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Here’s a fun word that I find myself using a bit more lately. Liminality. Here’s a wikpedia entry. The liminal state is characterized by ambiguity, openness, and indeterminacy. One’s sense of identity dissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. Liminality is a period of transition, during which your normal limits…

Here’s a fun word that I find myself using a bit more lately. Liminality. Here’s a wikpedia entry. The liminal state is characterized by ambiguity, openness, and indeterminacy. One’s sense of identity dissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. Liminality is a period of transition, during which your normal limits…

I just put down tuition deposit for my upcoming class with Bakke U:  Following the Celtic Trail.  It’s a week-long class visiting and learning at these locations: Belfast Armagh, where Patrick established the principle Irish church. Downpatrick, where Patrick is buried and with a well known visitor’s centre Luss,  home…

I just put down tuition deposit for my upcoming class with Bakke U:  Following the Celtic Trail.  It’s a week-long class visiting and learning at these locations: Belfast Armagh, where Patrick established the principle Irish church. Downpatrick, where Patrick is buried and with a well known visitor’s centre Luss,  home…

I was out to lunch with cow orker and friend yesterday, and when we hang out we talk about faith stuff ‘from the inside’. I was telling him what transitions we’re going through lately, and was talking about I’m enjoying my time studying at Bakke Grad School, especially with its…

I was out to lunch with cow orker and friend yesterday, and when we hang out we talk about faith stuff ‘from the inside’. I was telling him what transitions we’re going through lately, and was talking about I’m enjoying my time studying at Bakke Grad School, especially with its…

That’s how I feel these last weeks with regard to my own thoughts on faith and the church. See, I know I have pretty unique ideas about what is and what could be. I have made specific decisions about how the church we planted would try to live its faith…

That’s how I feel these last weeks with regard to my own thoughts on faith and the church. See, I know I have pretty unique ideas about what is and what could be. I have made specific decisions about how the church we planted would try to live its faith…

This week I blogged over at a shared blog that’s founded by one of my teachers, Jon Sharpe. City Consultations looks at signs of God’s hope in urban contexts. I wrote here on the topic of exegeting Seattle by photography, and included a few recent pictures from my exploration of…