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  • Inner Workings

    Inner Workings

    Originally Posted: Tuesday, November 08, 2005
    Mood: not sure
    Now Playing: Jars of Clary: Redemption Songs
    Topic: Living in the Epic Story


    Currently Reading
    Ragman – reissue : And Other Cries of Faith (Wangerin, Walter)
    By Walter Wangerin
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    Hmmm…so it’s been a while since I’ve posted. Little over a month. How do I do it? Awkward moments have happened. Mainly, I had a man randomly walk up to me while in Walmart and speak Klingon while trying to let me know that Krystals’ mini hamburgers are good. Also, I have convinced a friend that she is awkward but in a good way. I like you, internal dialogs at Starbucks are funny and weird. (more…)

  • Awesome App Review – Greenshot

    Awesome App Review – Greenshot

    Hey folks. We’re starting a new type of post here on Conversatio Morum. It’s Awesome App Reviews. We’re going to post reviews of helpful apps that can help you with efficiency, productivity, and mission. Today we’re going to review our first app, for a simple task that you probably never thought you’d need more options for….until now. Greenshot, is the most amazing screen shotting tool that I’ve ever seen. (more…)

  • Identity and Solitude

    Identity and Solitude


    Originally Posted: Friday, September 30, 2005
    Mood: not sure
    Now Reading: Henry Nouwen: The Way of the Heart
    Topic: The Romance of God


    Currently Listening
    Upbeats & Beatdowns
    By Five Iron Frenzy
    14: A Flowery Song
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    Well, it’s been a week since I’ve posted. Interesting days. Cold front has come through. It’s nice to have actual fall weather for once. New things that I’ve been learning. Conviction that God is bringing. I hate that I’m not good. I love the grace that Jesus gives me. Been learning of solitude. It’s good. I’m convicted. Change that I need. (more…)

  • Productive Interrupt Tutorial – Revised

    Productive Interrupt Tutorial – Revised

    Here at Conversatio Morum I want to give you valuable and thought-provoking content.

    Why? Because I love you.

    So a while back I posted about efficiency being part of our mission and then a tutorial about how to create a productive interrupt on your computer. You can read those here and here. The tutorial was created with Windows 7 and when I switched to Windows 8 I discovered that there are some differences to how to set this up. So I want to show you those differences to make this information still be useful to you. (more…)

  • Looking into His eyes

    Looking into His eyes

    Originally Posted:Thursday, September 22, 2005
    Mood:  not sure
    Now Playing: Glorious: Revelation Song
    Topic: martyrdom and adventure

    Currently Reading
    The Way of the Heart : Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry
    By Henri J. M. Nouwen
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    Ok, so here goes. I don’t know. I’ve been sick the last few days. Now I’m better. My voice is back. Silence is good. I have a friend who just started speaking again. He took a vow of silence for a week. I’m very proud of him for sticking with it. Time seems endless now. Things seem…mundane. Yeah, that’s a good word…mundane. Mundane is OK. (more…)

  • We Are Not Owed

    We Are Not Owed

    It’s time for a guest post!! Here’s one from Jonathan Jones. Jonathan is a Doctoral student, Worship Leader, and student of the grace of God. When he’s not being a musical genius, you can probably find him working, teaching on grace, or being that guy playing guitar on campus. Point being, he’s cool AND smart. That’s a 1-2 punch combo folks. You can check out the blog he writes at http://jonathanmichaeljonesblog.blogspot.com/ or follow him on Twitter @j_mjones

    I was recently in the context of a corporate worship service where the people prayed for healing of a man with cancer. It is clear from scripture that we should do this. Nevertheless, although God is perfectly capable of healing someone of sickness, we are not owed that. (more…)

  • Independence Day

    Independence Day

    Happy Independence Day!! Random fact: did you know that the Declaration of Independence was actually signed on July 2nd, not 4th? Today I’m taking a break from the old Xanga posts. I’d like to take this moment to remember the brave men and women who have participated in the founding of a nation. Men and women who took a stand and risked, for something they believed in greatly. (more…)

  • Catalyst Dallas: Be Present One Year Later

    Catalyst Dallas: Be Present One Year Later

    A little over a year ago I was able to attend the Catalyst Conference in Dallas. If you’d like to read my notes from Catalyst Dallas, you can find the list of posts here. There’s so really great content. The theme of Catalyst Dallas, as well as Catalyst for that year, was Be Present. It’s been a little over a year and I feel like it’s time to evaluate how I’m doing at just that. (more…)

  • Changing and Grace

    Changing and Grace

    Originally Posted:Friday, September 02, 2005
    Mood: quizzical
    Now Playing: Silence
    Topic: The Romance of God

    Currently Reading
    The Way of the Heart : Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry
    By Henri J. M. Nouwen
    see related

    I had forgotten about this song until I was looking through some cd’s the other day. The lyrics made me laugh and maybe they’ll do that for you also. It is a funny way of putting it, but it rings true to the way that Jesus changes people. (more…)

  • Sheeran’s A Team and Purpose – Part 2

    Sheeran’s A Team and Purpose – Part 2

    Once after playing paintball all day and getting dehydrated, I had thought that I was really hungry. Once my friend and I got to the restaurant we were going too, we ended up drinking two full pitchers of water each while waiting for our food. Turns out we were both simply really thirsty. I think we took our food home in to go boxes to enjoy later. We thought we needed food, when we really needed water. We had misplaced our hunger. (more…)