lifeasmission

Not really knowing if she would get into it or not, I bought my girlfriend, Maria, the first season if Alias for Christmas.  A few of my friends from back in Ohio have gotten really into the show and every time I have gone home I have watched various episodes with them and got myself [...]

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I have so much I could be writing right now, but I will try to keep this short.
I am finally beginning to feel settled back here in Pasadena. I have a new roommate named Sam that I love talking to, Maria and I have begin reconnecting with friends that we have missed the past [...]

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reposted from when I erased my blog 
I was having a discussion with Maria the other day about the differences in our “callings.” She looks forward to a future in which she devotes most of her time and energy to engaging those outside of traditional church structures, commonly understood as non-Christians. I, on the [...]

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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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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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This is my girlfriend Maria. She just got a new haircut and if she wasn’t already the most beautiful woman in the world, she certainly is now.

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I finally got around to uploading the pictures from my time in Oslo. You can check them out here. Some are courtest of Maria’s and my friend, Julianne. There are also some new pictures in the Molde set if you wanna check those out.

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I haven’t posted much here about my girlfriend Maria, but I intend to begin remedying that unfortunate situation right now.
There is so much about Maria that I respect and admire - such as her sense of calling to “at risk” teenagers. Maria has primarily grown up in the city of Oslo in Norway, a [...]

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