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Catalyst Dallas: Be Present One Year Later

Be Present Bracelet after 1 year

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. Continue reading “Catalyst Dallas: Be Present One Year Later”

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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
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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. Continue reading “Changing and Grace”

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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. Continue reading “Sheeran’s A Team and Purpose – Part 2”

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Radical Prayers

Originally Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Mood: hug me
Now Playing: Silence
Topic: Living in the Epic Story

Currently Reading
Living Reminder, The – Reissue : Service and Prayer in Memory of Jesus Christ
By Henri J. M. Nouwen
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We are called to community. That is the point. As followers of Christ. Not religious people. If we do not love the body of Christ I must wonder if we, therefore, do not love Christ Himself. With this in mind what are we called to by community. We’ll, look at Acts 2:42. Continue reading “Radical Prayers”

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Sheeran’s A Team and Purpose – Part 1

If you listen to the radio at all you’ve probably heard “The A Team” by Ed Sheeran. It hit 16 on the Billboard charts several months ago. The lyrics of the song haunts me a bit. I think the combination of the lyrics, and the fact that it got so high on the billboard charts so quickly, haunt me even more. It speaks to our culture’s view of longing and how to find something that satisfies. I want to go into this more, but the reality of our lives is that we were created to be addicted. The issue is what we’re addicted to. Continue reading “Sheeran’s A Team and Purpose – Part 1”

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Things I Didn’t Expect To Hear

Originally Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2005
Currently Reading
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.