Category Archives: Faith

Easter Thoughts: Good Friday

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Jason

Today has been a messy day. The kids woke up early and trashed the play room; books and cars and Legos and dolls all over the place. Sunny reconciled the checkbook only to find out that we’d been overcharged by … Continue reading →

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Easter Thoughts: Sacrifice

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jason

Surrendering ourselves to love God is not giving things up for God so much as giving ourselves to God. — Scot McKnight, The Jesus Creed To be a Christian is to live sacrificially. To say it differently, the Christian accepts … Continue reading →

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Easter Thoughts: Barrenness

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Jason

The Gospel is the story of God’s work to bring life into barren places, a theme that bookends the Christ narrative. The wilderness of Mary’s barren womb is miraculously transformed into a repository for God’s most precious gift: the child, … Continue reading →

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How Should We Read the Bible?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jason

Reading scripture is one of the most important disciplines of the Christian life. Robert Mulholland, Jr. has written extensively about two different approaches to reading scripture. The first is reading is “informational”; that is, we read scripture to learn more … Continue reading →

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The Vertical Self

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Jason

Who am I? In The Vertical Self, Mark Sayers contends that we are experiencing a cultural shift unprecedented in human history. For millennia, humanity has been understood vertically; that is, in light of the revelation that every man, woman, and … Continue reading →

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Perspective

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Jason

My resolution was to try and write a little bit each day. But honestly, with all that’s been going on over the past few days, writing about some of the things I normally write about — music, sports, stories about … Continue reading →

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Things I Want to Remember, Vol. 2

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Jason

Two stories I remembered today and I wanted to record them here for posterity: We were at the grocery store one night, maybe it was before Jackson was born. Joshua and Abby Kate were riding in the cart together, whispering … Continue reading →

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Blessed

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Jason

Today has been a long day, but it’s been a good one. I spent the day with God’s people: men’s class this morning; a funeral for a fellow minister’s mother; lunch with a good friend; coffee & conversation with a … Continue reading →

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Just Breathe

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Jason

Those of you that follow this blog know that I’m a music junkie. I just completed my “Best of 2009” music list and with a cadre of fresh downloads waiting for me over at eMusic, I’m ready to start in … Continue reading →

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What Does God Want for Christmas?

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Jason

In all the hustle and bustle of this season of giving and receiving, I had a funny thought today: what would God want for Christmas? I should add that these are the kinds of thoughts I usually have when I’m … Continue reading →

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