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    7 Kinds of Smoke

    May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

    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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    Tags: blogging · church · community · living hope · memphis · missional · music · preaching/teaching · prophets · random · songs · spiritual formation · theology

    Prophetic Speaking — Prophetic Action

    January 22nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

    A friend posted this quote this morning and it got me thinking…

    Prophets yell because their hearts are on fire.  They scream at the world trying to wake us up.  They can’t help it  After all, God is in their throats.
    Steven James
    Having felt something of a prophetic bent in the way God has wired/gifted me, I [...]

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    Tags: God · Jesus · Uncategorized · blogging · church · community · decisions · friends · kingdom · prayer · prophets

    Violence and The Kingdom

    December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

    On Sunday I went with some friends to see The Kingdom at our local dollar theater.  I thought so much of it, that I invited some other friends and went back to see it last night.
    This was an awesome movie.  Not only shot, directed, and acted well, but an incredibly eye-opening (though certainly not meant [...]

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    Tags: justice · kingdom · movies · peace · prophets

    The People of God and Prophets: A Love-Hate Relationship

    March 14th, 2007 · No Comments

    Check out the article which spurred these thoughts here, “Where Have All the Prophets Gone?”
    The People of God have never been the biggest fans of the prophets God has sent for their own good.  They grumbled against Moses, according to church tradition Isaiah was sawed in half, and Jesus got hung on a tree.  No [...]

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    Tags: Jesus · church · missional · prophets · theology