Category: faith

CWF Celebrates 10 years

Saturday night I had the privilege to take part in the Christian Wrestling Federation’s 10 year anniversary show.

It was a great night with some great matches from CWF Alumni as well as the CWF future — including a 12 man Battle Royal.

For those who are new to the blog, I first found out about the CWF only a few months after it began (in May 2000).

And I went to my first CWF show in Georgetown, Texas in the Fall of 2000 after hearing about it from a fellow journalism student, Chris Allman (aka Chris Idol/Angel).

Several years later, I joined up with the CWF and served as the ring announcer and commissioner from 2005-2007.

It was a great time in my life, full of great memories and great relationships that I made while travelling from place to place with the guys — even more so with the late night trips Chris and I made from Belton to Rockwall (and back) that first year.

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Working the mic at a CWF show in Iowa

So Saturday night was a great time to remember some of those memories and a chance to see the work continue.

Rob (Jesus Freak) asked me to put together a slide show and highlight video to show Saturday night, so here they are in all their glory ::

You can find out more about the CWF through my archives, or visit www.christianwrestling.com (which I still manage). I also chatted with Chris a month or so back for the podcast and he talks about his history with the CWF along the way.

A Florida Outpouring

Roy W. Petersen

This week, Thomas chats with Roy W. Petersen on the podcast, who shares about his life and his passion for film.

He’s working on the final bits of a new documentary, Florida Outpouring, about the recent Lakeland Revivals in Florida.

Here’s the full trailer:

Looking forward to seeing it.

While there’s been a lot of criticism and hatred directed towards the Lakeland Revival, I love Roy and Thomas’ posture in talking about the revival as well. They both take a humble approach in examining what took place in Florida. Definitely worth a listen.

And huge props to Thomas for another great interview!

Love them like Jesus

Sunday night on Powertalk we had two calls asking how to respond to their friends who were unbelievers. One was an Atheist and and another, a Muslim.

I believe the real root of their questions was, “How do we convert Atheists and Muslims?”
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A final What-A-Study

Me in the morning :: Wednesday's Whatastudy
Wednesday Whatastudy | Self portrait

This morning I wrap up more than 3 years of Wednesday morning What-A-Studies.

What a great time we’ve had. Until last fall Brian (our pastor) led the group. The group then multiplied and some moved to Chick-Fil-A in Waxahachie and a few of us stuck around in Red Oak.

I’ve been facilitating most of the conversations and have richly enjoyed each and every Wednesday morning.

I can only think of a few Wednesdays I’ve missed in the past few years — as it’s a huge highlight of my week.
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The biggest struggle currently facing Christianity

Bainbridge Island Church
Bainbridge Island Church | Photo by Jonathan Blundell

I posed this question to a number of friends via e-mail last week:

What do you see as the biggest struggle or issue currently facing Christianity?

and asked them all to give a response under 100 words.

There’s a great variety of opinions and I think each one has made a very valid point.
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