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The Church Search (With Apologies to Mark Driscoll)

15. May 2006

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Chris Francis asked about the process of our search for a place to call home, and I would rather answer him through another post rather than a comment. For the past nine months or so, our family has found ourselves at a crossroads. At various points, we would take steps in a certain direction only [...]

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Hank Hill Looks for a Church

14. May 2006

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You know, I can somewhat identify with Hank in this one. The part where he is searching for the right place, at least. I recorded this entire episode a couple of weeks ago, and I still have it on the dvr waiting to be burnt to a DVD.

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Another London Memory

17. April 2006

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My Muse spoke to me tonight and told me that I needed to post. Lucky for her, I was already mulling this over… One afternoon as we were walking along the heart of London, not far from Piccadilly Circus and the major shopping areas, I noticed something that I had only seen one other time since [...]

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So Maybe She Just Isn’t Ready Yet

10. April 2006

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Jordyn and I got some hang time tonight. We played on the floor, wrestling and then cuddling. I told her stories about when I was a kid, and she laughed like she always does. After I brushed her teeth, I cuddled her on her bed for a few minutes and tried to have a teaching [...]

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Expectations… Part 2

4. March 2006

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I suppose I really should follow up my previous post with a bit of an explanation. This is part one of a two part explanation. Back at the beginning of September, I resigned from a bi-vocational ministry position. I had been on staff with the church for over a year and a half, but we definitely [...]

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Expectations

27. February 2006

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For several years in the late eighties early nineties, I worked as a deejay. That’s right, I was an on-air personality. I started off at an AM station that played southern gospel. The studio was in a trailer, and the transmitter was barely strong enough to reach the parking lot. This really didn’t present a [...]

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I am not a COMPLETE Slacker

19. February 2006

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… just a partial one. Thoughts are brewing, opinions are stewing… and they are likely to burst into words at any time. At this point, let’s just suffice it to say that the Andress family feels like a puzzle piece without the larger puzzle.Searching for the puzzle where we belong is a tiresome task, and we [...]

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A Father’s Blessing

26. January 2006

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Several years ago, I was over at my buddy Jeff’s house when he sent his son to bed for the third time. Rustin looked up at his dad and told him, “But, Dad… I can’t go to sleep without my blessing!” Jeff apologized and then went into his son’s bedroom to pray a blessing over [...]

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The Day After

26. December 2005

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Christmas Eve was beautiful. Miranda’s mom came and spent the night with us, and she joined us for dinner, and then we went to Journey for a Christmas Eve service, which was beautiful. We sang songs of praise, and Mike delivered a great reminder about the reason we celebrate in the first place. Afterwards, we [...]

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Christmas Cards, Christmas Trees, and the Like

22. December 2005

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Why is it that I often find myself looking at the behavior of the American Church and sadly shaking my head? Do we honestly think that we are going to win the world by making sure that greetings cards read “Merry Christmas” rather than “Happy Holidays”? I have heard many of the arguments that are [...]

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