illogical

Grace is so foreign to me. I’ve been raised in communities that talk about grace over and over, yet the concept is still absurd. What do I have to do? How do I pay for forgiveness? And you’re telling me that I can’t pay for it? That there is nothing I can do? That I receive and that’s it? I can’t believe it. With the offering sitting before me, I stare at it dumbly, and choose to see anything else other than the Grace. And when Christ presses in on me and helps me to experience it magically, mysteriously, through my emotions… then I see the gift for what it is and I am overwhelmed, not understanding how God could do that for me and why. ‘His love’, someone will say. Well duh! Then while I experience the love of The Father… the concept is still foreign to me.

painting, Matt Leblanc

i can't hear you, i can't hear you

i keep seeing these commercials for 'espnboston.com'. everyday for the last week (i don't have tv, we've been at my parent's a lot since my sister and her husband moved here) i've been seeing these commercials on espn about their new website which caters to boston fans. but everytime i go there, the friggin' site says... 'coming soon'.

THAT PISSES ME OFF.

don't advertise it if it isn't there. or say... 'hey, real soon we'll have this new site up'. but don't advertise it as if it's there, and then try to hype me up for it by making me wait. you'll just push me one step closer to never going out of principle alone.

ESPN regulates Twitter

espn places semi-ban on employees tweeting.

Ric Bucher tweeted it first here.


ht: sportsmedieawatch

NTS to re-vision as Missional Seminary

in a conversation on the emergent nazarene site, it was brought to my attention that Nazarene Theological Seminary is gearing up to re-vision itself as a missional seminary. when i first heard this, i thought they were quite possibly using the term missional as a buzzword. i've posted about this before as a part of the 'missional synchroblog', here.

i have been assured by my new friend josh that this is a legit shift towards a missional seminary. he directed me to an official press release which is the only thing i've been able to find so far on the change in direction. it involves the receiving of a $500,000 grant to move forward with the changes.

"Specific areas of focus in the Re-imagining NTS Project will include: embody the missio Dei in dispersed communities; design and implement a missional curriculum; expand the repertoire of learning strategies; contextualize missional training; and increase course delivery options."

full article here

i'm still leary of believing my tradition, nazarene, about actually heading in a missional direction. particularly since we only tend to measure success by numbers. that is still how we report each year how our churches are doing and that is the first question asked at every event where we gather together. "how is your church doing? how many do you have on Sunday morning?"

we'll see. i will be checking into this more and will get back to you...whoever you are.

update: i was able to reach Dr. Benefiel, the NTS president, and after a long conversation, i am convinced this is the real deal.

Continued Prayr for Rick Meigs

I have just learned that Rick Meigs has been in a terrible motorcycle accident last week. Things are progressing well for hime, although the damage done to his body is extensive.

Please follow updates with Brother Maynard... here.

NAZBOS

Yes, this is my tradition....!

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