pat loughery

Like so many of my friends who were so helpful to me  the blog-zenith of four to six years ago, I find myself wondering if this weblog has run its course.  I think about nuking it all, maybe starting up an anonymously written blog elsewhere.  I especially thought about this…

The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_nicholas_carr/all/1 What kind of brain is the Web giving us? That question will no doubt be the subject of a great deal of research in the years ahead. Already, though, there is much we know or can surmise—and the news is quite disturbing. Dozens…

No, this isn’t some fancy Photoshop trick, these are real human footprints ingrained in a hardwood floor. 70 year-old Buddhist monk Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot at his temple in  Tongren, China for over 20 years. His footprints, which are up to 1.2 inches deep in…

I hope you’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day today.  I plan to, certainly. I plan to celebrate Patrick, a Briton who was kidnapped as a young boy by Irish slavers and learned to pray constantly through horrific circumstances.  I plan to celebrate the Patrick who heard the voice of God in…

Assuming we have discerned the place God is calling us to, the following 5 issues should be discerned as each group forms. Each one of these issues takes discernment as well as much prayer and seeking God for guidance. I take it for granted that each church planter is seeking…

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The beauty of N.T. Wright is that for some he sounds like a milquetoast liberal and for others this will sound alarmingly fundamentalist. He must be doing something right. (HT: JR Rozko) via pastoralia.org