Archive for August, 2008

A Battle for Political Power, or a Spiritual Search for Truth?

Friday, August 29th, 2008

“I have the impression that many of the debates within the Church around such issues as the papacy, the ordination of women, the marriage of priests, homosexuality, birth control, abortion and euthanasia take place on a primarily moral level. On that level, different parties battle about right or wrong. But that battle is often removed [...]

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Smells Like Teen Spirit - August Poetic License

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Want this button?

I have to confess that I actually had intended to skip PPL this month. Busy, buried and all that jazz. I hope you’ll forgive, Robin.
But I just couldn’t. PPL is just too much fun.
And this month’s theme was too hard to pass up.
No set form. Theme is [...]

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Sending it Out

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

I finished The Silent Funeral today.
For better or worse, it’s done.
After another read through and another round of minor, but important changes, it’s time for me to move on.
It’s time for me to release it into the wild and hope that the world is accepting of it.
Is this what the first day of school feels [...]

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What’s on my Kindle - August 2008

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

I am reading too many things at once.
I do this from time to time. Normally, I’ll have 3-4 books in progress at once, which I can handle pretty well.
Anything beyond that usually means that I’ve stopped reading something.
Right now, I have eight books working at once. Yikes… focus, Brandon.
On another note, I’m going to try [...]

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Stained, In Flux, Discerning the Next

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Last week, I spent two days attending the Willow Creek Leadership Summit.
Since Thursday morning, I’ve been unsettled, uncomfortable and uncertain.
In the grand scheme, these are good, no great, things.
Wonderful and majestic things.
Eternal things.
But in the meantime, I have been shaken.
And it’s time for me to discern a call.
And my response.
I think it looks something like [...]

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