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My Unknown Encounter with Brennan Manning

It’s a bitterly cold New England winter morning. It’s 6:30am and our family piles into our worn out Jeep Cherokee for our weekly drive to the Vermont mountains. The car has been running for about 10 minutes. So while it’s … Continue reading

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Who Am I?

One of my all time favorite movie quotes is from the film Chariots of Fire. Olympic runner Harold Abrahams is in his locker room preparing for his track and field event. While getting ready with his trainer, he says about the race, … Continue reading

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Bueller…Bueller…Anyone…Anyone

Needless to say over the last few months I have been pretty MIA on my blog.  Here’s a brief recap of what’s been happening in my life over the past few months.  Back in April we had some significant turn … Continue reading

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Learning to be like Jesus

Over the past year or so, the community where I pastor has been wrestling through what discipleship is and what it looks like.  If you have been keeping up with this blog, you have seen some of that get figured … Continue reading

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People who have significantly shaped my thinking & ministry.

In yesterday’s post I mentioned that over the past 7 years, ever since I entered into seminary, I have found that there have been a handful of people who have significantly impacted the way I view and approach my role … Continue reading

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Why I Stayed: reflections as we move into 2012

As we leave 2011 behind and enter into 2012, it’s natural to reflect on where we’ve been over this past year and also hope and dream for where we’re going next.  Yesterday morning I got up a little early to … Continue reading

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