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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007I apologize for the dearth in posting of late. I have been working diligently on a number of projects, including a revamp of my wife’s website for her violin studio, and a new website of my own designed to test the waters in the world of freelance writing. Given that web development is a hobby [...]
Conversations with myself . . .
Friday, June 1st, 2007Our dear friend Kelly wrote a two part post on her blog “Restless Heart” yesterday, entitled “Who I Want to Be.”
It’s a great post, and her opening words struck me deepest. She says, “I tire of the constant mental/emotional energy wasted on seemingly consequential issues. I am sick of fighting, sick of division. I am [...]
The Illusion of Control
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007There was a time when powerful leaders in particular cultures could control large swaths of their respective societies with utter impunity, and when the people being controlled had no choice in the matter. That time has passed.
Wikileaks.org is a site recently begun with the intent to be “an uncensorable version of Wikipedia for untraceable mass [...]
Leaving and Coming
Thursday, April 26th, 2007My Journey Away From Organized Religion Into the Arms of Christ, Part the Fourth
After everything happened the summer of 2000, I stopped reading my Bible. I went to church, only because I’d begun attending the church my best friend went to and I wanted to see her. When other people at church asked me how [...]
Broken Hearts and Broken Promises
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007My Journey Away From Organized Religion into the Arms of Christ, Part the Third
It was the very same year that God began to deliver me out of legalism that I fell in love for the first time. I had a best friend who I will call “D” who happened to be a boy, and our [...]
My Journey out of Church and into the Body of Christ: A Personal Testimony (Part 5)
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007So where do I find myself at present . . . ?
Recently, my wife and I have both been challenged by dear friends who are concerned about our decision not to remain within the framework of an institutional, organized church. Given how much these friends mean to us, these conversations have touched off a great [...]
From Legalism to Grace
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007My Journey Away From Organized Religion and Into the Arms of Christ, Part the Second
Despite my legalistic tendencies, God had begun to come for me in ways that I didn’t recognize until later. My pastor from the time I was 10 until I was 18 was a truly loving, God-centered man, and had an incredible [...]
A Child Following Hard After Father
Monday, April 23rd, 2007My Journey Away from Organized Religion Into the Arms of Christ: A Testimony, Part the First
Introduction: A couple of months ago I began a series on my personal blog titled “My Journey Away From Organized Religion.” I have written a few posts but upon further reflection feel the need to delve much more deeply and [...]
My Journey out of Church and into the Body of Christ: A Personal Testimony (Part 4)
Monday, April 23rd, 2007The threat of church discipline brought back the fear, in spades. I had watched the church of my childhood go through a heartrending split over church discipline issues, and the last thing I wanted to do was cause anything of the sort among another local assembly, particularly one where many of the close friends I [...]
My Journey out of Church and into the Body of Christ: A Personal Testimony (Part 3)
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007I’d been depressed before. My mom had died the previous year and I remember sitting in my room while she lay down the hall suffering from the second bout of cancer, which would eventually kill her, thinking to myself, “I’m glad I know there’s a God, and that he actually cares about me, because if [...]
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