Just got this via email from Amanda. Were at the hospital now waiting for them to get checked in. Please be in prayer…
Hey! I am being admitted into baylor hospital. Their more fluid in
chest which is making the heart work too hard and we have to get it
out before its still birth. Sorry we r now telling u this we just out
and heading to check in room. Please pray!
There continues to be a great discussion across the Interwebs as folks try to nail-down exactly what it means to be “emergent.”
Folks are coming into the conversation from all different places in their lives, as well as at different points in the emerging conversation.
Some people have been discussing emerging Christianity since the 1960’s (or before); some have been in the the discussion for 15 to 20+ years; some picked up the discussion circa 1997 when the initial discussions were taking place that ultimately led to the formation of Emergent Village; others listened in at various points along the way and started to align themselves with the emergent conversation in more recent years (myself included); and still others are on the “outside” hearing criticism from various folks and groups and wondering what its all about.
Continue reading What is emergent?
As I mentioned last week, I’ve been reading “We Get to Carry Each Other – The Gospel According to U2.” A great read from Greg Garrett (who also wrote “Stories from the Edge – A Theology of Grief).
As a closing section in the book, Greg shares 10 spiritual lessons we can learn from U2.
I thought I’d share an additional 10 that I’ve learned along my journey as well. So here they are, in no particular order…
Continue reading 10 (additional) spiritual lessons from U2
Three years ago today — I sent a txt message to a beautiful young woman.
The message read, “standby for a knock at your door.”
She didn’t get the message till 4 or 5 hours later and yet she hasn’t stopped getting my txt messages since.
Yup. 3 years ago today I met my wife for the very first time… (in person that is.)
Continue reading Happy “unofficial” anniversary to my Life
WordPress is by far my favorite blogging software and I love the community that’s built around it and supports it. And I love even more that the developers have shown some love to BlackBerry folks by releasing a new WordPress application just for BlackBerry.
So if you’re seeing this – you can know that it works – and its awesome!
Woot woot!
Oh and I’ve included a photo from lunch yesterday as well (tacos from Fuel City in Dallas) ::
UPDATE: Was able to send this to my WordPress site – but it took FOREVER. Not sure if its something on the server side or the BlackBerry App. Will keep working with it.
“The church is the church only when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in need. The clergy must live solely on the free-will offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling. The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live in Christ, to exist for others.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer