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bittersweet

posted by adam on 09.04.2007

I got an email from my pastor today. He was telling me that he was disappointed that he did not see me at church on Sunday. I haven’t been there in three weeks.
You should know that my pastor is not one to say something like, “I was hoping to see you,” as a passive aggressive […]

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killing me

posted by adam on 08.13.2007

Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”
This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”
But he continued, “You are from below; I […]

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faith

posted by adam on 06.26.2007

Years ago a friend gave me one of those little encouragement cards that you typically find in Christian bookstores. It was about the size of a playing card, laminated and featured a pastel colored outdoor scene clearly designed to be peaceful. It said, “Faith that can see every step of the way isn’t really faith […]

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well said

posted by adam on 02.24.2007

A friend of mine, Kester Smith (Chris Smith in a former life) posted an entry entitled “If Mankind Can’t Come to the Mountain” this past week on his blog. It was profound and insightful, and honestly it made me mad that I had not written it.
Initially, I thought about full on plagarism. Then I considered […]

relationship, other blogs | 2 comments »

interesting…

posted by adam on 01.31.2007

My theology according to Quizfarm.com:
“You scored as Emergent/Postmodern. You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don’t think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in […]

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technology and character

posted by adam on 01.09.2007

Last week my internet connection went out. And I discovered how accustom I’ve become to the incredible connectivity that the web has created.
When Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, among the many themes interwoven in these classic books was this: a warning about the possible dangers of technology. (As Treebeard observes about Saruman, “…now […]

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what it’s about

posted by adam on 12.18.2006

I’m lucky enough to be a part of a church that isn’t very churchy. We manage to talk about God and relationship with him while taking care to avoid language that doesn’t really mean anything. It’s refreshing.
Yesterday at church, we spent some time talking about and thinking about this time of year. I’ll be honest: […]

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