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20 Things That I Don’t Like

Liver Judgmental people The King James Bible Traffic My waistline Propaganda (liberal or conservative) Brussel Sprouts Post Nasal Drip (sniff, sniff) Cats (which give me post nasal drip) Professional Wrestling (unless I’m with a group of guys laughing over it) Boring theology books that use too many esoteric words Tiny airline seats (see #5 above) […]

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My Latest Addiction

I purchased Madden 2003 on sale a few months back, but never got around to installing or playing it. However, knowing how life would be at my mother-in-law’s house for Thanksgiving (daughters talking a mile a minute, kids playing GameCube in the den, etc.) I threw it in my briefcase to check it out while […]

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Waiting

Happy New Year to all! Of course, this only makes sense if you are one of those who follow the church year and remember that the first Sunday in Advent is a new beginning. I talked about this during my Children’s message this morning, and of course they all thought I was crazy. It’s Advent […]

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Not That You Care….

I realized that I have been been behind in posting my sermons on the sermon site. I should be caught up through tomorrow if you are interested. http://jayssermons.blogspot.com/

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Not That You Care….

I realized that I have been been behind in posting my sermons on the sermon site. I should be caught up through tomorrow if you are interested. http://jayssermons.blogspot.com/

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20 Things That I’m Thankful For

Thanks be to God for: The energy of girls that both keeps me young and makes me old. A wife that puts up with my moodiness and depression and doesn’t give up on me. A church that let’s me be human. Wifi Green bean casserole “Emerging” friends all over the world who challenge me and […]

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20 Things That I’m Thankful For

Thanks be to God for: The energy of girls that both keeps me young and makes me old. A wife that puts up with my moodiness and depression and doesn’t give up on me. A church that let’s me be human. Wifi Green bean casserole “Emerging” friends all over the world who challenge me and […]

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Oh the horror!!

Jonathan sent me the following message on my previous post: Don’t mean to burst your bubble or take away fromyour wanting to share this. The photo is a fake and it is a photoshop that was done on http://www.fark.com in a photoshop contest and images were immigrated and spliced within. The control panel is actually […]

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I received this by e-mail today from Dad. It shows a mock up of a 2004 era home computer as envisioned by Rand Corp. scientists back in the 1950’s. They believed that the Fortran language would make it easy to use. We’ve come a long way baby! Posted by Hello

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Blessed Are The Peacemakers

Once upon a time, in a land both far from here and not so distant, there was a monastery. This community of prayer and fasting was made up of all sorts of people from all kings of backgrounds. Some of the members of the community had been there a long time. They had grown up […]

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Are You A Depressed Democrat?

For all of those who are depressed Democrats (who me?), this site is a hoot. Posted by Hello

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Clinton Library Dedication

According to the Clinton Presidential Center website there are only 11 more hours until the Clinton library is dedicated. In the midst of all of this I continue to laugh over my friend Jim Patterson’s comment this morning at breakfast that the center looks like a humongous double wide trailer. Actually, I think it looks […]

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The Brick Testament

If you haven’t checked out The Brick Testament yet, you need to do so.  

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Firefox Newbie

Will convinced me to finally download Firefox and try it out. So far, I’m impressed.

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The Chosen

I spent a big part of the night with a bunch of folks wrestling with the books of Samuel and Kings. For those who haven’t spent a couple days checking out the scope of these stories, the two books document the rise and fall of the monarchy in Israel. Throughout these books we learn about […]

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Signs of Hope

Tony’s comment on my previous post has led me to reflect further on why I maintain hope in the United Methodist tradition that I am a part of. Again and again I hear folks bemoan the intransigence of their religious traditions. Likewise, a common refrain is the lack of connection with their theological education and […]

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A Note to Tony

Tony Jones threw down the gauntlet at his site the other day. I agree with much that he said, but wanted to offer a bit of a response. Dear Tony, I read over your recent post on what Emergent is doing with interest. Of course, we’ve talked about some of this in the past, so […]

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Post Election #2

I’ve been avoiding a long postmortem on the election, mainly because I wasn’t sure what to say. The reality is that just a little over half the population preferred President Bush. It may be because of “moral values” (a not so veiled reference to gay marriage and abortion). Yet it ultimately comes down to a […]

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Post Election #1

I sent this to my church folks last week, prior to the election. I think that it may be a good word for all of us today: This time next week, if we are lucky, we will probably know who the president is for the next four years. This has been the most polarized, divisive, […]

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The Latest Poll Info

I just heard the results of a new poll. By an unknown margin the fourth and fifth grade at Mt. View Elementary School has elected Senator John Kerry as the new president. Well, it’s probably as accurate as most of the other polls out there!