tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53409612011-04-21T20:43:01.522-05:00just my musings and prose on the journey of faith, emerging church, worship, music and life. i don't promise anything profound, but i am consistent.Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706049266977205113noreply@blogger.comBlogger6341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340961.post-1152623546989943772006-07-11T08:11:00.000-05:002006-07-11T08:13:48.886-05:00

here it is. the new site.

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there has been some speculation on this site as to the whereabouts of cheryl glenn. well.... i can tell you. she is indeed alive and well. and.... i believe that this blog will be shutting down. it's been a long time coming. but.... here's the deal. i love to blog. i really do. and.... i still want to have a venue where i can get my thoughts out. but.... for one reason or another,

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oh yeah. belmont's in the ncaa tourney. never thought we'd see this day when we used to go to the games (with all of 125 people) in striplin gym. so they play ucla on thursday night. we'll see what goes down....

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i'll admit it.... i actually agree with the man. it's totally strange. pretty unlike me. but not going through with the port deal with dubai sends all the wrong messages and even 'w' knows that it only proves our ignorance to the rest of the world. the united arab emirates are a perfectly peaceful country. this company has several ports all over the world. and americans would still be

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this past weekend was really nice. there was rest. there was play. there was good company.friday night, my roommate and i went out to dinner with her dad. good times at the texas roadhouse steakhouse. oh yeah.... there's nothing better than a filet mignon. i could never be a vegetarian.saturday morning, went and got coffee with a friend of a friend. it was good. so good to laugh and talk.

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the poem i shared yesterday was printed in mount pleasant presbyterian church's weekly publication. ann weems seems to be one of the senior pastor's favorite writers. and i have to agree.... i love the passion and autheniticity in which she writes. it's easy to read and speaks to the heart. i googled her and found this piece. and even though it was written for ash wednesday three years ago..

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Lent is a time to take time to let the power of our faith story take hold of us,a time to let the events get up and walk around in us,a time to intensify our living unto Christ,a time to hover over the thoughts of our hearts,a time to place our feet in the streets of Jerusalem or to talk along the see and listen to his Word,a time to touch his robe and feel the healing surge through us,a time to

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i hadn't checked in on carrie in senegal in a long time. and man.... what an incredible story this woman has. god is using her in amazing ways in another country.carrie and i go pretty far back. we worked camp together in west palm beach and she has remained a good friend.... even though we hardly ever see each other and these days rarely talk.check out her blog and if you get the chance, jot

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the past couple of weeks have been interesting. so.... if you've been attempting to email me, then.... well, i do have a few pretty good excuses. (at least i think they're pretty good.)1. two weekends ago (feb 10) -- had a bit of a wreck on the interstate. very lucky. i spun around 2-3 times and came to a stop. didn't hit any other cars. i hit a concrete guard rail, but my car (amazingly)

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"It’s such an extraordinary thing, music. It is how we speak to God finally – or how we don’t. Even if we’re ignoring God. It’s the language of the spirit. If you believe that we contain within our skin and bones a spirit that might last longer than your time breathing in and out – if there is a spirit, music is the thing that wakes it up. And it certainly woke mine up. And it seems to be how we

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the time to move into my apartment is finally here! yea! i'm so excited to settle in and start making it like home. i will admit.... it's a bit rough around the edges. perhaps a little rougher than i imagined when we visited the place. but it'll be nice when we get the furniture in there and hang pictures on the walls.there's something about nesting.... you know, the settling in. the making

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keasty made the observation in my last post.... and yeah, i'm pretty much a glorified secretary with the title of "publication's assistant." but.... it's a nice change of pace and i really do expect the position to grow and develop. okay.... why do i feel defensive about this? i'm getting paid just as much (actually more, with my benefits here), to do this job, as compared to other jobs in

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man.... it's just one of those incredibly dreary days. i woke up and got in the shower and could hear the rain falling outside. just made me want to get back in bed.got out of the house a little early this morning, which was nice, because i missed some of the traffic. got me in the office before eight o'clock.... which is nice. it's still quiet and i have a chance to do things like check my

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so.... what is it about this story that just makes me double-over in laughter?

