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When reality falls through the cracks

Posted on January 25, 2012 by jon in culture, evangelism, random thoughts | Leave a comment

I was standing in line at a local store last week, and as I was waiting there, I noticed that this particular store had a shelf, probably 10 feet long, as you stood in line waiting to checkout. On this shelf was every piece of religious nonsense I’ve ever seen. Have you ever seen any of these things? For example – one of the most common things are the mints. I’ve seen them called different things. These were called “Spiritmints,” … →

One crazy day (with video)

Posted on January 15, 2012 by jon in church, vertical worship | Leave a comment

Today was awesome. In fact, there are so many things going through my mind right now that I have to just hit things haphazard-style (an ode to my brother Mike P): 12 baptisms. TWELVE. I got to baptize 5 of them. One was someone I’ve known for over ten years, lost contact with, and baptized this morning after reconnecting. One was someone I prayed for “without ceasing” for a long time who battled an eating disorder. One was someone who … →

You’re definitely my son.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by jon in family, love | Leave a comment

Don’t think I don’t remember it. I was excited. I was overjoyed. I was crying. I was more emotional than I’ve ever been in my life. It was February 6th. Super bowl weekend. Your mom and I had been through childbirth class. We knew everything we needed to know. We thought we did, anyway. Remember the conversation we had? Well, it was more of a one-way conversation. It was when I was pushing your cart thing to the nursery for … →

BOLD / Part One

Posted on January 6, 2012 by jon in culture, evangelism, life choices, mission, random thoughts | Leave a comment

God has been teaching me about boldness over the last few months. I just want to share with you today a few things I believe He has been teaching me about this character trait; some of the things I’m wrestling with right now. As I see it, there are a number of areas of our lives where boldness is needed. Let’s look at three of them today. I’ll cover three more tomorrow. I’ll go with a first-person perspective here: BOLD … →

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