst moments, but I’m not judging him as a man. I do not venture into that realm. I am commenting on his legacy – the way in which he is remembered. His legacy and his eternity are two very different things.
Here are few things I have to start with:
- God’s grace is offered to all. I believe in a God of forgiveness, and I do not claim to know the will of God. I know absolutely nothing about Joe Paterno’s relationship with God – or Jerry Sandusky’s or Mike Mcqueary’s or any of the Penn State board members or any of the former football players that have come to Paterno’s defense.
- God’s healing is possible for all. I believe in a God of healing, and I pray that there is healing for all those that are involved. I pray for the victims, for Sandusky, and for all that have been hurt. I know that there are a lot of broken hearts, and I hurt for all of them. I imagine that Joe Paterno has gone through a lot of turmoil these past few weeks, and I take no pleasure in that. I pray that he may indeed rest in peace, because I believe in the peace of Jesus Christ that surpasses all understanding.
- Joe Paterno did not molest, rape or harm any child. Jerry Sandusky is accused of doing those things. He will get his day in court and face his accusers. I’ve read some of the testimony, and it looks pretty convincing. There is little doubt the prime “bad guy” in all of this is Sandusky.
- We can take a lot of lessons from this tragedy, and one is this: you never know. Paterno trusted Sandusky. That trust was obviously mispaced. I do not blame him for trusting the wrong person. Any of us can do that. I blame him for the inaction after he was told the truth. And to that end, there seems to be plenty of blame to go around. As I read the timeline of this story, I just wish that one person – ONE – had the courage to address the problems that began to surface in 1994.
- Another lesson is this: maybe we should stop building up coaches – or anyone for that matter – with so much adoration. This is something I wrote about in a post called Congratulations Coach.
- My argument here is about Joe Paterno’s legacy. Not his eternal salvation, not Sandusky’s innocence, not the the board, or McQueary, or anyone else. I read the headline of a column that read “Paterno’s legacy outweighs the scandal.” I disagree, and here’s why:
Joe Paterno built a strong legacy, and it was on the strength of that legacy that Sandusky preyed (I’m going to allow you to insert the word “allegedly” here because it will get tiresome to type it every time.) on children. Paterno’s legacy gave Sandusky legitimacy. It gave him access.
Joe Paterno did a lot of amazing things. I’m sure that I don’t have a full understanding of all of the positive that he did, but that doesn’t matter. All of the positives, achievements, and good-will that he created gave him credibility and the moral high-ground in almost every matter. Most people consider him to be the most powerful man at the university – perhaps the most powerful man in the state. And it was power that he earned. It was a power that was based on the values he preached.
Joe Paterno wanted to create a football program that was about more than winning. His “grand experiment” was about melding football, academics and character. He wanted to mold boys into men and develop leaders. He preached about things like respect, honor, accountability, and faith. He wanted to create something that was good, almost holy. On the surface, that is exactly what he did. He created a program that was treated as if it was holy – untouchable. He had the moral high ground. This article in 2008 talked about how the program seemed bigger than the institution. And Joe Paterno WAS the program.
Joe Paterno had the moral authority to stop Jerry Sandusky when he was informed about it. Instead, he abdicated that authority when he was relatively silent when faced with the biggest challenge of his life. All of his achievements do little more than make his inaction more inexcusable. Did Jerry Sandusky fail? obviously. Did Mike McQueary fail? Certainly. Should he have gone to the police? Of course. But he was also deeply enmeshed in a culture of cover-up, and he went as high as he could possibly go – to Joe Paterno. Did the Athletic Direct, President and the Board fail? Yes. They were a part of the institutional mess that lacked the courage to do anything detrimental to the football program. It seems like even the current governor of Pennsylvania failed. Why? Because no one wanted to cross Joe Pa.
It was only Joe Paterno that could have stopped Jerry Sandusky. And he failed to do so. If we believe that Paterno was told about Sandusky in 2002, then there are many questions to ask. Why was he still hosting football camps on other Penn State campuses? Why was Paterno still involved with Sandusky’s Second Mile Foundation? Jerry Sandusky used the legacy of Joe Paterno to prey on children. He gained access, trust, and funds because of his relationship with Joe Paterno, and Paterno let it happen.
