It is enough that gasoline prices continue to rise. This morning I filled up the little pony and it nearly took $23. Way too much for my vintage ride. Now, I turn to the front page of the Daily Oklahoman to find the prices of a gallon of milk will be going up and that [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2004
What to do when cultural practices portend absolute truth …
Growing up not far from Shepherd Mall in shallow north OKC, I recall many trips on my bicycle to the Mall. We would check out the latest toys in “T.G. & Y.” Sporting goods stores also capture the fancy of young boys looking for a new baseball glove or a new basketball for use in [...]
The Don married again?
I saw a spot on ET noting that after five years of “being together”, Donald Trump will marry again. Ivanna got him for a reported $23 million after 13 yeras. Marla got a paltry $2 million after five years. The question for many is what kind of “pre-nuptial” will this third marriage have.
One more illustration [...]
Remembering my little friend …
He often wore a leather “momo” jacket just his size. Occasionally his blond hair stood in a spike. He walked with determination – he knew where he was going.
Friends come in all shapes, sizes and yes ages. Many would suggest those so disparate in age could not be “friends.” He would want to talk to [...]
Rhythm …
Listening in to Todd Hunter on a conference call this afternoon left me thinking about life in the church as rhythm. The question posed grew oout of viewing church life being geared around a schedule. What would it look like of church grew from the rhythms of life? It would not take us out of [...]
The facade of community …
In the editor’s note in my recent copy of the “Mars Hill Review“, Sarah Koops Vanderveen makes the following observation about current attempts at community,
“While people can’t be faulted for choosing to live where they like or for seeking out others whose interests mirror their own, the Christian faith calls us to a practice of [...]
What blessing would we be to the world if …
I am intrigued by the earthy stories we find in the Scriptures. How often do we relegate the disciples to status of, “they just didn’t get it”? The implication from such a categorization is that surely we would have “gotten it” and therefore really do “get it” now. Could this be a bit of spiritual [...]
What is church?
Listening in to Dan Kimball this afternoon left me wrestling with some comments he made. Dan has been on staff at the Santa Cruz Bible Church for fifteen years. He led the youth, then the college ministry and then a “church within a church” called Graceland. He spent a year filling in as teaching pastor. [...]
An interesting blog on giving …
My brother Paul, who just moved to Sapulpa, Oklahoma to pastor the Faith Baptist Church. He sat down to watch TV on his new cable service and read what he found there at Caught In the Middle.
Taking something apart and putting it back together …
Growing up I had an infautation with learning how things worked. Some suggest this is normal for young boys. I recall a transistor radio I took apart repeatedly to see if I could figure out how it worked. My parents bought me “an educational toy” giving me the opportunity to explore a number of “science” [...]
