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Meanwhile in the Psalms…
For years I scoffed at people who read through the Bible but break up Psalms and Proverbs so they don’t have to slog through. Suck it up! I thought from my lofty idealistic perch. Well, now that I’m the one slogging through nothing but Psalms day after day, I repent. It seems obvious now that they weren’t meant to be read together any more than your hymnal. Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t read your hymnal cover to cover and get some nifty insights out of it. Or that reading straight through Psalms hasn’t been valuable in its own right. In reading these one after another patterns start to emerge.…
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Down Time Again
Sorry for disappearing again. My site host was hit with some malicious code (again) so I haven’t been able to write like I’ve wanted to. But to be honest, I struggle to write even when it is working. My desire is to get away from a personal blog where I just journal in public and move to something professional and useful. Unfortunately that’s when my perfectionism steps in and chokes out any work I might do. I’m confessing this in the hope that writing anything will be a step forward. I have no shortage of things to share, believe me. I think I just need to post a lot and be…
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Called to X
Lots of people have asked me lately if I feel called to be a pastor (or professor, or fill in the blank) and I never have a good answer. I open my mouth and words start falling out and things get really awkward. I’ve been wrestling with what God wants me to do ever since I started seminary. I felt “the call” to full time ministry in college, but it didn’t come with instructions. I just knew if I devoted my life to anything less than the cause of Christ, it would be empty. All going to seminary did for that clarity is give me more options—including the realization that…
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Site Glitches
Sorry for the inactivity of late. I’ve had some issues with the website the past few weeks and I have yet to come back and tidy everything up. My excellent site host has put out some serious fires (and done me a few favors you may see soon), so mega kudos to him. The real issue right now is my old theme pooped out on me so I need to pick a new theme and tweak everything all over again. Blech. I mean, it’s fun, but I just did that. I’d rather do other things. So there you have it. In the meantime, I hope the site is still somewhat usable, and…
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Kodachrome (Music Monday)
I used to hear this song a lot when I was younger. Not sure if it was part of a marketing campaign back then or if it’s just what my friends were listening to (I know it was at least that). The song came to me this morning and the lyrics are too delicious to pass up. Paul Simon is one of the best singer-songwriters ever, and here he is as elegant as ever (even if this performance looks a bit awkward; I prefer the studio version but there’s no video for it). Kodachrome by Paul Simon