lifeasmission

I spent the 4th of July with friends and family back in Ohio and on Pelee Island on the Canadian side of Lake Erie.
I left Memphis Wednesday night, was supposed to switch planes in Detroit and then get into Akron/Canton.  Unlike my brother, for whom traveling is almost always filled with surprises of the negative [...]

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I was in California this past weekend.  I was most excited to see my family and friends as well as to remind myself of just how awesome LA is.  However, I was also set to appear in court to handle an outstanding matter.

I first left Pasadena in the summer of 2006.  I left [...]

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I have no poems or whimsical prose - just a simple of message of, “My mom is incredible!“

While it wouldn’t be quite fair to slight the other influences we had in our lives, the fact of the matter is, my mom pretty much raised my brother Alex and I single-handedly. Working full-time to make [...]

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This year I had the good fortune to be able to host an annual New Year’s Eve Party for a bunch of my Malone friends and plenty of others.  The party was doubly significant in that it also marked the completion of a bunch of restoration that I’ve been doing on my home.  For [...]

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Attention: Long Post Ahead - For your own safety please consult bold headings and pictures
Home to Ohio - Thursday, May 24
I am in Cleveland airport returning from a week home in Ohio. I was home to spend time with family, to be with my community of friends who were taking advantage of the long [...]

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Before I even had the chance to introduce my newest family member, “Huffy,” he was taken from this world. 
I bought a bike a few weeks ago so that I could ride more to work and around town in general - a great feature of living somewhere like Pasadena.  But, as I was returning from [...]

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This is the title of my masters thesis.  The subtitle is, “Exploring the Relationship Between Culture, Theology, and the Church.”  It is divided into 3 main sections - the first with regard to the relationship between God’s people and the idea of culture, a second on narrative approaches to theology, and a third on missional [...]

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Ok, I know I promised an apology and explanation. Believe me, it’s coming. In fact, it’s half written - I just had to get this on there first.
 
Today was a monumental day in the life of JR Rozko. With the push of a (send) button, a project, quarter, school year, degree, [...]

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My younger brother, Alex, graduated from college this weekend.  It was so cool to be together with him, my mom and dad, my grandma, and even my cousin Beth and her boyfriend Kale. We all got down there on friday afternoon.  I got to play a softball game with Alex which was a whole lot [...]

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