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settling into a new place has its ups and downs. there are days that i feel completely at home and there are other days when i don't know whether i am coming or going. when i think back through the last six years of my life, i realize that i have spent a lot of that time on the move. seven months in kentucky, a year and a half in illinois, two years in england, a summer in west palm beach,

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i was checking my email and this was in my box. tempting me towards london. man.... i want to go back. it's been just about a year since i was last there.i don't know.... there was something about that place. in many ways.... it felt like home. there is a part of my heart that will always be in london. man.... i want to go back. soon.

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well.... today's the real test.... i'm wearing flip-flops. i know, i know.... risky. at my last job, it was quite the chaos creater. who knew that flip-flops could cause such a stir. and honestly.... it's too cold for flip-flops today, but it's casual friday and as i was getting ready, i looked down and saw them and i just had to put them on. so.... we'll see if i get comments on them. none

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well folks.... i may be back into the world of blogging. there's so much to tell. i've taken quite the hiatus and during these past few months i have finished up my job in clearwater, taken a new job in charleston, south carolina, and moved here.i'm now in my new job, in my new office, at mt. pleasant presbyterian church. and here's the big news.... i'm not doing music. my title is

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well.... as you can tell, i've taken quite the break. and i may continue. i don't know..... you guys know how it can be: things get busy and life gets going and.... well, sometimes i just don't feel like i have that much to say. that's not to say that i won't be back.... i'm sure i will. but for now.... that's where i am. still alive. doing well. just doing life without blogging. and

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i bought a copy of lynne hybels' new book, nice girls don't change the world. and.... i have to be totally honest, i was a bit distracted in the last session and i read the book. quick read. 100 pages. and it was pretty good. there is a blessing or maybe even a benediction of sorts at the end of the book. and it was my favorite part. so, i thought i'd share it with you:may we be dangerous

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well, you all know how it is.... things get busy and something has to give. for me this week, it was blogging. and i was getting so good at it, too. i don't know.... i guess you just have to make time for the things you want to make time for.with august rolling around, i've notices a significant change in pace. we started our midweek services back up, which are totally enjoyable, but quite

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today is my one-year anniversary at cypress. hard to believe that it's already been a year. well.... okay, let's be totally honest here. there have been moments that have drug by. moments when i wondered if time was moving at all. but there were also those times that flew by. and all in all, this place is wonderful and my experiences have been great. times i wouldn't trade for anything.

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i've yammered on and on quite a bit about the song i sang on sunday. really powerful. i can't say that about other people's experience, but for me.... for me, singing the song and being a part of christi's story was powerful. this song felt like it was written for me. so.... i decided to put the segment online for you. first, a few disclaimers: 1) the quality is sketchy. there's this funky

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my time with meghan this weekend has been priceless. priceless. she is the best. i feel so good about myself when i'm around her. she makes me feel great. we can talk about anything and everything. and we do. and there's is something just totally amazing about that sort of community. you know.... what we were created for: honest, real, organic community with one another. the kind that

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my best friend meghan arrived this morning. so, so good for her to be here. you know those people with whom you can just sit down and spill your guts. there's been so much building inside of me for the past few months and i've just been waiting for a time when meghan and i could really sit down face to face and talk. and it's so good. after only 6 hours with meghan, i feel more like myself

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it's been a while since i've been so deeply affected by a song that i'm preparing for church. i don't know.... i'll be the first to admit that there are quite a few times that i feel pretty jaded and calloused when it comes to faith. and, if i'm going to be completely honest, there are those times when i'm just singing a song. it's not coming from my heart. it's not fresh in my spirit. it's

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there's a song i get to sing this coming sunday. christi will be sharing her story about just some of the crazy stuff that she's been going through this summer. health, finances, lots of junk. and i get to sing this rita springer song.the chorus says:it's gonna be worth itit's gonna be worth itit's gonna be worth it alli believe thissimple song. simple lyrics. i don't know what it is about

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one of my new favorite bands is playing on my itunes. antigone rising pronounced: an-TIG-uhny. great little starbucks band. they sell their cd there. love them. really. you should check 'em out. download don't look back. you won't be disapointed.went over to viv and tom's house tonight. got to meet viv's sister, who's a sociology prof in new york. she had some great advice on writing

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i went over to the bucks around noon, with my book in hand, expecting to just casually sip a latte and read. when i got there, though, i ran into bud (an elder from church) and we got into a great conversation. turned out, he was waiting for molly and joe to drop by with jotham (a pastor from kenya, who is visiting there area for a couple of weeks). jotham was at cypress meadows a couple weeks

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got to watch 'garden state' last night. finally. i have heard for months that i should check out this movie and i must say.... it's my new favorite. of course, that means it's my new favorite for this week, but nonetheless. i loved it.there were two moments that struck me. first moment was when zach braff and natalie portman's characters were in the pool and zach was talking about going home

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my sister got our tickets to see U2 in vegas in november. i can't wait! i get to see them again! we loved them this past spring, so we couldn't wait to get to see them again! yea!

