"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
~ Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms



"Our lives disconnect and reconnect, we move on, and later we may touch one another, again bounce away. This is the felt shape of a human life, neither simply linear nor wholly disjunctive nor endlessly bifurcating, but rather this bouncey sequence of bumping into's and tumblings apart."
~ Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet



Thursday, August 19, 2010

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

My Place Tonight...

I know it has been some time since I have written or posted on here. Been a bit distracted with moving into my new apartment (the parsonage) above Dunnigan's Pub. Also, Bar Church and reading have been taking up some of my time. Seems like I have been in a reading mood this summer- since I last commented on what I have read I think these are what I have read: "Rock Priest" by David Pierce, "Life Together" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, large sections again of "The Barbarian Way" by Erwin McManus, "Freedom of Simplicity" by Richard Foster, and part way through "The Myth of the Christian Religion" by Greg Boyd and "The Politics of Jesus" by John Howard Yoder.

Hopefully, I will again be writing more soon. Have been spending quite a bit of time with the barishoners at night and while doing so thinking a lot about Jesus and who he hung out with and what he was accused of and what he was called as a result. Mind blowing to me to think about what God did and where God went. Jesus is amazing and a complete counter-cultural subversive revolutionary for the Kingdom of God! Can we really believe we can be any less? We are called by the King to come and follow him...Amen!

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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"cgfletch: RT @greg_boyd: If Revelation confuses you or freaks u out (a la "Left Behind" nonsense), read Bauckham's Theology of the Bk of Revelation (1993). Great!"
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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"cgfletch: RT @greg_boyd: "What is defined as real is real in it's effects." The Thomas Theorem.  Lord wake us up to our socially constructed MATRIX!"
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Monday, August 2, 2010

Bar Church - Week 2...The Parable of the Lost Sheep...

Divine Milieu...U2 - In A Little While...and Peter...

"...know that your fellow believers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast."
~ Peter

U2 In Solidarity With The Iranian People...

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Deep Calls To Deep...



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Iran must release or try US hikers held without charge for a year | Amnesty International

Iran must release or try US hikers held without charge for a year | Amnesty International

US Hikers Were Seized in Iraq | The Nation

US Hikers Were Seized in Iraq | The Nation

Free The Hikers Rally in Duluth, July 31, 2010

July 31, 2010 marks one year of detainment for 3 American Hikers | FOX 21 Online

July 31, 2010 marks one year of detainment for 3 American Hikers | FOX 21 Online

One Year Anniversary of American Hikers in Iran | Northland's NewsCenter: News, Weather, Sports | NBC, CBS, MyNetworkTV, and The CW for Duluth MN / Superior WI | Local News

One Year Anniversary of American Hikers in Iran | Northland's NewsCenter: News, Weather, Sports | NBC, CBS, MyNetworkTV, and The CW for Duluth MN / Superior WI | Local News

‘Bar Church’ brings new ministry to unusual setting in Two Harbors | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota

The story was picked up by the Duluth News Tribune and appeared in this Sunday's edition of the paper.

‘Bar Church’ brings new ministry to unusual setting in Two Harbors | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota