My Red Sox boycott is officially over…Hopefully, John Henry starts caring again.
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Justified
The title of this point is not about the theological issue of justification…but about one of my favourite shows 📺 of all time, Justified. And I love Timothy Olyphant no matter what I’ve seen him in (Damages, Deadwood, San Clarita Diet). I was very excited when I heard a new season was coming, although a…
So good to be back learning improv tonight! So excited about these next several weeks! And another performance to invite people to… sometime in October!
Christendom Killed Community
A new post: Christendom Killed Community
Note to self: Always make sure you grab the right keys when you leave the house.
3 Decades Later
We were here 34 years ago when we had just started dating. We’ve been in Brussels since, but first time back to Grand Place
Calvinists
Calvinists
Cockburn and Simon
While I never consider Paul Simon one of my favourite musicians, few occupy as much space in my as he has. I ‘discovered’ Bruce Cockburn in college and I am continually amazed when I listen to him. Old men dreaming dreams: Paul Simon and Bruce Cockburn reflect on life, death and Go
Improv and Being Funny
What’s Been on My Brain: Improv and Being Funny something I’ve been thinking about a lot this week 2023-06-21 3:01 pm — 3 versions
Sitting down to watch an episode of The Chosen I wish there was a Chick-fil-a nearby so I could grab something to eat. 📺🐔
Improv Leadership Lessons
I recently began learning improv. I’m learning more than I thought I would. Improv Leadership Lessons – Bob Wilson on Substack
Christendom: Acknowledging the Good
Last week I wrote a couple of introductory posts on the topic of Christendom, providing a broad overview as well as a brief history of how it began. This post will look at some of the good things that resulted from this era, and the next will examine some of the negative results. I believe Christendom has done…
Stop Assuming Character
I saw a recent post over on the Wartburg Watch. This site covers stories of abuse in the church, and they have been covering a story I mentioned a couple of weeks ago (it is at the end of the post under US Leaders). In that story at the Wartburg Watch, the author described how…
Saturday Morning Quote
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. -Steve Jobs Do we look at everything we do as something we are doing for God?
Who Am I?
Admiral Stockdale took a lot of grief years ago when during the vice-presidential debate he famously asked, “Who am I? And why am I here?” While the ‘deer in the headlights’ look, probably didn’t help him that night, his question always stuck with me. Who am I? Why am I here? Growing up I was…
Heading to Texas
Tomorrow morning I get on a plane and fly to Austin, TX. I’ll be there for less than 48 hours before heading down closer to San Antonio for a conference with Communitas Leaders. It is a bit weird because church planting in Dublin is my main work (& passion), but the marketing director position has…
Day Out with M – Botanical Gardens
After a long week of planning for our HMA (home missions assignment) and our upcoming move…followed by a whole Saturday of doing taxes…M & I decided that Sunday was going to be for fun. This afternoon we headed over to Glasnevin to visit the Botanical Gardens. M wasn’t sure she’d like it, but we both…
Blogging Break
After almost two months of not posting anything here, I’ve decided to make it official. While I doubt that I’ll never blog here again, I have decided to take an extended break.
Switching Gears
I am generally pretty good at focusing on the things I (or we) don’t do well, or should be doing better. Today has been a day where we’ve been able to focus on some things that we have consistently done well. And because of some of those things, we have so many incredible people who…
Our Amazing Daughters (5 Years Post 12)
Through the rest of February Liz and I talked and prayed and began to sense more and more that Ireland was in our future….and sooner rather than later. At the same time we knew that there were two group of people we needed to have in agreement with whatever decision we reached.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Our Week
When we first connected with Communitas, we noticed that one of the things we’d need to do early on was attend a “Soul Care Retreat.’ In 2010 Liz and I attended a two-week long Pastor’s Sabbath Retreat, which remains one of the best experiences we’ve had ministry wise. So, while we are not sure exactly…