lifeasmission

I don’t really like it when a full week goes by and I don’t have a chance to blog - it’s like I get creatively constipated and then I don’t know where to begin.
Aside from just getting back into the swing of things and playing catch up since returning from Afghanistan, I have been busy [...]

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Caught this bumper sticker on a run around midtown the other day - wish I had it.

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Well, thanks to this lovely crew (not pictured, but equally awesome are: Jon O., Greg J., and Russell M.  I managed to get all my stuff in my new home yesterday afternoon.

And the unpacking, sorting, and arranging has commenced.
I am in need of a fridge, some furniture, and some other odds and ends (Bueller, Bueller…), [...]

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After 4 months of getting to know Memphis, living with various people and in various places, and living out of a suit case, I have found a place to hang my hat - at least for the next year.

here for more pictures (not my stuff in the house)
Here’s what metropolitan Memphis looks like

Downtown Memphis [...]

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Update: Just after I posted this, I happened to come across a few relevant posts on this subject.  Be sure to check out David Fitch’s - “The Middle In: The Unique Missional Opportunity,” and Joe Thorn’s, “I Love the Suburbs” on a brand new blog about the gospel in the suburban context, SubText.
I hear people [...]

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My position at Living Hope has been enigmatic to say the least. I am a Young Adult Pastor, but my task is not to create or run young adult programs per se. Instead, I have spent my time relationally connecting with young adults and seeking ways to help them connect to the broader [...]

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Besides being a gratuitous reference to Dupree’s Self-Help spiel in “You, Me and Dupree,” it’s the best title I could come up with for a post full of randomness and fun linkages. You’ve been warned, no coherency is to be found here!
Listen to this song, it’s awesome.

I hurt my knee last week and it is [...]

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This past Sunday was great. Aside from out Sunday morning gathering being its usual awesomeness, a big group of young adults got together to play Ultimate Frisbee. We have had a few games already over the past few weeks, but we had some new folks show up this week and the two teams [...]

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Memphis in May is apparently a pretty big deal. Everyone talks about it and one of the major parts of it is the Beale St. Music Festival. Apparently it rains just about every year for this thing and last night was no exception. A bunch of my new friends were supposed to [...]

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OK, so I realize this really isn’t a big deal, but I just wanted to point out that I took the time today to change the stock photograph in the header of my blog to a picture I took downtown on Beale St. in Memphis. The picture isn’t all that amazing, but I did [...]

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