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i took it easy today. a great day off. i just hung around. nothing too spectacular, but a great day nonetheless. i woke up this morning, went for a walk, came back and made some oatmeal and watched some tv. went out this afternoon and bought some paper goods for todd and kristi's wedding soiree on sunday. then went over to starbucks and had a latte and read my book. i'm in the middle of my

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my mind has been on london this morning. terror attacks are nothing new for londoners, but it's awful nonetheless. 7 blasts. at this point, 37 dead. over 700 injured. and even though this could never happen at a good time, the timing is especially bad, with the G8 summit going on right now in scotland. i loved what bush had to say this morning, when he said that the 8 leaders, even with

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wow.... can you imagine my surprise when i looked up at the end of the leader's meeting and saw.... drumroll please.... mairah rice. now, you may not recognize that name. in fact, you probably don't, but mairah was my voice teacher in high school. she is this amazing opera singer and just happens to be at the conference this week. anyways.... you can imagine my nerves when i realized that

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there's just something special about the 4th of july in america. it's one of those days when you just can't help but be proud, be happy, be sentimental. this weekend has been great. my good friends, chris and barbara from england, have been in the area. so on friday, after a complete leisurely day of breakfast with amy herrmann and three-hour coffeetalk with shari, i drove down to seminole to

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there were some pictures from my time in illinois that i wanted to share. my grandma rice making her signature dish.... bania calda. it's a classic. my grandma and grandpa standing outside of their home. my mom. good stuff. and also, there are pictures of cypress' baptism sunday online as well. some great images. check them out.... click here. so, here goes:

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yeah, so i've decided.... i pretty much suck at this blogging thing these days. since my trip to illinois, there have been several occasions where i have felt like i had things to say, but somehow i just haven't made myself sit down like i used to.i want to share some pictures with you all.... pictures i took of my grandma rice in her kitchen. a picture of my mom sitting in the backseat of my

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i've been told that some folks are scared that i might be dead or.... in love, according to jack and donna, some good friends at cypress. i guess those are my only two options when people notice that i've been slow on the blogging front. but alas.... neither are my reality. other than 'in love' with life. which honestly is my reality these days. life has been really good. i've been making

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can you believe this? congress is actually thinking about cutting support to national public radio and public television. this is ludacris. heresy. unfathomable. i grew up, like you probably did, cutting teeth on wonderful programming from PBS. sesame street, reading rainbow, the electric company and bloodhound gang. programs that taught me about the goodness that can exist in human beings

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you know what's funny? willow creek's internet filter blocks my blog. oh yeah.... just think about how inappropriate my blog is. apparently there is 'gambling content' on my site. hmmmm.... could this be my *many* (?!) references to vegas and the slots? ha ha ha.... yeah right.i just went to my first breakout session. transformational worship, led by rory noland. i think i feel the same

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got to meet up with adam caldwell during our afternoon break. he and his friend dropped by deana and my table in dr. b's. over bananas, water and a crunchy pear we talked about some life that has passed by, the greatness of macs and where he is headed this coming year. adam is working with the christian campus house on the campus of eastern illinois university. adam is a super-talented guy

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always a crowd-pleaser: harvey carey. an african-american pastor from detroit. he's wildly funny, incredibly poignant and amazingly gifted. he spoke on the necessity of 'god moments.' in preparation, in performance and in product.one quote that stood out: "the world should be looking to us for the arts, because we have the creator in us!"

