Our second day began with a "Continental Breakfast" at the hotel. We then mapped out our day and thought it good to stop by Barnes & Noble on the Northwest Highway at Central Expressway. I admitted in the previous post on our "Road Trip" to being a bibliophile. This Barnes & Noble satisfied the appetite [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Road Trip … Day 1 …
"On the road again." When Patty and I moved to Dallas in 1985 we often made the trip north on I-35 to OKC. Christmas. Thanksgiving. Birthdays. Special Events. Funerals. Regular were our trips. We often sang that line from an old Willie Nelson song, "On the road again, just can’t wait to get on the [...]
Update …
We are finishing up a couple of days in Dallas. I have put together a couple of posts on our "Road Trip." They will be up later today or tomorrow. The pic for my "Friday Photo" was taken in the stairwell of the Dallas Museum of Art. More in the forthcoming posts. For now, if [...]
Wright on the Word become flesh … An Advent Sermon
Listen, because the incomprehensible Word, the child, speaks to you.
Don’t patronize him; don’t reject him; don’t sentimentalize him. Learn
the language within which he makes sense. And come to the table to
enjoy the breakfast, the breakfast which is he himself, the Word made
flesh, the Life which is our life, our light, our glory.
These words bring to [...]
The Dialectic of Advent … Hiding and Not Hiding …
Eugene Peterson gave a series of lectures at Regent College in 1999 titled, "Eat This Book." The second lecture invites one to consider the link between form and content – the content is in the form. Pressing for an understanding of the Scriptures as narrative, story, Peterson suggests the form invites us to both consider [...]
Honor Your Father and Mother … What would you trade their honor for? …
Walter Wangerin offered a picture of what it is to honor your parents in a story he told some years ago at the first National Pastor’s Convention in San Diego. I listen to this sermon a couple of times a year. He tells the story of a friend whom he went to see after they [...]
Natalie strikes again … Write more when your bored …
Natalie offers some great thoughts here and here.
Great Willimon Piece …
This past Sunday I used part of this Will Willimon piece. The quote I found helpful to describe how we must not neglect intentional means to follow Jesus,
The immediate problem that confronts is that our church is
accommodationist. Even though we know that there is a strong, critical
strain in Wesleyanism against the evils of â??Ã?úriches,â??Ã?ù we [...]
Transcendent moments singing “Joy to the World” …
Brian McLaren offers some great thoughts after singing, "Joy to the World."
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