This evening I spent time at a “tea.” Sitting around a table with a number of four and five year old girls preparing for the “Little Miss Tuttle Pageant” I learned adults cannot enter the contest and neither can boys. Some question the first. I am guilty of the second. They are so perceptive.
For somewhere [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Oh the memories
The Illumined Life: Capture the Vibrant Faith of Ancient Christians
Shedding light on our shallow thinking about life with God, Frederica Mathewes-Green offers an accessible “little book” full of wisdom from ancient travelers of the way of Jesus. Setting the course toward “theosis” Frederica offers some thoughts that would surely intrigue any reader who has thought reflectively about the oft experienced inconsistencies in us all. [...]
What could 50-70 people do?
David helped me relocate my blog and give it many of the features you will find here at “The Edge of the Inside.” I met David in Greensboro last year. Since then we have kept up in a variety of ways – mostly via great technology. He wrote a piece of the Baptist General Convention [...]
Need to increase traffic? Stetzerize
Paul and I have a running joke with Ed Stetzer who reads my blog – not so much. In the past we have written about the increase in blog hits if we name certain folks. Ed is one of them. Since some may not know he is now blogging, my intent is to direct those [...]
Friday Photo … Guest Photo
Nathan B. took this photo while in the Bahamas for a wedding.
Cyrano … An evening with the kids
Saturday evening we took the kids out to celebrate Kimberly and Craig’s “3 Year Wedding Anniversary” which was Monday evening. Talk about hard to believe! We shared a fun dinner at Zio’s and then a trip downtown for “Shakespeare in the Park” and their version of “Cyrano de Bergerac.”
Patty and some friends took in “A [...]
Great piece on Darfur … What would you be willing to do?
I met Ken sevveral years ago. We reconnected in Norman a couple of years ago while he was in town on business. He owns a business in the Washington D.C. area, works on his master’s degree in philosophy and occasionally writes entries no one should miss. I received an e-mail with this line, ”
I’ve struggled [...]
Friday Photo
more views of the edge …
13
Baker’s Dozen. Mythical unlucky “#13.” Traditionally the beginning of adolescence. No 13th floor in hotels. Prime number.
Today we celebrated 13 years at Snow Hill. Our church honored us with a surprise meal, a gift and a great reminder of the value of relationships. Quite a number of folks wrote us notes of appreciation and affection. [...]
Shaping worship or being shaped by worship …
Imaginative work means both shaping and being shaped. Creating a bulldozer with Play-Doh requires the imagination to shape the pliable material. Once the piece is complete it shapes the the one who created the work. Thinking about the heavy piece of equipment the image replicates also reminds us of this truth. Coming off the assembly [...]
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