Sometime around 30 years old Jesus started his ministry on earth. You can find his first major corporate teaching in Matthew 5, the famous “sermon on the mount.” Right after he goes through these revolutionary ideas called the beatitudes, he narrows things down and tells the people what will happen when they live this way. […]

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I was at a Christmas party the other day when a guy I kind of know came up to me and said, “Your a priest or something right?”  …[is this an opportunity or an awkward tension] …  
 “Haha,  yeah, I just left my collar at home tonight. Nah, I  not a […]

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Had a good fishing trip with a good buddy of mine a while back. We did pretty well on the water, caught some nice fish, including one real big brown trout. We are fly-fishermen, you know the borderline stuck up type of fishermen. The ones who consider what they do an art or a finely […]

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I went to hear Rob Bell (author/pastor) speak last night on his tour “The God’s Aren’t Angry.” I was amazed by how many people were there. It was like a concert line outside the event (for what seemed to be a sold out crowd), a montage of people who were ravenous for something.
Bell’s monologue was […]

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Part of being missional is that it requires you all the time, in every place with everyone. Doesn’t mean that you have to feel the pressure of “always being on.” No, quite the opposite, it is something that should take such a precedence in your life that it just is. It is just the way […]

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“In every age God has his men who have retired from life’s noise and confusion, have withdrawn from its ambitions and jealousies, and have entered into the secret of a life that is hidden in God. This does’nt mean that these men necessarily escape from life’s dangers and dilemmas, but it does mean they […]

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So I have been holding off on writing my first post for something really good. I just figured the first one has to set the tone for what will hopefully be a great site. I wanted it to be powerful, insightful, engaging, funny, honest, and all that good stuff… But after a few weeks […]

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