Re-Post: I first blogged on this back in 2009, but thought I’d bring it back as I’m going to use this audio again in this week’s message… One of my dad’s favorite things to do when we were kids was…
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From Worse to…well…Worser
I laughed today as I heard the preacher talk about Paul’s experience with the snake in Acts 28. I laughed b/c it’s a spot we all have found ourselves in. Let’s set this up… Paul is a prisoner He…
Posted in Prayer/Devotional Thoughts, Simply Blabbing
How Judgemental of Miley
How judgemental! I couldn’t believe it when I read how one of our nations pop icons, Miley Cyrus, came out with the following statement concerning her sexuality: “I am literally open to every single thing that is consenting and…
Posted in Simply Blabbing
What I’ve been reading…How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
You know the book that you’re glad you read, even though there are many things you don’t agree with? Insert this book. I’ve been studying the Bible for a while now, but on this sabbatical I wanted to get…
Posted in Books, Simply Blabbing
What I’ve been reading…Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Before any thought of running for the highest office in the land, Ben Carson penned this book about his life (written in 1996). From a mostly fatherless childhood, to nearly murdering a friend, to the first successful surgery to…
Posted in Books, Simply Blabbing
What I’ve been reading…41: A Portrait of my Father
It was the fall of 1992, and I was a freshman at what was probably a 99% conservative republican college in Springfield, MO. President George H. W. Bush and VP (and fellow Hoosier) Dan Quayle were up against the…
Posted in Books, Simply Blabbing
My ice cream has antifreeze in it!
Most of our ice cream has anti-freeze in it. That’s what the pastor speaker dude said at the conference I was at maybe 10 years ago. I thought it was odd that in the middle of some amazing teaching…
A few days in Lousianna
Megan and I just spent a few days in Baton Rouge, Lousianna, at a conference with Paul Scanlon (www.paulscanlon.com). First, the conference…it was a great time learning from Paul Scanlon (pic above…not the best picture as we were…
Posted in Sabbatical, Simply Blabbing
What do we build on?
What do we build a church on? Just think about that…what do those of us in the ‘western world’ build a church on? Denominational statement/affiliation? We are ____________________ church. You know we are a ____________________ church because we…
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Posted in Pathway Thoughts, Prayer/Devotional Thoughts, Simply Blabbing
Posted in Pathway Thoughts, Prayer/Devotional Thoughts, Simply Blabbing
Revive Indiana Thoughts
Here are a couple of things to keep in mind for those of you who have kids at Middlebury Community Schools (and any area schools for that matter) who want to be involved in Revive Indiana (Revive) during the day.…
Posted in Pathway Thoughts, Simply Blabbing
 | David Delp on 2016 ISOM Discussion Note… |
 | Sam Gordy on 2016 ISOM Discussion Note… |
 | Mary Jo Troyer on How Judgemental of Miley |
 | Del Penner on Revive Indiana Thoughts |
 | Scott Miller on I’m just not being fed here… |
