Category: Culture

Originally Posted: Saturday, August 06, 2005

Currently Listening
The End Is Here
By Five Iron Frenzy
13. On Distant Shores
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Mood:  quizzical
Now Reading: I need a new book
Topic: Living in the Epic Story

Here I am. Back. Changed…I think. The trip is over. The retreat is over. Time to come out of hiding.  (more…)

Originally Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Currently Reading
The Genesee Diary
By Henri Nouwen
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So here it is.  The weather is changing.  Things that were once new and shiny, now old and worn.  Hunger has settled in and now is gone away.  (more…)

Originally Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2005
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The Genesee Diary
By Henri Nouwen
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Things that I didn´t expect to hear in Mexico:

1.the Nooma Nooma song (It`s weird hearing a song like this, that was written 10 years ago in Europe, is popular in Texas, on a radio in the middle of Mexico.)
2.Eye of the Tiger
3.Any other American song that I have heard.

Originally Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2005

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The Genesee Diary
By HENRI NOUWEN
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I learned something the other day that I was hoping to learn while here.  I was meditating on what God was doing in my life.  Through loneliness and through hurting people I was in a way experiencing what God feels for the people here.  He wants them to know Him and is hurt by the atmosphere that cares nothing for the poor and orphaned. (more…)

Originally Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005

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The Genesee Diary
By HENRI NOUWEN
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So….it comes.  The winter.  Time is useless now.  Un-productivness has kicked in.  My hair is longer now.  I am almost a year older from when this started, almost a year ago. (more…)

Well, here I am again.  Two days in a row of being on the internet.  Wow!!!  That is amazing.  Now that I have a little more time, I must update everyone.  I got here on Friday night and the city is beautiful.  The house that I am staying in is in the historic part of the city.  In the center.  I am right across the street from a Baskin Robins!!!  I know, weird right?  My family has a mom, dad, grandma, son and the cousin of the son is here right now.  The family and my brother´s (the families really adopt you here) friends are nice.  On Saturday morning I was spending time with God, listening to a prophetic song and I saw a crucifix with Jesus on it that is over the door.  (more…)

When thinking through media, culture, technology and theology, it’s helpful to watch music awards shows on TV. There’s an observation I’ve made over the past several years regarding this. It’s interesting to me how quickly we forget what people have done and not changed from. It’s also interesting to me who we forgive and who we don’t. The specific example I have is Chris Brown…I know, I know, easy target. Right?!?! Well, it’s just a highlight and I’m not planning on attacking Chris Brown. I hope he changes. I’m more talking about our culture, how quickly we forget and how easily accountability of actions falls off the radar. This ability is a glowing misunderstanding of masculinity. (more…)

Originally Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2005

So I don´t have much time again. I´m in Mexico and it´s weird to not hear fireworks on the 4th of July. Anyway, it´s surprisingly cold right now because of the rain. We are in the mountains so it can get chilly at night. No complaints though. Kinda a nice change from Texas weather.

I was asked a while ago by a friend if I was OK. That’s not normally a question I’m asked. There was a reason he asked me, his wife was concerned because of a comment I’d made on social media. I don’t mind being vulnerable in a vague way on social media, so I made a statement about the cold clear winter night and it reminding me of two lifelong friends of mine. The statement was a bit veiled, but she saw through it since she’s known me for almost a decade at this point and asked him to check on me. I answered as honestly as possible. “No, but I will be.” Then I proceeded to explain how (more…)