Month: March 2006

Working out and working it out …

Friday I made my usual trek in from an early morning of basketball. My pick-up team went 1-2 that morning. Every game was close. Paul, an unlikely hero, sunk the winning shot in the final game so we would not go home thrice defeated.

On mornings Lyle was not … Continue reading

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Pervasive … Getting your mind around life …

Lyndl, Tyrone and I met for prayer yesterday morning. We could only talk of one thing – the loss of our friend Lyle. I asked Lyndl how he was doing. He graduated with Lyle’s brother, Randy. They grew up in Tuttle and as kids spent a great deal of … Continue reading

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Friend …

Posting will be light, as you can already tell. Our church lost a fine man late Sunday evening. I lost a good friend …… Continue reading

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Denny Crane … Walk the Line … and the narrative that changes everything …

“Denny Crane,” blurts William. I admit it a leap from Captain of the Starship Enterprise to Crane of “Crane, Poole & Schmidt.” Denny really believes the mention of his name stirs fear in opposing counsel, awe in potential clients and longing in all women. He can be a cad … Continue reading

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Dashing the threat to the Gospel … Converging storms and exciting opportunities …

What can we learn from other cultures? For some time conservative evangelicals point to the decline in church attendance in Europe as reason to avoid perceived cultural and ecclesial mistakes. Attempts to avoid what someone else faces without properly understanding their culture is risky at best and culturally arrogant … Continue reading

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