God is Emotional

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. Continue reading “God is Emotional”

Mexico and Liberal Theologians

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.  Continue reading “Mexico and Liberal Theologians”

How Quickly We Forget

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. Continue reading “How Quickly We Forget”

Not Much Of An Update

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.

The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most

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 Continue reading “The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most”

Leaving On A Jet Plane

Originally Posted:Thursday, June 30, 2005
Mood:  hug me
Now Playing: Ashburn: The Acoustic Set
Topic: Living in the Epic Story

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The Genesee Diary
By HENRI NOUWEN
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Well, things have been busy with me getting ready to go. It’s weird to think that I only have one more day in the country. K, well, since I am going away for a month I want to ask this and get feedback. Continue reading “Leaving On A Jet Plane”

Do we know?

Originally Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Mood:  quizzical
Now Reading:Victory Over the Darkness
Topic: the character of God

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Myself When I Am Real
By Bebo Norman
So Afraid
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There is a problem that we all have. We all tend to run from God. Why is that? Why do we not live like we believe what we say we believe? Why do I continue to fall in a constant cycle? Looking at my actions I see that I don’t really believe it. I don’t believe that the Gospel is sufficient for me. I don’t think that Jesus covers me. This is why, many times, I feel like I must act more “spiritual” than everyone else. Continue reading “Do we know?”

Multi-Site Church: Be Technologically Consistent

At Conversatio Morum we’ve been doing a series on the Multi-Site model of church. Since we’re dedicated to Theology, Technology, and Missiology, we’re spending the last two posts on the Technological side of things. The last post dealt with the practicals of thinking through technology and viewing it as an investment. You can read that here. This is the final post in the Multi-Site Church series and I want to take some time to deal with the final piece, consistency. Continue reading “Multi-Site Church: Be Technologically Consistent”