I enjoy basketball. Playing takes a greater toll than it once used to. Saturday our team played and suffered a monstrous defeat. I confess to wondering when the day would come that I should only play pick-up games and leave the leagues to the flat bellies. After this past week the day is nearer than [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
The “Terrorizer” … Basketball made fun …
Saturday we enjoyed watching Dani play basketball. Her nickname is, "The Terrorizer." She did a great job. Those who put this show on took steps to ensure the young people felt like they played in the Ford Center; complete with fog machines, spot lights and big screen introductions. What great fun to watch. We also [...]
Connecting Justice and Jesus Following …
On January 14, 2007, The Oklahoman ran an op-ed piece by Rev. Glenn Cranfield. The Rev. Cranfield served as the director of the City Rescue Mission in Oklahoma City for nine years. He noted the renaissance taking place in downtown Oklahoma City. Glenn also noted how his understanding of this sociological reality changed once he [...]
The “Season of unfortunate remarks” continues …
Last week (Wednesday, January 17,2007) The Oklahoman carried this op-ed piece by Dan Thomasson. The opening paragraph, as well it should, caught my attention immediately,
This is the season of unfortunate remarks, and the remarks are likely to get worse as the bickering over Iraq policy accelerates. How could it be otherwise with seemingly half the [...]
Subverting the Empire … Living Counter-Intuitive Values …
According to an AP article on the front page of The Oklahoman young people grow more materialistic. Seems since 1966 incoming college freshmen consider financial prosperity very important. Pew Research Center indicated 80 percent of 18-to 25-year-olds ranked getting rich as their top priority.
When wealth becomes the marker of success how could we possibly expect [...]
UPDATE – ETREK Comes to OKC Metro!
One week ago I posted on the upcoming ETREK Road Trip here in the OKC Metro. Some updates. The Renovare event at Crossings Community Church is now posted on the Crossings Website. The price for the Road Trip has been REDUCED! Was $249, NOW, $199. E-mail me at todd@etrek.com for registration.
Formed at the speed of godliness …
Keith Matthews leads our current ETREK course at Biblical Seminary. He led us through a prayer exercise using the following quote from Dr. James Houston’s response to the question about speeding up the process of spiritual formation (found in an edition of the Denver Seminary Magazine).
Well, I think the vocabulary is wrong, because it’s [...]
Another way of understanding Darfur …
Some find it difficult to grasp the situation in Darfur. Here is a way that may help communicate the gravity people face in this region of the Sudan.
Darfur is Dying
(HT: Marko)
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