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Dec 23 2008
This was a sermon manuscript from a message I preached on Sunday, December 7, 2008 entitled, “Jesus & Empire”. I submit it for conversational purposes.
I was looking through the papers recently and came across some sad, sad stories. In one article a father was shot as he and another father fought over a Nintendo Wii [...]
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Dec 16 2008
“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.” ~C.S. Lewis, Miracles
“Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story.” ~Max Ehrman, [...]
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Dec 15 2008
Introductory Remarks
In 1994, Dr. Gregory Boyd authored a book of letters. These letters were from a father to a son; the son was Greg and the letters were written to his father, the late Edward Boyd. Greg’s father, a professed atheist, was totally turned off to Christianity. Abuses and bad experiences in his upbringing had [...]
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Dec 11 2008
I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about a slew of different things. One of those things I have been pondering a lot is God’s plan for our lives. If you’re like me, it sometimes feels like there isn’t a plan. We get up, go to school/work, come home, eat, [...]
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Dec 09 2008
I am a member of the Brethren Church based in Ashland, Ohio. My blog is affiliated with one of its churches, Park Street Brethren Church. What follows is an excerpt from a work I presented on an overview of the Brethren take on theology, a review of Brethren sources of authority (views of God, Jesus [...]
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Dec 08 2008
Here lately, I have been looking at a lot of bad things happening around me. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of good is happening too…I’m not trapped in some pessimistic worldview. It made me reflect back on a post I had done for another blog.
Many around me are struggling and suffering right now. Many [...]
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Dec 03 2008
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” -John 1:1
“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.” -John 4:23
“Jesus answered, ‘I am the [...]
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Dec 02 2008
This past week, something monumental happened in the life of my family. While visiting family, I was allowed to sit at the adult’s table and move from the kids’ table during the Thanksgiving meal.
The kids’ table has been my Thanksgiving meal location for years. My brother, cousins and I gather around this little folding table [...]
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Nov 24 2008
Have you ever had those days where you cannot think on one thing for too long? You end up staring out the window, clicking your pen fifty-five gazillion times, or surfing the internet and googling your name to see what comes up as response. I’m having one of those mornings this morning.
It makes it really [...]
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Nov 21 2008
I’m sitting at my desk right now enjoying a wonderful square bottle of Fiji water. My wife got me hooked on this stuff. They say water should have no taste. But, this is the BEST tasting water I’ve ever had. Enough of my Fiji commercial though.
The reason I enjoy bottled water so much is the [...]
I am a journeyer for Christ. I ramble, I go on tangents and I rarely stay on topic for too long. Some have even described my life as a tangent in the thought of God. I live in Ashland, Ohio with my lovely wife, Allison Rae. Together, we are in the process of raising two ungraceful mutts, Lucky (a Golden Retriever/Border Collie mix) and Spencer (a Labrador/Terrier mix).
My wife is a graphic designer for Red Red Design here in Ashland. I serve in ministry alongside youth and young adults at Park Street Brethren Church. I received my Bachelor of Arts from Ashland University in 2004 with majors in Religion and Ethics and a minor in Psychology. My wife also graduated from Ashland University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Commercial Design. She spent a year at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. In June 2008, I received my Master of Divinity (I have no idea what the title of the degree means) from Ashland Theological Seminary.
Originally from McGaheysville (pronounced Mc-Gakees-Vil), VA, I moved to Ashland in 2001 for schooling purposes. Listen to me speak for a little while and through my twang, odd pronunciation of key words, and quick, slurry speech, you'll know I'm from somewhere other than Ashland.
I am seeking the Lord's will about further education and looking to the future. I am not an optimist but would call myself a hopeful person. I believe God is up to something in the world and in the context in which I serve. Although I'm not keenly aware of all His details, I wait hopefully for His creative movement to break into our world and remind us of His presence.
As of currently, I’ve becomed obsessed with windmills. I believe they are a perfect metaphor for the journey of faith and worship. A friend of mine told me that windmills represent humanity’s ingenuity and God’s raw power meeting. Out of this meeting comes creative authority and energy. I desperately want my life to be like a windmill. I want to find my calling, identity, and life satisfaction in the direction of God’s movement.
Thanks for journeying with me through the rambling and tangents that is this blog. I hope that you and I can enter into a conversation and find a generative friendship that will manifest Christ to each other. Welcome to Windmills!