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Continue reading →: What makes a church healthy?
I’m not sure that there’s that many people reading here these days ;-), but I have a question to ask. I’d actually love to hear answers from church-attenders and from not-attenders. When you think of a healthy church, what makes that church healthy? Discuss.
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Continue reading →: ★ Facts about children in the Washington foster care system
Who are Washington’s children waiting in the foster care system? 9,368 children in foster care 43% of foster children are between ages of 0 and 5 30% of foster children are between ages of 6 and 12 26% of foster children are between ages of 13 and 21 Average number…
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Continue reading →: Facts about children in the Washington foster care system
Who are Washington’s children waiting in the foster care system? 9,368 children in foster care 43% of foster children are between ages of 0 and 5 30% of foster children are between ages of 6 and 12 26% of foster children are between ages of 13 and 21 Average number…
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Continue reading →: ★ Vineyard national leaders conference resources
There are now audio and newsletter files for last week’s national leaders conference posted to the Vineyard’s website. Word from my friend Wayne at the Everett (WA) Vineyard church plant was very positive, and another friend Eric (Buck Naked Eric to you and me) was on one of panel discussions.
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Continue reading →: Vineyard national leaders conference resources
There are now audio and newsletter files for last week’s national leaders conference posted to the Vineyard’s website. Word from my friend Wayne at the Everett (WA) Vineyard church plant was very positive, and another friend Eric (Buck Naked Eric to you and me) was on one of panel discussions.
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Continue reading →: ★ Literary Meme – an oldie but a goodie
Mike Clawson over at Emerging Pensees passed along a good meme that I’m pretty sure I’ve done before. Here’s how it goes: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open it to page 161. 3. Find the fifth full sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence along with these instructions.…
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Continue reading →: Literary Meme – an oldie but a goodie
Mike Clawson over at Emerging Pensees passed along a good meme that I’m pretty sure I’ve done before. Here’s how it goes: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open it to page 161. 3. Find the fifth full sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence along with these instructions.…
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Continue reading →: ★ This puts it all into perspective
Our family has started the process of doing another adoption. We are a ways out – probably January or February is when we’ll be ready to add another family member – but are doing some legwork and research and planning. We’re probably going to be doing foster adoption. One of…
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Continue reading →: This puts it all into perspective
Our family has started the process of doing another adoption. We are a ways out – probably January or February is when we’ll be ready to add another family member – but are doing some legwork and research and planning. We’re probably going to be doing foster adoption. One of…
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Continue reading →: ★ Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to women everywhere. I hope you realize how unique and precious your life is, and how much of a gift you are to the guys in your world.
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I’m Pat
Passionate about the common good, human flourishing, lifelong learning, being a good ancestor.
Things I do: Engineering leadership; Grad Instructor in spirituality, creativity, digital personhood, pilgrimage.
Powerlifter, mountain biker, Gonzaga basketball fan, reader, urban sketcher, hiker.
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