From the monthly archives:

June 2008

At first glance it seems easy… but the more I thought about it, it’s 420 reps…yikes!

“Blackjack” (Courtesy of CrossFit One World)
Complete the following for time:
20 push-ups/1 sit-up
19 push-ups/2 sit-ups
18 push-ups/3 sit-ups
17 push-ups/4 sit-ups
16 push-ups/5 sit-ups
15 push-ups/6 sit-ups
14 push-ups/7 sit-ups
13 push-ups/8 sit-ups
12 push-ups/9 sit-ups
11 push-ups/10 sit-ups
10 push-ups/11 sit-ups
9 push-ups/12 sit-ups
8 push-ups/13 sit-ups
7 push-ups/14 sit-ups
6 push-ups/15 sit-ups
5 push-ups/16 sit-ups
4 push-ups/17 sit-ups
3 push-ups/18 sit-ups
2 push-ups/19 sit-ups
1 push-up/20 sit-ups

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Clever Men’s retreat ad

June 29, 2008
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Church Basement Roadshow: Tulsa

June 27, 2008

July 15, Tony Jones, National Coordinator of Emergent Village; Doug Pagitt, Lead Pastor of Solomon’s Porch; and Mark Scandrette, Poet and co founder of ReImagine in San Fran will be coming town. I will be there and I’d encourage you to bring your friends as well. It’s a book tour of sorts, but with the [...]

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Jon Stewart weighs in on Obama /Dobson

June 26, 2008
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Dobson and Obama

June 25, 2008

You knew this was coming right? Dobson blasting Obama. The problem for Dobson is that America has changed and he hasn’t. I’ll go further. The church has changed and he hasn’t. Before Dubbya’s 8 years in office, Dobson, Falwell and Pat Robertson all decided they would speak for everyone in America who follows Jesus. It [...]

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Trying to find rhythm again

June 24, 2008

I let Pam sleep in this morning as we recover from our vacation.It was a great trip.1 day travel to cali1 day Sea World (10am – 10pm EST)1 day at beach and out with friends3 days at Disneyland and California Adventure1 day at Legoland.1 day travel to tulsa.= a great time and tired feet. Today [...]

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4th Century Church

June 24, 2008

Scot McKnight has a very short post I found very interesting here. Thing that stood out: Two things struck me about this basilica: First, that the name “basilica” is also the name the Romans used for their central legal building. Second, that this Christian basilica was in the heart of the city of Ostia antica, [...]

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A Great Reminder from Mike King

June 23, 2008

Mike is at Biblical Seminary outside Philly (the same Biblical I’ll be teaching a 3 course youth ministry certificate starting this fall) and he’s in a conversations with John Franke and Alan Roxburgh and they are talking about Missional Theology. Money Quote: The reality is that being Missional is first and foremost about God. This [...]

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Links to some Friends

June 22, 2008

Micheal asks an important sports question. Jimmy answers Jake’s (his 3 yr old) theological question. Brant (who’d I’ve never met, but hope to one day) wonders what the election would look like after the rapture. That’s funny. My old friend Mark hangs with Desmond Tutu. Link

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Vacation Day Four

June 21, 2008

Disney.We drove into garden grove late wednesday night, stayed at the Marriott Suites.It was a nice hotel with a nice room, and a free buffet (thanks again to all the churches who I’ve traveled to see this year for marriott points) We packed up and changed hotels. We are now staying in the Disneyland hotel. [...]

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