I do not believe that I am rushing to tarnish his legacy unfairly. I am judging it only by his own standard. He once said, “Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.” It seems to me that Joe Paterno lost his sense of excellence. That is (by far) not the greatest tragedy of this story, but it is nonetheless the tragedy of Joe Paterno’s legacy.
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Bears 1st Rounders
Jerry Angelo was fired today as the Bears General Manager. You can read all about it on other sources, like ESPN, or the Chicago Tribune, so I won’t go over the details. I do however, think it was a good move. I also am glad that they kept Lovie Smith.
His departure got me wondering about the most highly publicized choice that a general manager makes every year – the number one draft pick. Here are Jerry Angelo’s top draft choices each year:
2002 – Mark Colombo. A complete bust with the Bears. After three injury-plagued years he played one game in 2005 before being released. Since then he has had a respectable career with the Cowboys and now the Dolphins.
2003 – Rex Grossman. Sexy Rexy defined inconsistency during his Bears tenure. It seemed like every game was a toss-up whether you’d get “Good Rex” or “Bad Rex.” In his only full season as a starter, the Bears went to the Super Bowl, but he had more turnovers than touchdowns.
2004 – Tommie Harris. After three seasons, Harris looked like he could be the dominant defensive lineman in the game. After Pro Bowl seasons in 2006 and 2007, he kind of disappeared. In 2011 he bounced from the Colts to the Chargers.
2005 – Cedric Benson. Angelo decided to keep Benson over Thomas Jones after the Superbowl season of 2006. He responded with 674 yards rushing in 11 games. He’s had a decent career with the Bengals.
2006 – No pick
2007 – Greg Olsen. It seemed like every preseason people said that Greg Olsen was going to have a break out year. His best year was 2009 with 612 yards receiving and 8 touchdowns. Now he’s a Panther.
2008 – Chris Williams. Williams is an offensive lineman who had back problems coming out of college and has had back issues as a pro. He was moved from tackle to guard, and in 2011 he injured his wrist and went on IR.
2009, 2010 – no pick, trade for Jay Cutler
2011 – Gabe Carimi. The lineman from Wisconsin could barely stay on the field this year and ended the season on IR.
Not exactly a great track record. Exactly 0 of these players finished on the Bears depth chart in 2011. Three O-lineman with injury problems, an inconsistent QB, a flash in the pan D-lineman, a head case running back and an above average pass-catching tight end that can’t block. It’s not exactly the stuff championships are made of.
In the same time period the Green Bay Packers first round draft choices have included some busts (i.e. Justin Harrell and Ahmad Carroll). They have also included a couple of Pro-Bowlers in Javon Walker and Nick Barnett, two solid linebackers in AJ Hawk and Clay Matthews, two good (though currently injured) O-linemen in Bryan Buluga (NFL All-Rookie Team last year) and Derrick Sherrod (actually a little too early to tell if he’s good or not). And then there was that Aaron Rogers guy.
The Steelers’ drafting in that span included Troy Polamalu (’03), Ben Roethlisberger (’04), Heath Miller (’05), Santonio Holmes (’06), Lawrence Timmons (’07), Rashard Mendenhall (’08), and Maurkice Pouncey (’10). All of those guys contributed significantly to one or two Superbowl championships.
There was a time of course, when the Bears did draft well. Check out the Bears’ first round drafts from 1979-1985. This is what championships are made of:
1979 – Dan Hampton and Al Harris.
1980 – Otis Wilson
1981 – Keith Van Horne
1982 – Jim McMahon
1983 – Willie Gault and Jim Covert
1984 – Wilber Marshall
1985 – William Perry
Hampton is the only Hall of Famer, but Al Harris was the only player that was not a major contributor to the Bears’ last Superbowl championship.
It seems clear that, while there are certainly other factors, the success of a team is hinged largely on the ability to nail that first round pick. The Packers and Steelers have been doing it a lot lately, and they are two dominant teams in the NFL. The Bears used to do it on a regular basis and built a perennial power. Angelo was unable to do it, and today he was fired.
