Snowed In

You know the snow is bad when WWU decides to cancel school. I don’t know how clearly I can say it, but this has been one of my favorite November’s yet: terrible wind, buckets of rain, and now….SNOW! I’m a glutton for bad weather I guess, because I love this stuff.
And with the snow, it’s [...]

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The Social Justice Tradition

I’m not sure I’ve mentioned it here before, but this quarter I’m involved in a small group with some good friends from church and our pastor. We’re going through Renovare’s six aspects of a balanced vision for faith. We’ve talked about the Contemplative (meditation, lectio devina), Holiness (pietistic), Charismatic (Holy Spirit-empowered), and Social Justice (umm…social [...]

Soap-boxing, Prostitutes, and “Letting Yourself Go”

This last month has seen a very difficult series of events unfold surrounding the allegations of former-pastor and president of the National Evangelical Association, Ted Haggard and his involvement with a male-prostitute and drug use. While I’m sure many of you have heard about this in the news, here are a couple good links to [...]

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Weekly Reflection – 11/17/06

Seems like the weeks go by so quickly. Last week I talked about technology around the office, including mobility and being flexible when it comes to meeting and working because of technology. Also, I touched on some of my general appreciation for this workplace and the great things this ministry is able to do because [...]

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World Vision Article

Here’s a great article from the Seattle Weekly on World Vision. It’s awesome to hear more details about this amazing group, especially when my good friend Sean works there.
This article and the organization they speak of are both very encouraging as we think of the seemingly overwhelming fight against AIDS in Africa and around [...]

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Back to Brewing: Results

Looks good. Tasted pretty dang good too.
If you missed the last brewing post, check it out here. This is Savage Brewing’s clone of the Wassail by Full Sail.

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Denison Witmer – Free* Music

*make a donation to one of Denison’s favorite charities and download 33 tracks from an acoustic recording session.
Earlier this month, Denison Witmer, one of my favorite singer-songwriter’s, turned 30 years old. As a birthday present to his fans, he’s created a website where you can download 33 unique recordings of many of his best songs, [...]

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Weekly Reflection – 11/10/06

This is the second of posts reflecting on my first year in ministry at the INN in Bellingham, WA. Last week, I introduced the series that I’ll be undertaking as a part of my work this year, a fulfillment of a goal of mine to write more and develop my voice in regards to talking [...]

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Burnside Writers Collective: On Swearing

Check out this great article on from the Burnside Writer’s Collective. And…please…refrain from any silly commenting BS and watch your mouths.

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Post-Halloween Pictures

Last week at the INN, since it was October 31st and I was playing music, I decided to dress up like a musician. But what musician would I choose? It was a hard decision, but I’m pretty happy with my costume.
Seth as Sufjan Stevens!

I modeled my costume after Sufjan Stevens, one of my current favorite [...]

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