Categories: General, Meanderings (look it up), Tags: creativity, holidays, people, ramblings
Thanksgiving isn’t until Thursday, but for us it starts today.
We’ve got plans with some friends on Thanksgiving itself, but this afternoon the loose-knit group of creative friends who have sort of adopted us will be having their annual Thanksgiving party. We did this last year, and we had a blast, so we’re looking forward to it.
Categories: Meanderings (look it up)
It’s interesting how we change over time.
The increase in political rhetoric leading up to the 2012 elections has sparked some reminders of where I was four years ago, and even eight years ago. I used to be so engrossed in the political conversation; now I can only take it in small doses. I cringe now at some of what I wrote even on this blog during the last presidential race. (Don’t go looking for it; if I catch you going back there, I’ll start deleting. :))
Categories: Meanderings (look it up), Tags: ramblings
It seems like for many of us, it is one of those seasons when there is a lot of uncertainty in the air. We can see it even on a national level–as I write this, lawmakers are doing eleventh-hour scrambling to come up with a debt-ceiling deal deadline that they’ve seen coming for months (don’t EVEN get me started), and that’s causing a lot of uneasiness on a global scale. On a more personal level, I feel a lot of uncertainty around me and my family right now. Our current lease runs out at the end of August, and at this point we really need to move into a bigger place–but we’ve been so manic busy that we’ve barely even had a chance to look at what’s out there. And there’s all the other questions that come along with it–how much rent will we have to pay, what will be available at the time we need to move, wanting to make sure we move into a safe neighborhood that’s still affordable, and having the deposit money at that time we need it–all those variables that need to fall into place in a fairly short time span.
Categories: Meanderings (look it up), Tags: church, food for thought, missional, ramblings
Well, it looks like it’s time to take a step of faith. After spending nearly two years embedding myself in the local music scene, and finding several believers in the midst (and after being deliberately slow to act for awhile), I’m going to try getting a few of these musicians and artists together for a Bible study, to talk about faith, art, and the role of our art in mission.
I have no idea how it’s going to go, or how many people will turn up. It’s definitely an experiment. But I won’t know if it’s a good thing to do unless I try it.
Categories: food for thought, Meanderings (look it up), Tags: experience, faith, food for thought, ramblings
Here’s the thing. If you’re going to get the full context for part 2, you’re going to have to read part 1.
In part 1, I rambled on about how I believe that faith in God must involve experiencing Him as well as believing in Him. In this post, I’d like to ramble some more, particularly talking about what experiential faith involves, what it might look like.
Categories: food for thought, Meanderings (look it up), Tags: experience, faith, ramblings
You know, one inherent danger in blogging about this stuff (especially for people like me who tend to over-think), is that if we aren’t careful, we can end up approaching God, the church, theology and all the rest strictly as a mental exercise. I have some blogger friends who have vacated the online discussion simply because they got tired of talking theology and wanted to get back to simple, real-life stuff. I also know that when we try to approach God completely from the perspective of the mind, we’re bound to fall short. Inevitably there are going to be unanswered questions and apparent contradictions, and in some cases it has even caused people at different times to question their faith or abandon it completely.
Categories: General, Meanderings (look it up), moments of truth, Tags: authority, church, moments of truth, ramblings
Sorry for not posting in a little while…I sort of missed my weekly slot last weekend because I filled in as worship leader at the church community where I used to lead, so the current worship leader could go off to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and see Mumford and Sons play while it was snowing in June in the mountains and see the clouds part to reveal the snow-covered mountains just as they finished playing.
Lucky stiff. Anyhow.
Categories: Meanderings (look it up), Tags: how I am, moments of truth, ramblings
One of the interesting things about being self-employed and setting your own schedule is that sometimes you have to tell yourself to take a break.
I get a little tired of squinting at this screen sometimes, but I actually really enjoy the dynamic of working as a freelance writer. This laptop is my “office”, and I can literally work anywhere there is a Wi-Fi signal. As I’ve done my due diligence the past year and a half, I’ve accumulated more writing assignments and opportunities, adding even more flexibility. I love the fact that if I need some extra money, I can just sit down and write more stuff. 🙂
Categories: General, How I am, Meanderings (look it up), Tags: ramblings
There are lots of muddled fragments going around inside my head, probably enough for several blog posts. But right now they are just kind of disjointed and fragmented. So don’t be surprised if this blog post doesn’t amount to much. 🙂
Categories: food for thought, Meanderings (look it up), Tags: food for thought, ramblings
Obviously, rumors of our rapture, and the subsequent pending apocalypse, have been greatly exaggerated. 🙂
At least, I hope so. (Anyone still out there? Anyone?)
The end of the world has been wrongly pinpointed before, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard this much chatter about the previous (non)-incidents. Thank you, Facebook and Twitter.