You are Highly Favored
“It is no small thing to be highly favored by God. Especially when you are acutely aware of how preposterous this idea truly is.”^
To know that you are higly favored by God can be a life-changing moment. It is the kind of thing that changes your perspective on the world. I remember when I realized that I was highly favored by God. It didn’t come to me an instant. It was something I realized over time, and when it finally struck me, it changed my world.
When you realize that you are highly favored by God, nothing will ever be the same.
For me it came in junior high. The realization came to me when I realized that God loved me for me. It came to me when I knew that nothing I did or said could earn God’s love. When I knew that I was highly favored by God I learned that my missing homework assignment couldn’t change that. My disappointing test couldn’t change that. The things that I forgot, misplaced, or mishandled were not bigger than the steadfast love of God.
I can’t point to any one moment when I realized that I was highly favored by God, but it was no small thing, for it changed the way I saw myself, and it changed the way I saw the world.
In the Gospel of Luke we find Mary’s Song, also known as The Magnificat. It is Mary’s song of glory after meeting Elizabeth. Elizabeth, who was herself expecting a child whose conception was surrounded in mystery, was filled with the Holy Spirit and pronounced God’s blessing upon Mary and her child. Mary’s response:
“With all my heart I glorify the Lord!
In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior.
He has looked with favor on the low status of his servant.
Look! From now on, everyone will consider me highly favored
because the mighty one has done great things for me.
Holy is his name.
He shows mercy to everyone,
from one generation to the next,
who honors him as God.
He has shown strength with his arm.
He has scattered those with arrogant thoughts and proud inclinations.
He has pulled the powerful down from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty-handed.
He has come to the aid of his servant Israel,
remembering his mercy,
just as he promised to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to Abraham’s descendants forever.”
Mary is highly favored by God, and it is no small thing. When she came to that realization, she sang praise to God. She realized that through her the promise of God would be fulfilled. She sings a song of praise and promise. It is praise to the God that has held her in favor. It is praise of the God that will turn the world upside down. It is a song of the promise of God that this has already been fulfilled in the baby she is carrying. God’s promise has not begun with the coming of Jesus. It has been fulfilled.
The gift of Jesus is from the God that scatters the proud and fills the hungry. This is a God that has turned the world upside down by becoming flesh. Everything would be different because of the coming child. For all of this, Mary sings out in praise and thanksgiving.
This however, was not Mary’s first reaction. A few verses earlier, when the angel told Mary what was coming, her response was marked with confusion, fear, and a quiet resolution. It took Elizabeth to stir in her the power of praise. There is a lot to be said of the bond of one mother to another. Elizabeth was a person that Mary knew and presumably respected. She was a relative – maybe a cousin, certainly older. I like to think of her as Mary’s aunt. Mary went to her Aunt’s house when she was in trouble. She found there a woman who loved her, who comforted her, and who made her feel empowered in a way that even the angel could not. I can imagine the remarkable bond between Elizabeth and Mary because I knew an aunt much like that.
In the midst of her trouble and fear Mary was given hope and grace through the words of someone that loved her. She realized that she was highly favored by God. Her response was a song that has lived through the ages as a testimony to God’s power. It is a song that reminds us that God used Mary to fulfill God’s promise. It is a song that we may rise and sing today. In the midst of your trouble and your fear, I want you to know, “You are highly favored by God.” Trust in God’s love, and your life will never be the same.
Know that God loves you and wants to use you to fulfill God’s promise. You are highly favored by God, let your heart glorify the Lord.
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^I wish I remember where I read this. As I was doing some reading for my sermon this Sunday on the Magnificat, I read these words on someone else’s blog. They hit me with such a force that I didn’t even keep reading, but I built my sermon – and this blog – around this idea. This might not be a direct quote, but I didn’t feel right not attributing this to someone.
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Christmas Cover Photos
It would be awesome if at some point this Christmas season, #BeChristThisChristmas could trend on twitter. These two cover photos could help people start thinking about how they can do something more at Christmas than complain about store signs and school plays that don’t proselytize.
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Waiting for the child
My perspective on waiting for Christmas was forever changed when my wife was expecting our first daughter. During my first Advent as a pastor, I was not only expecting the coming of the Christ child, but was eagerly anticipating the coming of my first daughter (who would be born in January).
