Here’s another good blog suggestion: Real Live Preacher. This is the blog of Gordon Atkinson, an (American?) Baptist pastor in San Antonio, Texas. You can read more about his blog on his about page, where you’ll find that he has a book of his essays published, has written for the Christian Century, and takes to [...]

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I came across this post by Liz Mosbo VerHage on her blog Living Theology tonight. I think this is just a wonderful prayer, and I thought you might like to pray it yourself:
 
Below is one of my favorite fixed prayers, because it allows for my reality (questioning, wondering, waiting) alongside God’s reality (gracious, giving, protecting) [...]

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I received a request Sunday to provide the list of things I mentioned at the end of my sermon Sunday that we can be grateful for. The list was illustrative, not meant to offer a complete reflection, but more to prompt imagination. But if it is helpful, here’s the ending to my sermon “Gratitude”…
We can [...]

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Saturday my younger brother Joel and his wife Michelle had their first child, Vance Ryan Herring. Here’s a pic of the proud poppa and Vance, my first nephew. Nora and Tessa will have lots of fun playing with their younger (though not by much) cousin. What a wonderful gift!

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By all counts, the gathering of 20 and 30 somethings at our house last Saturday was a success: 15 people plus Brook and yours truly partied like rock stars…if rock stars eat BBQ and play games like Apples to Apples and Trivial Pursuit. Who knew that these Southminsterites had so much knowledge about the [...]

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From the youth group: a warm thank you to all for your generous support. On Sunday we made $592.00 at our Food Court and Bake Sale fundraiser. Those funds will go toward our 2007 work camp fund. And on Wednesday we collected over $115 from the Red Robin fundraiser (which is 10% of our collective [...]

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You’ve got two opportunities this coming week to support your youth group while eating well!
This Sunday make plans to attend the first 2006-2007 fundraising lunch. All proceeds go to the youth group workcamp fund: previous trips have included work at the Heifer Project Ranch in Arkansas, a trip to Agua Prieta, Mexico, and work in [...]

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Joy asked in the comment section if I had suggestions for some other interesting blogs. The answer is: too many! There are a TON of great blogs out there. Really, people are journaling about almost everything under the sun out there. Some of these are informal, some are major productions. Not everything out there is [...]

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