Wayward Son

Musician. Composer. Recovering perfectionist. Minister-in-transition. Lover of puns. Hijacker of rock song references. Questioner of the status quo. I'm not really a rebel. Just a sincere Christ-follower with a thirst for significance that gets me into trouble. My quest has taken me over the fence of institutional Christianity. Here are some of my random thoughts along the way. Read along, join in the conversation. Just be nice.

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A Bible Conversation

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Happy New Year, everyone…

I meant to do this yesterday, but about midday yesterday I got thrown for a loop with a sudden nasty stomach bug, and I’m just now returning to the land of the living. (Good thing I didn’t have any New Year’s Eve plans…)

Anyhow…I’ve talked to you before about my friend Mike Klassen, who wrote Strange Fire, Holy Fire (I reviewed the book here). Mike has just launched a new blog called “A Daily Bible Conversation“, inviting everyone to read through the Bible with him in a year, and discussing in the comments what God impresses on you as you read. It’s an interactive way to work through the Bible, talking about it along the way. Go check it out, and join the conversation, if you’re so inclined.

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I’m Two Years Old–I Mean My Blog Is Two Years Old

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Categories: random stuff, What the heck was THAT?

So I’m sitting here trying to figure out what to write, since I haven’t written an uber-profound post here in at least a few days…when all of a sudden, it occurs to me:

This is my blog’s two-year anniversary!

So that’s what I’m writing about. The blog is two years old today.

Isn’t that great?

Yay!

Cards, congratulatory letters, and money can be sent to…well, tell you what. Just skip the cards and PayPal the money.

You think I’m kidding.

Okay. I’m kidding.

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What’s the Story (excerpt)

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Categories: Meanderings (look it up)

Excerpted from my post today on Communitas:

Among the many other irons I have in the fire, I am managing to squeeze in reading a borrowed copy of Donald Miller’s new book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. Actually, I’m reading it out loud–to my family. That might sound a bit Amish or something, but my family loves it when I read Donald Miller to them–he can be so funny when he writes, and I guess I have this comedic timing with it when I read him aloud.

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In Which I Ramble About How I Wish I Could Write Like Donald Miller

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Categories: it's all about me, Meanderings (look it up), Things I Should Probably Not Be Telling You

I don’t know if anyone but me remembers this, but I started this blog as practice, as a way of processing my thoughts, with the intention of eventually writing a book.

That was two years ago next week.

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Thoughts on Diversity

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Categories: food for thought

I’m spending so much time writing these days that I don’t have too much time to read, but I finally decided to give Brian McLaren a try, and am working through his book A Generous Orthodoxy. I hesitated to read McLaren mainly because when someone in a certain stream has written that many books about it, I get a little suspicious that maybe he’s got it all figured out, and I’m a little gun-shy about hooking up with another “camp” who has it “figured out”. I can tell that I won’t agree with everything he’s saying, but so far I’m enjoying it.

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Sunday Meditations: The Watching-and-Waiting Season

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Categories: food for thought, Sunday meditations

Starting today, and at least every other Sunday for awhile, I’m going to do something I haven’t really done on this blog: a feature. For lack of a better term, we’ll call this feature “Sunday Meditations”. This biweekly post (or weekly, if I can get some momentum) will be more devotional in nature–no rants, no theological arguments, just some thoughts and observations about God and the Christian life, and maybe a Scripture or two to ponder. If this goes over well, we’ll launch a podcast and start a major marketing campaign and conference tour be glad it’s helping someone.

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Thought for the Day–Or Maybe for a Couple of Days

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Categories: food for thought, What the heck was THAT?

Here is Nugget #84 from the Official Collection of Proverbs and Random Thoughts from Jeff the Twisted, Slightly Off-Center Philosopher:

“Today, we determine whether someone is part of the church by what they believe…yet when the church began, the determining factor for who was part of the church was Whom they believed in.”

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What We’re Looking For–from Communitas

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An excerpt from my post today on Communitas:

A number of years ago–longer ago than I (or they) probably care to admit–U2 hit the airwaves with a breakout hit, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” Evangelicals who had tentatively embraced the Irish band for their Christian-themed songs were aghast at the lyrics, penned by lead singer Bono.

Just in case anyone has unexplainable gaps in their knowledge of pop culture, here are the lyrics that raised such a ruckus:

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A Woman’s Voice

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Categories: food for thought, healing wounds, music, women's issues

Pam’s post on Communitas today reminded me of this song by Patty Griffin, which I recently heard and which captivated me immediately. It’s not a Christmas song, not even a “Christian” song–but the very human depiction of Mary in this song speaks volumes to me about the struggles and sacrifices of so many women, and does so in ways that words alone cannot.

“Mary” by Patty Griffin

Mary, you’re covered in roses
You’re covered in ashes, you’re covered in rain
You’re covered in babies, covered in slashes
Covered in wilderness, covered in stains

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