Our daughter, Karla, spent last week as a counselor at a summer camp for 4th-6th graders.  See her comments here and here.  Her husband, Grant, posted a blog entry about being a single parent for a week.
As I mowed the lawn this morning I got to wondering about how we might come alongside single parents [...]

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The postal carrier delivered my latest shipment from Amazon.com.  In the box was the first book in a new series from Thomas Nelson.  Brian McLaren wrote Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices.  On page 3 I read that compelling Christianity is a “way of life, formed in community and expressed in [...]

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I’ve been working with Andy Johnson, Tim Keel, Mike King, and Mike Gorman to organize a conference: Reclaiming Paul: The Apostle for the Emerging World.  Some emerging church leaders have intuitively practiced what Pauline scholars have been discussing for the last several years.  We’re bring emerging church leaders and biblical scholars together for a robust [...]

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Last Sunday we played Wii games after dinner. Both Judi and I put on the Wii boxing gloves for the first time. Ever been knocked out by a three-year-old? This is a case of the digital “native” out-punching the old folks. See the highlights here. Notice Judah looks all around [...]

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