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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Thoughts on Revolution, and Choosing Life

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Categories: food for thought, movies

Yesterday, I saw the movie Revolutionary Road. If you haven’t seen it yet, I won’t give too many details so as not to spoil it for you; and a bit of caution–there is adult content in it, and it is NOT for children.

But I have to tell you that it was one of the most thought-provoking, powerful, intelligent statements about living life that I have seen in a movie.

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Ironic Thought of the Day

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Categories: food for thought

When the church was born, she was a subversive, revolutionary movement of sold-out Christ-followers, whose chief desire was to fulfill the mission of Christ and reveal the kingdom of God, whose greatest source of persecution was from an establishment called the Roman Empire.

Today, there is a similar subversive, revolutionary movement of sold-out Christ-followers, whose chief desire is to fulfill the mission of Christ and reveal the kingdom of God, whose greatest source of persecution is from an establishment called…the church.

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Hey! What’s This White Stuff Falling From the Sky?

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Categories: fun, weather, What the heck was THAT?

After experiencing one of the wettest years on record for this area…so far this has been a very dry winter for Tulsa. Several cold snaps, and just a teensy bit of freezing drizzle…but almost no rain, and no snow. Guess Portland’s been getting all of it this year (sorry, Erin).

So this morning I get up and leave the house to go to my favorite blogging spot, and there’s this crazy looking white stuff falling from the sky, and blowing in rippled patterns across the road.

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Quick Update

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Categories: prayer, random stuff

To all who left comments, and mainly to all who have been praying for us over the past couple of days…thank you so much.

Sorry I have be a bit vague about this, but the good news is basically that there has been no news. Much speculation, but thus far no change that drastically affects us. It’s not a settled issue; we still have to take it day by day and continue to lean on God, and not on our circumstances. So those things I asked you to be praying about are still good things to pray for us, as God brings us to mind. 🙂 But the 48-hour period where we were watching intently has passed without a significant event, and that’s a good thing.

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Crazy Times

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Categories: prayer, random stuff

I’m not sure why this is, but it seems like seasons of transition can be accompanied by so much chaos and upheaval.

I realize that we’re sort of “in between” seasons right now–something I’ve mentioned before. But it’s uncanny how much turbulence has occured in recent days, not just in our lives but in the lives of others around us. And the really weird thing is…the situations are unrelated to one another, but just all seem to be happening at once. At times like this, it’s hard to believe it isn’t something spiritual taking place.

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True Confessions About Church

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Categories: food for thought, Meanderings (look it up)

Can we tawlk? (That’s “talk” in Brooklynese.)

I’ve come to a rather interesting, embarrassing and disturbing realization about all my years growing up in institutional church. In spending much of my childhood, and most of my adult life, inside the walls of churches…in gaining favor in church circles…in becoming a leader in church…in having a burgeoning ministry “career”…

…I never really liked church services.

Gasp!

It’s true. Oh, I enjoyed it enough when I had something to do; I enjoyed playing the piano, leading worship, doing “my thing”. And I truly love to experience God’s presence, especially in the context of worship. Those parts are great.

But sitting through the church meeting itself? Never really did it for me.

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Favorite Movie Lines, and A Fun(ny) Movie Line Story

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Categories: fun, What the heck was THAT?

You might as well know this about me: I am notorious for quoting movies in middle of conversations. You might have even noticed that I do this sometimes on the blog.

I love to do it especially when the movie line somehow fits into the conversation as though it belonged there. Adds to the humor.

The Director does this, too. Sometimes The Director and I will have entire conversations using only movie lines, while The Wild One yanks out her hair.

Just as an example…here are just a sample of some of the movie lines I use most often. See if you can guess them. (Answers are below.)

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Why When I Say the Church Is an Organism, I’m Not Just Being Hip

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Categories: changing mindsets, food for thought

You ought to have seen me when I was in high school. Perhaps, someday when I’m healed up and less vain, I’ll post my graduation picture here (or maybe just when I stop being lazy and scan the dang photo).

Anyway, when I was in high school, my hair was styled 10 years out of date, shaped like a wavy sort of afro, and my nose was this huge thin triangle thing that was too big for my face. I was also skinny as a rail, so if I turned sideways, my protruding nose was approximately 80% of my profile. Oh, and starting my senior year, I wore a razor thin moustache that looked like I’d just drunk a glass of dirt. (Hey, it was the best I could do at the time.)

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