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this session: awesome. i mentioned it in my last post. randall wallace, screenwriter of some of our favorite films: braveheart, man in the iron mask, we were soldiers and pearl harbor. wallace came together with nancy beach and spoke about his craft, his faith and how his art is so much bigger than himself.sound bites:"people don't remember what you tell them. they don't even remember so

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this morning started with music from nicole nordeman. i love her. she's just fantastic. her beautiful voice, a grand piano and an accent guitar. it was special. and sacred. wonderful. then, another great drama from ingrid desanctis. so far, we've seen 3 scenes from her. all amazing. this is a lady i'd like to just sit down and have a cup of coffee with. i have no idea what she's like

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kim commented on one of my previous posts and mentioned that bill (hybels) seemed pretty peevish during the session last night. i will admit, he did seem to be on the offensive. i took most of that as him not feeling well and being on meds. but.... you know, i've heard that spiel before. he talked about 'worship speak" when worship leaders talk too much between songs and say some

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the making of sunday morning moments. this session was facilitated by bill hybels and nancy beach. it was a great session. basically just a taste of some of the more creative worship experiences they have created at willow.the most compelling and thought-provoking for me, came on a sunday when hybels was teaching on 'the god who hates injustice.' and wow.... the arts team at willow outdid

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wow. session two was worth the price of admission. so good. national geographic photographer, dewitt jones, spoke about capturing the moments of life. incredible.some sound bites:the charge that national geographic gave him as a new photographer: "celebrate what is right with the world instead of what is wrong."when looking at life, look at the ordinary and see the extrordinary.instead of

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main session #1 down. worship led by lincoln brewster and band. teaching led by nancy beach. it was all about seizing the moments life throws at you and making the most out of your life. good stuff. talked about the business that each of us gets sucked into. the palm pilots, the blackberries (or as beach calls them, 'crackberries,' because they're so addictive), the laptops, the cell phones

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i'm sitting here in dr. b's at willow. (their little coffee shop) enjoying the free wifi and a not-so-free latte. deana and i met up last night.... after i checked out u.c. worship and hanging out. had a great day yesterday. drove around with amy. we went over to edgewater baptist and i finally got to meet little simeon luke. natalie and andy's two-month old baby, who wasn't even a glimmer

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well, after the day from hell in travelling.... i finally arrived in chicago. yesterday was crazy. i left right after my portion of the service yesterday and rushed to get to the airport for my supposed 1:18pm flight to atlanta, connecting to chicago. i was going to arrive at 5pm, so i could check out evening worship at urban connexx. well.... none of that really worked out. and let's just

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it's been sort of a crazy week. in some ways it's been a bit of a rest (like the fact that we didn't have new community tonight, so i didn't have to plan a mid-week worship service), but in other ways, it's been insane. camp cypress (aka: vbs) is this week. good times. it's actually really fantastic and i've had a lot of fun being involved. tonight was night three. i'm helping out on the

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one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine to go. okay.... well, i just made up that figure. who knows how much more to go, but it'll definitely take a bit more.once again, today i was reminded how great my boss (my pastor) is. i dropped by the office to load the video for tomorrow's church service and to check and make sure our newsletters had returned successfully from the printer and i ran

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last night, sort of on a whim, i went to see willie nelson and bob dylan. oh yeah.... i've already heard the commentary from various folks. usually it's the looks on their faces that speak volumes. the 'are you serious???' look.... i guess maybe it's the fact that i'm well known in certain circles of friends for not being much of a fan for country music. but gather in close.... i'll let you

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if you haven't seen the movie crash, then you're missing out. do not pass go. do not collect $200. go straight out an see it. but.... but.... try and go in the right frame of mind. it's not a feel-good movie. there aren't many (if any) laughs. it's gonna make you think. and there will be parts that are painful to watch.if i were on the program staff at urban connexx this summer (like was

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well, i'm finally getting to the last debriefing of emergent. all in all.... a wonderful time. something that janalee and i talked about one night, was the fact that this years convention didn't seem as altogether earth-shattering as last year's. and you know.... i don't think that says anything about the convention itself. it probably says something about us. last year, i was fairly new to

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just arrived home. think my air-conditioning is broken in my apartment. ha ha... welcome home. i'll post more tomorrow as a final debriefing of the conference. all in all.... my trip was great. good conference, good time with friends, good time on my own. i have a lot to think about these days. pray for me as i continue to process.... and as i wait for my ac to get fixed!

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yesterday was full of connecting with folks. a good day. really didn't spend any time in emergent sessions. picked up a few cds of seminars i was interested in, but couldn't attend. and, got the cd of the 'church' session from our LC. i did get to grab coffee with gary morgan, though. pastor of mosaic nashville. we had a great convo and it's cool to hear about his experiences of the past

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thanks to wilzhead, we now have a fairly comprehensive list of bloggers at EC. click here and check it out. good stuff.

