Stranger in a Strange Land

“The Shack” is a book by William Young. It is a story he wrote for his kids that has become a NY Times best-seller. It is one of the most important Christian books on the market today. I believe it may be able to do more for Christian spiritual formation than any [...]

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So…
On June 9, I start a two-week intensive session of seminary classes. I am taking “Christian Perspectives on Contemporary Culture” and “Global Issues in Evangelism”. I am so excited to begin, but I am also very nervous. I haven’t really been a student since I graduated from College 11 years ago (some [...]

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Here in the Strange Land, we want to send our hearts, thoughts and prayers to Sen. Kennedy and his friends and family. So many tragedies have hit the Kennedy clan over the years, yet they have stood up for the poor, the oppressed and the down-trodden with courage and honor.
Dear Father in Heaven, be [...]

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ed note: i originally wrote this blog on 2/25/2008 and then updated it on 2/26/08 at 9:30am PST. Scroll down and look for the paragraph marked UPDATE ~MM
I committed to writing a blog post for the March 19th Blogswarm marking the five-year anniversary of the beginning of the “war” in Iraq (see right-hand [...]

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I want to take a few minutes to update you all on my journey…
God is truly doing a good work in me and in my life! A few things have happened so, here’s a list:

My divorce is final.
I am a full student working towards a Master’s Degree in Education from Simpson University
I am [...]

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I am stagnant… I have nothing to write… It’s hard to believe that after “super” Tuesday, the start of Lent, First Wednesday at church last night and all the stuff that’s going on… I have nothing…
I’m sure I could throw something together, dear readers.  I could ramble on for several paragraphs… but you all deserve [...]

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I came across this joke earlier today and, with the Super Bowl approaching, I felt it was apropos.
God is sitting with three great Quarterbacks and wants to find out what they believe
God asks Peyton Manning first: “What do you believe?”
Peyton thinks long and hard, looks God in the eye, and says, “I believe in hard [...]

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so… that initial “break up” happened at Christmas time in 2004 ( i think). I was becoming more and more miserable and She was acting like nothing was wrong. It must be said, when our son was born, She devoted herself to being his mom…. She just seemed to have forgotten She was [...]

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We began to embrace Wicca and Paganism sometime around early 2000-2001. She had been very bitter at the real and perceived injustices done to women by the church. She always felt the sole purpose of Christianity was to allow men to lord over women and children; to tell them what to [...]

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At Scottsdale Christian, each day was begun with prayer and Bible class. I had good Christian friends and we all did what we could to encourage one another. But, we were all just kids. I don’t remember what church I attended while I was in High School. That is to say, [...]

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