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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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I just finished listening to this message/podcast by Scot McKnight (check out his blog here) entitled, “The Whole Gospel.” 
It is definitely worth a listen and I’ll be adding it to my audio page.  Incidentally, if you tend to only read my stuff through a feed reader, I have tried to catalog a number of [...]

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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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Here’s a couple clips I took from our big pre-Thanksgiving Feast.  The first if after the annual football game and the second at the morning-after breakfast at Panera.  I will have more to post about our yearly gathering when I get some time (dang thesis).

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I missed it the last two years, but refused to let it turn into three.
Starting our freshman year of college, my friend Heather began inviting some friends back to her parents home for an early Thanksgiving Feast.  It has grown to include more and more people each year through marriages, babies, and extended networks [...]

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Sometimes it can be crazy to think about the course or events of your life and how the most unexpected of things can wind up being the things that most shape and define you.
I never thought I would go to a Christian college, but in so doing, I found myself a part of a community [...]

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Community at seminary is something of a mixed bag. I was just commenting to my roommate Ryan the other day, “I finally figured out what the problem with seminary is. It’s not college.”
In college relationships came first while school work and classes were a distant second. In college, if an unexpected nice [...]

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Lest you think I have provided you with an exaustive lift of those people who are most dear to me, think again. I wish I had time to tell you all about…
Ben and Sarah who are one of the finest couples I know.
Babs and Carrie who are perfect for each other and make my [...]

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To alleviate any suspicion of sexism on my part, I should probably follow up the last post with one about some of the most influential guys in my life. Since I would probably use of all the server space Google has to offer if I said everything I want to say about all my [...]

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My friend Ryan sent out some pictures the other day and this one was among them so I thought I’d take the opportunity to tell the whole world about these fabulous ladies.
From L to R: Wendy, Sarah, Cris, and Heather. Obviously, these girls are gorgeous, but each posesses her own unique beauty as well.
Wendy has [...]

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