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Quick Fly-by

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Just stopping in quickly because I know I haven’t posted here in a couple of weeks.

Yes, this is a filler post. Deal with it. 🙂
Actually, my intentions have been the best, but life sort of pre-empted me. Sunday mornings are now prime-time for me to write here, but last Sunday I had to take The Wild One in to an urgent care clinic for a delayed reaction to a bee sting (she’s fine, thanks for asking), and this morning I’m visiting my friends at the congregation where I was helping with worship last year (a visit that was actually supposed to happen last Sunday, but got pre-empted by the bee sting thing).
So in a sense, last week was a double pre-empt, because not only did the blog-writing get pre-empted, the pre-empting event also got pre-empted.
Okay, that’s enough. At least now you know where I’ve been, and that I haven’t gone off the grid. Be back soon with something profound to say. Meanwhile, try and figure out the previous paragraph. That should keep you busy for awhile. 🙂

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Quick Update

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Yesterday (Wednesday) we finally were allowed back into our apartment–exactly one week after a busted sprinkler pipe sent water gushing into our home. The work of re-sorting everything has now begun. It feels good to get back at least somewhere close to our normal routine. Thanks to all who expressed concern and support. Just a quick update to let you know we’re getting back to normal.

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Update: Still Here

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Well, the bad news, is, we’re still waiting to get back into our apartment. I don’t think the management realized just how much water was leaked; apparently they’re having a hard time getting the walls to dry out. They even went in and cut out some drywall yesterday. (I don’t think the on/off snow is helping matters much, either.) It could be as late as Tuesday before we can go back. So we’re a bit stir-crazy in the hotel, just waiting so we can get our lives back to some sense of normalcy.

The good news is, we’ve seen an amazing show of support from our new circles of friends–not just “we’ll pray for you”, but genuine offers of help. I feel more surrounded and covered and protected by my community than I have in many years–and that’s without belonging to any particular institutional church. No strings attached, no agendas, just being present with us in the moment–both believers and non-believers who are actually acting Christ-like. It is very encouraging and healing.
I’ve tried to keep perspective of our situation. I know that first of all, what happened to us could have been far worse; and secondly, there are a lot of people who do have it far worse, particularly from this crazy weather around the country. And even though our lives have been inconvenienced by the extended hotel stay, I’m glad the apartment management is taking recovery seriously enough to do it right, so we don’t come back to mold in our apartment. I’d rather have a few more days in a hotel than have to breathe air in our apartment that makes us sick.
I have experienced a great deal of grace in the midst of this chaos. I’m very thankful.

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The Next Step

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Categories: How I am, Meanderings (look it up), My Story

So for those of you who have been tracking along on my journey…first of all, my apologies. Thirteen-days-no-blogging-here has to be a personal record for me.

Shortly after moving to Denver a year ago (!), I mentioned here that I was helping some friends with worship at a church plant they were/are doing–an…um…institutional church. I’ve talked on occasion about the irony and tension associated with that relationship, the various discussions we’ve had from differing points of view. After a year there, I’m still scratching my head a little, because I’m still a little baffled as to how I got the job in the first place. These guys know about my deconstruction and my feelings about institutional Christianity, and furthermore, they read this blog. If I had been them, I probably wouldn’t have asked me, because I would have assumed I would be trouble. 🙂 But for some reason, they did ask…and I’d have to say it’s been a healthy exchange all around.

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Embracing the Changes

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Categories: creativity, How I am, missional, moments of truth

So you’ve probably noticed that over the past few weeks, the number of my posts here has been dwindling considerably. I generally try to get over here at least three times a week, but lately I’ve been fortunate to post once a week. A couple of weeks ago, I simply asked a couple of questions, and the comment section ended up providing enough content to do us all for a month! 🙂

But there is a reason for the reduced posting. I’ve been working on some things on this end, and now it’s time to let you know what I’ve been up to.

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What’s Coming…

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Categories: How I am, Meanderings (look it up), moments of truth, You need to read this

I’ve processed a lot of stuff here in the past couple of years, as I’ve transitioned out of institutional church into “something else” that I don’t know what to call it yet. This transition has been full of surprises; if someone had made me bet my life on predicting the stuff that has happened, I’d be dead now.

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Six Months

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Categories: How I am, things that don't fit in any category in particular

This weeks marks six months since I moved to Denver.

It would take a book to chronicle the many ways our lives have changed since moving here. In some ways, the changes in our attitude and approach began in Tulsa and led to our moving here. In other ways, coming here has been life-changing in its own way.

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How’m I Doin’ (For Real This Time)

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Categories: How I am, random stuff

So I’m ready to talk about some personal stuff, some real life stuff, some…stuff.

My family and I have been in Denver now nearly two months. We definitely love it here and have no regrets for moving. What is interesting, though, is that the season of transition didn’t really end when we made the move. We have made such a drastic life change that it is taking some time to find our feet underneath us. As friendly and warm as most Denverites are, forming meaningful relationships still takes time…but it is happening.

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How’m I Doin’? (A Post for Everybody, but Especially for You, Barb)

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Categories: How I am, What the heck was THAT?

(Not really a picture of me. Photo by ginafish.)

So I’m all busy writing about stuff I’m thinking about, and what I think about that stuff, and so on, and so forth…when a couple of weeks ago I see this post from Barb. And she’s all like, “I don’t give a rip what you THINK anymore…I want to know how you ARE. In fact, I’m not even going to read you people’s stinkin’ blogs if you keep telling me what you THINK about stuff. Tell me how you ARE.”

I’m paraphrasing, of course, but that was the gist. I mean, she could have said it that way…

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