Anticipating the coming of a child is like no other kind of waiting I’ve ever experienced. We did our best to prepare. We put together a crib. We stocked up on diapers. We were given clothes and books and toys and countless well-wishes and prayers. We were overwhelmed by the generosity of our family and friends. As we waited for the child to come we knew that we were surrounded by an entire church family that was eagerly waiting with us.
It was appropriate that the process of giving birth began in church. At the end of a Bible study, surrounded by a few of our closest friends, my wife knew that the baby was coming. About 18 hours later we were holding our daughter.
I held that precious, fragile, resilient little baby in my arms and I knew one thing: I was not ready.
There is no way to be totally ready for a baby to come. There are certainly different levels of preparedness, but no one can anticipate, guess or even imagine what it is like to suddenly be entrusted with a child. In that moment I knew that I would do anything – any thing – to protect that child and her mother. She changed my perspective. She changed my goals. She changed my dreams, my hopes, my fears and my worries. For the rest of my life my joy would be magnified by her smile, my despair would be multiplied by her tears, and my peace would depend on her safety. A baby changes everything – and that is the message of Christmas.
The birth of Jesus changed everything. The eternal Word of God was made flesh, and nothing would ever be the same.
At Advent we are called to prepare the way of the Lord. There are many things that we can do to prepare the way of the Lord. I’ve been tweeting #BeChristInChristmas with ideas and ways to work for the Kingdom of God during the Christmas season. We can read the Bible, pray, study, worship, serve, and wait. There are so many ways that we can prepare for the coming of the Christ child, but the fact remains is that we can never be fully ready.
The birth of Jesus changed everything, and as we move through Advent my prayer is that Christmas can break through the hearts and minds of all who would separate themselves from God. Allow God to change your perspective. Allow God to change your goals. Open up and let Jesus change your dreams, your hopes, your fears and your worries. Allow your Joy to be magnified by the glory of God. Invite the Holy Spirit to weep with you in your times of despair. May the peace of Christ – the peace that surpasses all understanding – be with you. This Christmas, Jesus can change everything.
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In Case You Missed It
All I can say after the last week of activity on The Fat Pastor is, “wow.” On November 15, I posted the blog called “Err on the Side of Grace.” My faceb0ok status that day told my 72 followers that the blog had just reached 70,000 views. A few days later I posted “Congratulations Coach,” my commentary on the Penn State tragedy. A few days later I sent that into a newspaper in hopes of being selected as their “Guest Sports Columnist,” a gig which would have given me a sports column every five weeks for an unknown amount of time.
Then one night I decided to create a picture. I worked on it for a few hours. I agonized over the wording of it (I had about four different versions before going with the Micah 6:8 version). I posted it, shared it and then something amazing happened. In the 12 days since posting it, over 68,000 people have come to The Fat Pastor. It took one day for December 2011 to be the second busiest month on this blog. In this short time period I’ve added over 800 FB fans and 125 email subscribers. The picture I created has been shared 837 times.
So now I have this new following, and I can’t help but think, “I’ve written some good stuff before that picture.” It also kind of bothers me that the most popular blog I’ve ever written “Happy Holidays,” is also the sharpest, angriest blog I’ve ever written. I’ve written 197 other blogs, and some of them (I think) have been pretty good.
So this post is for all the new followers. Consider it my “Greatet Hits.” They might not be the most popular blogs I’ve written, but they are a few that tell the full story of what this site is all about.
And it Was Still Hot – Where the Wild Things Are was my favorite book as a boy, and this was my reflection about the movie before it was released.
Doug Rees – My wife and I saw Doug in a very intimate concert, and had a great time. It was a night of great music, and the beginning of a friendship.
Come to the feast – What does it mean to “do this in remembrance of me”?
10 years later in a 9/12 world – A reflection on the 10th anniversary of 9/11
Translators Needed – To speak the gospel to a new generation, we need to know the language.
USA! USA! – A response to the death of Osama Bin Laden
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Be Christ This Christmas
There are so many ways that we can be the body of Christ. The holiday season is a difficult time for so many. As a Christian, is there any better time to share the love of Jesus than on the day we remember his birth? So let’s share ideas and be inspired by the ways that we can be Christ this Christmas. If you are a twitter user, use #BeChristThisChristmas, because our actions speak louder than words. What are you doing to be Christ this Christmas?
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