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some intense convos and weird jet lag

Posted in Ramblings on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I am currently in the midst of hiring weekend at Calvin Crest, and while I can’t really say anything about staff selection, I will say that it is an intense and amazing process.  Yesterday was really long, and my body has some really weird jet lag going on, but it’s all good, i went to [...]

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truthiness

Posted in theological ponderings on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »

After receiving a very long (and absolutely wonderful!) email from sam, i have some thoughts.  I feel that a lot of what she said was putting to words thoughts in my head that I hadn’t quite been able to say effectively yet, and that itself was very helpful to me.  One thing in particular that [...]

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It’s been a hard day’s night

Posted in Ramblings on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

and i’ve been workin…like a dog…
This week has been rough.  I’ve had a lot to do.  I’ve had a lot to think about.  Thursday night I was up late writing that paper about the flood for my history class…it turned out horribly.  I still don’t really know what I think about it, just that I [...]

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Noah, the ark, and…Gilgamesh?

Posted in theological ponderings on February 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Gilgamesh is an epic written thousands upon thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia, about Gilgamesh (go figure), the king of Uruk.  He was 2/3 god, apparently, and only 1/3 man and he killed a giant named Humbaba (which is one of the best names i have ever heard, I think).  At any rate, Gilgamesh, when [...]

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truthful interpretations…?

Posted in theological ponderings on February 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »

There was an interim pastor at my church once that told me that he believed that the story of Adam and Eve was a myth.  I couldn’t believe it.  That a pastor would think something so seemingly heretical…and here I am now…thinking the same thing.
At least, it’s probably the same.  I wouldn’t call it a [...]

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church. guilt. jesus?

Posted in Love and Jesus on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I am not at church right now.
I feel incredibly guilty.  I’ve been trying to justify it to myself all morning, but I can’t shake the itch.  I’m a “chirstian,” therefore i have to go to church.  it’s the unwritten law of believing in Jesus.  You talk a certain way, you act a certain way, you [...]

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