Every now and then I’ll have someone still ask me if membership really matters. It’s a fair question, especially in light of living in a culture where clearly it does not. I mean, think about this with me for a moment.How many things are you a member of whether loosely or officially, where it really […]
READ MOREI’m stunned.And I feel a bit stupid for falling for the same routine again. I’ve felt like this for 2 days.I still felt that way this morning. And I looked in the mirror and saw that little had changed.I looked the same—> Why do I keep believing that mankind will surprise me and do and […]
READ MOREWhen it all comes down to it, any ministry worth squat needs to be able to honestly say this. Think about it.If you attend a church where the leader is charismatic, influential, bold, promises the sky and the moon and helps people raise their life game to an ‘A’ level, BUT does not pray. You […]
READ MOREWhat if I told you there was a good chance (around 100%) you will be tapped on the shoulder (by God) in the next several months to go forth and face some GIANTS with nothing more than a Remco slingshot? Or, at least it seems to you that you have nothing more than a slingshot. You […]
READ MOREHi my name is, fill in the blank, and I’m a recovering, fill in the blank. Why is it so important at these meetings to say this in front of everyone else? Is it just to humiliate? Finger point? Belittle? Sufficiently break like you like a wild stallion? No. The reason is so that each individual […]
READ MOREThe other day I listened to a few new tunes from the band, “plankeye.” Did you catch that name? Plankeye I love it! It’s a take off this scripture, http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%206:41-42;&version=65; where Jesus tells a group of pharisees and hypocritical religious leaders to figure out how to extract the giant 2 x 4’s in their own […]
READ MOREI hope there isn’t some sort of ministry mafia out there just waiting for the call to take rebel bloggers like me behind the heavenly woodshed. Because it seems there is an unspoken (or maybe it’s spoken, but I haven’t heard it) rule about what you can and can’t touch in the religious blogging world. Anyway, […]
READ MOREOk, gang, we are at 42 on the old “How’s you hear about us?” Rictor scale. It seems getting 58 more is going to be a bit like pulling teeth but I’m determined to try. Sooooooo… Incase you haven’t heard yet (or if some of you who have already done this can become fire starters […]
READ MOREYou ever notice how many rules go right out the window on vacation? We ate like pigs. We slept in way too long. We ate like pigs. We got way too sunburned. We rode twisty, spinning, droppy rides one time too many. We ate like pigs. What’s the deal with theme park food? It […]
READ MOREYesterday my family and I were waiting in the sweltering heat in line for the Kali River Rafting Adventure at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Our goal was simple. Get as wet as possible so that we could cool off. Nathan (my son) was the undisputed winner in that category. But before he got drenched from head […]
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