Posted on July 7, 2008 by sheyduck
I am in Abilene, Texas through Friday for JYMO (Jurisdictional Youth Ministry Organization). McMurry University is our gracious host.
During this week, I’ll be leading a workshop on “Exploring the Call.” The purpose of this workshop is to help youth understand and interpret the calling God has placed and is placing on their lives. [...]
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Posted on June 30, 2008 by sheyduck
I’d like to share a thought from Peter Rollins’ The Fidelity of Betrayal:
The Christian “system” can thus never take power for, by definition, it is always that which stands against power, seeking to identify with the powerless and voiceless. (p.169-70)
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Posted on June 4, 2008 by sheyduck
My wife Rachel told me this morning that we’ve been asked (by email) not to use the new Dollar coins. They allegedly have left off the “In God We Trust.” I say allegedly because a quick check at snopes proved otherwise.
My first reaction, though, was to remember Jesus’ famous “render unto Caesar” teaching, as in [...]
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Posted on May 23, 2008 by sheyduck
Reggie McNeal says:
The shift that’s got to occur is from looking at the Kingdom through Church lenses to looking at the Church through Kingdom lenses.
HT Think Christian
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Posted on May 22, 2008 by sheyduck
I usually do my jogging on a treadmill so I can track distance and speed with a good deal of accuracy. Yesterday, after about 2 miles, I very suddenly felt pain in my left hamstring and began limping severely until I got the speed down. I thought I might be able to jog easily for [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2008 by sheyduck
We had an interesting little discussion this evening about Mother’s Day. How ought a preacher handle Mother’s Day? There were a couple of options given:
Mothers honored.
The virtues of motherhood examined and extolled
Then a third way was suggested
The traits and values of motherhood are generalized onto all of us in a sense of mutual accountability
And then [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by sheyduck
I’ve blogged about conversion already here and here, but some additional thoughts swept into my mind late last week. This is the first time since then I’ve really had time to share them.
In matters other than religious conversion, people are generally advised not to make major life decisions during times of extreme stress. For example, [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2008 by sheyduck
I have subscribed to another magazine. Just minutes ago I completed the process online to become the proud recipient of The Economist. In the issue dated April 12-18 there is “A Special Report on Mobility.” I’ll likely share more from this section at another time, but for now, consider this insight from the section titled [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by sheyduck
What, besides Thanksgiving, is Thursday known for?
Today is what it is known for. Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday. This is the day when Christians traditionally recognize and celebrate that Jesus washed his disciples’ feet and had the Last Supper with them.
Today is also the day when Jesus told his disciples that one of them would betray [...]
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Posted on March 3, 2008 by sheyduck
I just took the hermeneutics survey designed by Scot McKnight. Courtesy of Joe Bumbulis and Gavin Richardson.
I scored a 64, which is “Moderate.” Any surprise?
Where do you come out?
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