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Have you ever noticed how many significant Biblical events occur in a garden? By way of background: I’m heads-down with work, kids and grad school. I recently finished my Old Testament Theology class and am preparing for the class wrapped around Off the Map’s “You Say You Want a Revolution”…

Have you ever noticed how many significant Biblical events occur in a garden? By way of background: I’m heads-down with work, kids and grad school. I recently finished my Old Testament Theology class and am preparing for the class wrapped around Off the Map’s “You Say You Want a Revolution”…

On this coming Sunday, we’ll have a baby dedication ceremony for Brogan. It’s going to be a fantastic party – literally four times as many people will be in attendance as our normal worship gathering. One part of the ceremony that Shannon, Kaileigh and I will do is to read…

On this coming Sunday, we’ll have a baby dedication ceremony for Brogan. It’s going to be a fantastic party – literally four times as many people will be in attendance as our normal worship gathering. One part of the ceremony that Shannon, Kaileigh and I will do is to read…

Humility. Like patience, celibacy and the ability to avoid watching reality TV, it’s a wonderful virtue to have attained a measure of, but not the kind of thing you want to learn that you don’t have enough of. Not in the moment of unveiling, anyway. Apparently my God has decided…

Humility. Like patience, celibacy and the ability to avoid watching reality TV, it’s a wonderful virtue to have attained a measure of, but not the kind of thing you want to learn that you don’t have enough of. Not in the moment of unveiling, anyway. Apparently my God has decided…

I wasn’t tagged with this meme, but I read Scot McKnight’s version and then John Frye’s, so I figured I’d just jump into the pool. Feel free to play along; link to your blog entry in the comments here! 1. One book that changed your life: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together.…