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Theological Worldview, 2008

January 26th, 2008, 2 Comments

Pastor Kes took this quiz that I’ve taken twice before. I was curious to see if the answers were any different for me, but they’re not too different.
Here’s today’s results:

What’s your theological worldview?
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You scored as Evangelical Holiness/WesleyanYou are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God’s grace enables you to [...]

Colleen Echohawk-Hayashi is blogging

January 23rd, 2008, No Comments

One of my pastors is blogging over at http://colleenechohawk.blogspot.com/.  She promises to write about these topics:

School
Family and Parenting
Church and Spirituality
Food

I think this is going to be a great blog.
Head on over!

Thanks for your prayers for Chris

January 15th, 2008, 1 Comment

My friend and co-worker Chris, who had a cancerous kidney tumor removed last week, just got the results of the pathology test on the lymph nodes that were removed as well:
Dr. Weissman called this morning with the pathology report on my kidney cancer. It is as good as we could ever hope for.
• Renal [...]

I Hate Celebrity Gossip Culture

January 6th, 2008, No Comments

This item was just announced on CNN’s Twitter feed:

Now, I am with Craig Ferguson (YouTube link, totally worth your time if you haven’t seen that before) – the young lady is obviously dealing with severe addiction and with some personality problems. That doesn’t make her life funny to me, not in the least.
I also [...]

25 Things I Never Get Tired Of

December 31st, 2007, No Comments

Inspired by my soulsister Jen Lemen’s post, here are 25 things I never get tired of (in no particular order):

My son’s giggle
Discovering new music
That moment in lectio divina when you realize you’ve stumbled into something sacred
Apple pie
Lighting too many candles
The zen moment when I’m on a motorcycle and it’s just me, the bike, the road [...]

Hello world!

December 31st, 2007, 1 Comment

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!

2007, Looking Back; 2008, Looking Forward

December 30th, 2007, No Comments

“Sometimes, the light’s all shinin’ on me
Other times, I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it’s been”
– The Grateful Dead, Truckin’
Seems like it’s about time to look back over the past year and survey the wreckage (uhhh, character building). I’ve been wanting to spend time reviewing what’s happened this [...]

A few weeks late, but.. on Advent and the Christmas story

December 26th, 2007, No Comments

I heard one of the best sermons on the Advent story a week or so ago and forgot to post it here…
Here are some vignettes of the Christmas narrative from Matthew 1 and 2, by Ray Bakke, at Vineyard Community Church in Shoreline (MP3, 40 min).
Ray is the chancellor of Bakke Graduate University, and as [...]

Surprise Snow

November 26th, 2007, 2 Comments

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Surprise Snow, originally uploaded by PatL.

You know your kids live in Seattle when:
1) The young one screams bloody murder at the invaders from the sky
2) The older one asks if walking into the snow "is [...]

The Gospel of Jitters Coffeeshop

November 19th, 2007, No Comments

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The Gospel of Jitters Coffeeshop, originally uploaded by PatL.
There’s one whiteboard in the conference room at Jitters coffeeshop in Redmond, where we occasionally meet to work.  This was the Monday morning [...]