Category Archives: Announcement

Live the Trinity – into suspended animation?

Posted on July 22, 2011 by admin

I might have to take a page from the Red Stick Rant book and put this website into temporary(?) hibernation. The last 2 weeks have been working 10-12 hours/day which is fine. Hard work is part of congregational ministry. But … Continue reading →

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NOTE – Closed registration and purged (almost) all users

Posted on July 12, 2011 by admin

Quick note/announcement. Every day there are about 1-3 spam registrations with this website. 1) Thanks to Disqus people can leave comments without registering with this website. They only need to be registered with Disqus. 2) I have closed registrations for … Continue reading →

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Where you been?!?

Posted on April 13, 2011 by admin

I apologize to dear readers for the lack of new posts over the last few weeks. Life has been somewhat hectic. Emergency home repairs. Toyota said my Corolla needs a new engine which basically means we have to replace it … Continue reading →

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Sorry about no posts – been busy and on holiday

Posted on November 24, 2010 by admin

Sorry about no posts for last couple weeks. Been busy and just got back from much needed holiday with family at Gulf Shores Alabama. Slept a lot. Spent a lot. Relaxed a lot.

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Apologize for lack of posts lately

Posted on September 29, 2010 by admin

As you can probably imagine have been super busy lately. August and September are the busiest months of the year for my work with Church of the Nations. This is when the largest number of international students and scholars and … Continue reading →

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Lord deliver us from politics (or) Trusting God when things fall apart

Posted on July 28, 2010 by admin

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; … Continue reading →

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For my Baptist forum buds – it is official

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Rick

I will no longer be participating in Baptistlife.Com. Sorry. And whereas before I could just log back in and poof join the fray this time I took steps to make that mighty difficult. If you are curious I changed my … Continue reading →

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UPDATE – website registration/comment policy

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Rick

I have added a “Policies” page to this website. Let me summarize in a post. This website is occasionally the target of a spam campaign – comments and trackbacks that are little more than advertisements for casinos or pharmaceuticals or … Continue reading →

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POLL – Change name of this website?

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Rick

You will notice a poll widget in the sidebar. Why am I even asking this? Basically for the first year this website was mostly about personal news and especially theological reflections. And frankly I think that is when people enjoyed … Continue reading →

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More positive and less political

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Rick

It hit me last night while reading The Orthodox Church by Timothy (now Metropolitan Kallistos) Ware and reinforced while praying Compline. I need to move this website in a more positive and less political direction. Let me explain where I … Continue reading →

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