October 31, 2008 • 12:40 pm 1
As reported here, we voted a couple weeks ago. I want to be real up front and let you know who i voted for. Perhaps it will help you decide if you haven’t already. This post assumes that you are not considering a third party candidate- mathmatically throwing your vote away, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Seemingly Random , biden, harry potter, mccain, miracle on ice, obama, palin, vote
October 23, 2008 • 9:19 am 2
It’s one thing to be honest and another to, well, go past honesty. Meaning: I state that I am a smelly man, but then i don’t shower- I’ve stopped at being honest. Congrats on identifying myself correctly- but there are 11 more steps to being clean, man.
What drew us to our current church is that it’s the most honest group of church people we could find in Nashville out of the 6 or so churches we visited when we first arrived. Honesty is a big deal. Dishonesty in churches is an issue, i think, here in the middle kingdom… but that’s a sidenote.
“Self-deception is the enemy of wholeness because it prevents us from seeing ourselves as we really are. It covers up our lack of growth in the Spirit of the truthful One and keeps us from coming to terms with our real personalities.” -Brennan Manning, The Importance of Being Foolish. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Integral, Leadership, Recommends, Theology , Arbinger Institute, Brennan Manning, Dan Rather, Honesty, Leadership, self deception, the Importance of Being Foolish, Wholeness
October 17, 2008 • 9:49 am 0
I am completely intolerant of intolerant people. Those who choose to label, divide and further classify and segregate their fellow human beings should be put into penal colonies- see how they like that classification! The level playing field is firmly established and the government, slowly but surely, is catching up to the teachings of non-violence passed down to us.
Further.
I do not tolerate zombies! Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Interdisciplinary Action, Seemingly Random , shotguns, tactical maneuvers, zombies
• 9:39 am 0
Both of these items are old news- but i didn’t make the connection until today. When i heard that McCain had tapped Palin to come along with him and take the seat next to him on the Straight Talk Express, it jiggled my memorator… but i didn’t know why. Then today i read this and was reminded of Piper coming around and endorsing (puzzlingly, yes) Driscoll.
One leads into the other. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Leadership , driscoll, mccain, obama, palin, piper, straight talk express
October 16, 2008 • 10:16 am 0
This phrase has been lolling around in my head for a bit. Considering one can not entirely (or even probably come close) know, understand, experience or love God fully, completely; it becomes important to think about what one can do. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Integral, Interdisciplinary Action, Theology , christianity, ed gungor, finding god, holy suspicion, orthodoxy, orthopraxis, xianity
October 7, 2008 • 2:03 pm 0
Here’s something that won’t be news… at my last two jobs, i have checked out emotionally after about a year and a half. Both jobs were pretty intense, i was an integral part of what happened and then something happened- and instead of dealing with it, i checked out. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Integral, Interdisciplinary Action, Leadership , Leadership, self deception