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our learning community this afternoon was very good.... but i have to be honest: my brain was tired and the room with no windows made me incredibly sleepy. i brought in the fruit and trailmix for our crowd and other folks brought chips and candy and goodies. and along with mark scandrette's powerbook it turned into our 'two minute dance party.' good times.and then todd hunter and john franke

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went to the blogger's lunch forum today. i think it's pretty safe to say we were the largest forum. 40ish strong. great group. i ended up primarily talking to folks i already knew, so that was sort of a bummer. not totally, because i really haven't had a lengthy convo with lynnette davidson before, so this was really enjoyable, but i was also hoping to meet some new folks. oh well.... it

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the brians wowed us this morning in our learning community. basically, it was an open forum to just lay out our questions and concerns about scripture. the apparent contradictions, the scary parts. it was fresh and freeing. brian walsh is genius and brian mcclaren is.... well, you know brian mcclaren. amazing as usual.points of contension were: reconciling the message of the book of joshua

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last night, i took meghan and matthew to one of the worship gathering options. we went over to mckendree united methodist church (one of the great old downtown churchs in the shadows of the ryman auditorium). this particular option was advertised as justin dillon (dime store prophets and tremolo front man) singing classic hymns, spirituals and rock songs. with a discussion to follow about how

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well, we're knee-deep into emergent now. it's going well.the format is new this year. this isn't unexpected. everyone who attended last year knew that something about that format just wasn't right. it was more of the traditional conference form. main sessions. seminars. and then cohorts. this year, there are main sessions in the evening, which actually take the form of a blessing each

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yea! i'm in nashville. really feels like coming home to me. maybe more than going back to illinois, in some ways. since 4 of my most formative years were spent here. last night, my flight got in around 6pm, i got my rental car and drove straight over to meghan and matthew's. gotta love nashville. good-sized city, smalltown feel. total time from when my plane touch down to when i was

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well, i'm trying to figure out this whole 'balance thing,' in my life. work, play, exercise, eating, downtime, reading, blogging.... there's so much to fit it (as you all know!) and sometimes, certain things just have to give. and lately, that thing to give has been blogging. please forgive me if you keep checking back and notice a lack in posts. i'm going to try to be faithful in blogging

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this is a great book that's been on my nightstand for a while. there's a method to my reading.... novels, i read straight through. once i start, it's hard to stop. non-fiction, i have a stack that i go through at a much slower pace. right now, my non-fiction reads are god's politics, the 22 immutable laws of branding and the new biography on bono. but god's politics.... i'm a jim wallis fan

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i was sitting here writing something and had an itunes mix on. this song, 'stay empty,' came on. it's on the willow creek student impact cd from a few years back. and man.... a flood of memories hit me. the first time i heard this song, i knew it was for me. i was back in illinois, living in my parent's house. i was trying to figure out my next move. and it was such a hard place. i

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sometimes when i look up in the sky and see an airplane, i wonder where it's going. i wonder if it's just taking off or coming in for landing or if it's just passing through. i wonder if the people on board are looking down at me in my little world. sometimes i wave. just for fun. not that they can see me.... a little flea on the ground under their plane, but i wave, nonetheless. and more

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last night i said that 'i dream of africa.' and funny enough.... last night, i dreamt that i went to japan. now, i've never been to japan before. i have a couple of friends who live there. but i think what brought on the dream, was a friend telling me yesterday, that she is going there next week. funny.... japan looked a lot like middle-america in my dream. somehow i doubt that's what japan

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stayed late at work tonight and walked over to the 200 building at 6:30pm and heard molly and joe bail talk about their trip to kenya. they have such amazing hearts for people. it doesn't matter where these people are, what their story. if they have a hurt or a need.... molly and joe want to be there. i love their hearts. i love how they see people so consistently with eyes of compassion and

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i got to tell two of my favorite people in the world that i will get to see them soon. i talked to meghan last night. called her up and asked her if she could stand a house guest in a couple of weeks. i'll crowd in on her and matthew and sleep in the guestroom. and then, i im'd with josh b. and we got all excited about emergent. he was planning on going all along, but since i just decided,

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wooohoooo! last year i got to go to the emergent convention in nashville and it was such an amazing experience. the seminars and sessions were great, but what was especially cool, was connecting with lots of folks that i hadn't seen in a while. in so many ways, it was like coming home. so many great minds and thinkers in one place. fresh ideas for ministry and church. and, i just assumed

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sat in a meeting all day today. my brain just doesn't work well under those conditions. sitting in a room with no windows. seven and a half hours. strategic planning. but.... those sort of meetings make my head spin. i just can't concentrate.i got home and went for a long walk. pumped my arms and legs. sweat some. U2 on the ipod. feel like i got back a bit of my sanity.

