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Pentecost meet Woodstock

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“When the day of Pentecost came, all the believers were gathered together in on place. Suddenly there was a noise from the sky which sounded like a strong wind blowing, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. They they saw what looked like tongues of fire…

Jesus, the name of God (yikes!)

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I don’t know what it’s like where you live, but in L.A. it’s much safer to drop the F-bomb than the J-word in mixed company. If you’re in the South— Mississippi, Alabama, Texas— droppin’ Jesus’s name is no more controversial than ordering a Coca-Cola, but in the major coastal…

This is Water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKYJVV7HuZw If you’ve never seen this video created to underscore David Foster Wallace’s remarkable words to graduates, I highly recommend it. “This is Water” speaks to the reality we all share and how we may choose— or feel led— to move through it. Although he speaks from a secular point of view, he uses theContinue reading “This is Water”

Lovely Rheta

We lost someone dear last night. A woman whose faith came down through her family, through generations, and shone out through her with a twinkle that could not be mistaken for anything else. I loved Rheta Stoppel, and I will miss her dearly. We first became close almost twenty years ago, at one of those mission/visionContinue reading “Lovely Rheta”

Oh, for the faith of Don Mattingly

It occurred to me as I was reading the sports section this morning, that following a baseball team over the course of a season is really a narrative of injuries, lapses, and defeats— and overcoming them. The pitching rotation is suddenly a real time tryout for the top of the farm crop. Too many outfieldersContinue reading “Oh, for the faith of Don Mattingly”