Isaiah’s Red Moon

30Aug06

Reading Isaiah this week. Isaiah prophecies about the house of God, the mountain of God, both images of the place where God dwells. The images are rich in this scripture. I decided to read it out loud and it seems to have affected me more than when I carelessly read through scripture [...]

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FSU Wesley

26Aug06

We had a group of about 50 FSU students from the Wesley Foundation down for lunch today. It was a blast! This is exciting because I have been brainstorming about some shared ministry we could do with college students here at the beach.

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Perspective

26Aug06

This video was sent to me by a friend recently. The video starts at 10 million light years from earth and progressively zooms all the way down to the quarks within a single proton of the nucleus of a carbon atom within a leaf of a tree at the FSU National High Magnetic Lab [...]

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Be Present

22Aug06

I came across a quote that I think rings so true for today. Blaise Pascal, the 17th Century mathmatician turned theologian, wrote:
“Let each one examine his thoughts, and he will find them all occupied with the past and the future. We scarcely ever think of the present; and if we think of it, it is [...]

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Save the Jonah

22Aug06

I can relate to Jonah. God’s direction was totally outside of what he felt he was called to do. I’m sure preaching in Ninivah never showed up as a “strength” on his personal strengths/growth assessment. But, as follower of God, Leadership=Followership. If we are listening to God’s voice and completely surrendered [...]

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Oh, my goodness!

21Aug06

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Rubik

19Aug06

Erno Rubik’s most renowned invention is a crazy little cube that used to drive me crazy. Supposedly he is extremely introverted and refuses to attend speedcubing events.
His father was a flight engineer, his mother a poet. That makes sense to me. The cube is a perfect combination of art and math isn’t [...]

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to be a kid again

19Aug06

remember the last day of school?
remember the bell?
remember the pool?
who really wants to take a shower first?
just jump in?
high dive…
triple back flip…
no hesitation…
o for the faith of my childhood
come to me today
rescue me from burdened structures of faith
ever perceiving
always trusting
understanding
not proving but loving
testing but not deconstructing
reconstruction of a simple faith
in the face of complexity
acknowledging finiteness
jump [...]

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Starting a blog…again

18Aug06

I believe this is the fourth time I have started a new blog. All of them have lasted no more than a few weeks, so we will see how it goes this time.

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