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yesterday's church was good. we've been continuing in our 'desperate housewives.... and the rest of us' series. which has been pretty cool. we've done 'desperate parents and kids,' 'desperate men,' 'desperate women,' and yesterday was 'not that desperate: singles.' ah yes.... the proverbial single's sunday. ha ha. well, maybe not quite all of the images that 'single's sunday' dredges up.

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yesterday i was driving down the road and i passed this retention pond on my right. i was stopped at a stoplight beside this pond and as i looked across the water, my mind wandered. isn't it amazing how one sight, one smell, one sound can take you back? take you to a time that is decades away. as i looked at the calm water in that pond, with tree branches bending down to touch the surface, i

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okay.... so this is my obligatory and shameless post regarding my guestmap. i feel like i have to tell you about this. here's what it is.... it's just another tool designed to inflate my ego, as i see what exotic places the readers of my blog reside. yep. pretty much. but c'mon.... you have to admit. it's dang cool. i just like the fact that with only something like 5 pins in my guest

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last night, douglas talked about 'doing your day with jesus.' a good topic to hear. (although, i must admit, when he started talking about the importance of sleep.... i started to get really sleepy.)but anyways.... something that douglas said, really stuck with me. he talked about those friends you have in your life who after you spend time with them, you feel like you are a better person.

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good feeling: talking on the phone with my sister tonight and laughing so hard that i a)cried and b)was worried i might actually wake the neighbors. oh yeah.... we're talking hysterics. all over a thirty-five dollar hair pick that is beaded with the word 'respect.' yeah.... just about as random as it sounds. but it doesn't take much more than that to get us laughing. i love it. it was the

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these days, it's just been hard to blog. you've probably noticed.... silly little posts about nothing in particular. i don't know. it's not that i'm in a funk. i just feel like i don't know what to write. or i know what to write, but can't. i'm thinking about starting a secret blog. ha ha. but what would be the point? maybe i should just be better about journalling. would have the same

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oh yeah.... thanks alison, for this one. sometimes i just can't help myself. whether i'm learning what european country i am, or what star wars character or what brand of breakfast cereal. i just can't help it. this time: linguistics. who knew?! 75% general american english. how enlightening!Your Linguistic Profile:75% General American English15% Yankee5% Midwestern5% Upper Midwestern0%

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paradise breakfast coffee tastes like cigarettes yet i still drink it

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hey there, i'm trying out something new. scroll down and to the left and check out my guestmap. click on the icon and then post your location in the world. you can bypass the silly signup for spam. just don't click anything. i'm anxious to see where everybody is from, so.... click away!

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have you ever gone to the trouble make something for dinner and then didn't feel like eating it, after all? that happened to me tonight. spent almost an hour making some food and when all was said and done, i didn't even feel like eating it. i went out and got a philly steak instead. so strange. i don't know what's wrong with me....

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i'm sitting here listening to a stream of ben fold's new album. songs for silverman. i'm listening to it from vh1's hear music first. you should check it out. it's classic ben folds. which i love. there's just something about his music that i like. as crass as it is sometimes.... most of the time i just find myself saying, 'yeah, that is totally like it is.... he gets it.'

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we tried something new at new community tonight. jason and i moved the chairs around, so we did worship 'in the round.' it was cool. the players and i moved down off the stages, so we were down among the people. and.... with 3 guitars, congas and no sound system, you could really hear people singing out and it was such a nice 'wrinkle,' as they like to call them around here. something new

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found this site. pretty interesting to see how many bloggers are around me. 16 apparently. who knew?scroll down and look on the left side for my blogmap. and then get your own! fyi: the other day, i saw this cool little sitetracker that showed a map and dots where people were from, who were visiting your site. it was through geo-loc, but apparently they're not taking any more users.

