Archive for 2009/08


What If My Pastor Doesn’t See It That Way?

Look what question appeared in my inbox today:
Wayne I have read your book So You Don’t Want to Go To Church Anymore, and I thought it was something I had written in my sleep. I feel like God has shown me the exact things John was teaching Jake and the others. [...]

What If All He Really Wants Is a Relationship?

I got this email the other day and loved it. This comes from Connie, and I’ve posted some of her thoughts before as she struggles through the transition of thinking religiously to thinking relationally. I like the humor and honesty in her words and journey. The subject of the email was “Amused [...]

A Failed Congress

Alexis de Tocqueville, an astute political observer that lived in the early 1800s wrote this insightful statement:
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”
Think Wall Street bail-outs, Cash for Clunkers, economic stimulus projects, and some approaches to nationalized health care, and the [...]

The Simplest Things

Got this from a couple in Portland area, and it just shows how the simplest things can open some amazing doors:
We’ve been having some nice hot weather and this week several days running over 100. We live in just about the exact center of our community (as the map is laid out) and right [...]

A Living Prayer – Alison Krauss

Back from a long, restful, wonderful weekend. Someone sent me this clip from Jay Leno’s show with a song by Allison Krauss that has invited them into a wonderful space of grace. The song is A Living Prayer, I love that this was on a show like Leno’s. How cool [...]

In Search of the Ideal Community

I’m off for an extended weekend to visit my parents in the Sierra Nevada mountains above Fresno. Yes, Sara, my daughter and the grandgirls are going too! It should be fun! Before I go, I thought I’d leave you with this:
I get in a lot of discussions with people about the [...]