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in an email today, my sister brought up a good point.... 'why do christians continually make themselves feel like they're not good enough.... living in this constant state of unworthiness?' and you know.... my churchy answer included thoughts about grace and how we're not really 'good enough' and how i'm constantly striving to become more of the person god wants me to be. blah, blah. you know

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i read this post this evening. bloggers.... it's this kind of honesty that keeps me doing this. i need to read things like this. it lets me know that i'm not alone in this crazy journey of faith: I feel like I need mouth to mouth for my faith life. Not my faith beliefs mind you, those I’m all set with, but my faith life. Someone grab those shock paddles or pump my chest until my life starts to

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i was listening to this song this morning. it makes me think of this past summer, working in chicago. we used this song on the evening where we took a look at christ's road to the cross. we opened the evening and with all of the house lights down and as all of the candles were lit, this song played. i would always stand backstage, waiting to lead, and would sing along as it played.

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now..... U2. how can i even begin to tell you about this experience in a way that does it any justice? today at church, everyone was asking me about it and i was just completely struck by the fact that i sound like a total blithering idiot when i talk about it. a total fan. which i am, so that's okay, but.... just trying to communicate the magnitude of the experience for me. first off....

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706049266977205113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340961.post-1113637786304136592005-04-16T02:48:00.000-05:002005-04-16T02:49:46.306-05:00

words fail me.i'll post more after i've gathered my thoughts.but i can say this.... simply amazing.

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the sound of U2 fills my sister's house this morning. 'all that you can't leave behind' is rocking out on the bose. haydn sits at the table, noshing on watermelon as he dances his dance.... he's the best chair dancer ever. probably from hours and hours of practice, sitting in his carseat on roadtrips and grocery runs. he sways his shoulders and flashes his angel-smile. gus crashes into one

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706049266977205113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340961.post-1113524842716476202005-04-14T19:24:00.000-05:002005-04-14T19:28:24.346-05:00

hey guys! i'm in vegas. man, it's good to be out here. hanging out with kristin is like therapy. her family makes me smile. haydn and gus are the cutest little guys ever. they make me laugh.silly thing, but i came out here and took a major nap this afternoon. 3 hours. yeah.... you know you're on vacation when you totally crash. totally. i feel good, though. this is just what the

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tomorrow a.m. i'll board a plane and head to vegas. i get to hang out with my sister kristin, for the next couple of days. i'm so stoked....i'll spend the day with kristin and her boys and the night at their house and then she and i will drive down to phoenix on friday. and then.... oh yeah, the point of us getting together.... the U2 concert on friday night. i can't wait! i finally get to

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706049266977205113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340961.post-1113352847178026762005-04-12T19:40:00.000-05:002005-04-12T19:40:47.176-05:00

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706049266977205113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340961.post-1113096467370583702005-04-09T20:22:00.000-05:002005-04-09T20:37:14.356-05:00

my white 'make poverty history' band broke the other day. i hate that. so, i figure if all of these hundreds of people are inadvertantly hitting my blog, then i should make the most out of it. this coming july, the G8 summit.... where the 8 world superpowers meet together.... will gather in scotland. one of the issues that will be the main focus, is the issue of world poverty. and especially

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tonight, i invited jim, judy, jack and donna over for dinner. i fixed up some chicken a la king.... which always makes me think of my mom. it sounds so special. but it really is quite easy. and they came over and we had such a nice time. whenever i have people into my home, it always makes me think of jesus. jesus spent a lot of time over at other people's houses. he ate a lot of meals as

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706049266977205113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340961.post-1112986506662899212005-04-08T13:48:00.000-05:002005-04-09T20:09:39.770-05:00

just love fridays. if every day was friday, i would be so at peace. with myself. with my life. with my world. so, the question is.... how can incorporate the elements of 'fridays' into my everyday experience. this morning i went and go breakfast. was bummed to find out that my usual waitress has left that job. i can only hope that she's moved onto bigger and better things. something

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706049266977205113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340961.post-1112901792807751442005-04-07T14:21:00.001-05:002005-04-07T14:24:29.713-05:00

what is up with this?! it's 3:20 in the afternoon and i have already had 465 hits on my blog. today. just today. this is strange. are people just now starting to google the random things i write about. i wonder what is causing this. any ideas? let's develop a theory. if you're visiting my page for the first time... please post a comment. tell me how you got here. i'm dying to know!

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