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Getting Free of Religion
14 May 2011 6:35 AM | No CommentsIn the early 90s for a couple of years I was an unpaid “Executive Pastor” of a denominational church. Anyone who knows me well knows that I am not really...
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Early morning at the Lancaster Denny’s
28 April 2011 2:58 AM | No CommentsI have an important appearance in family law court this morning. Lancaster, CA is about 95 miles from my home in Rancho Belago, CA (the 92555 zip code of Moreno...
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I cried last night…
14 April 2011 4:28 AM | 1 CommentI cried last night. A close and dear friend and mentor of mine was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. The picture of health, my friend was scheduled right away for...
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Archive for July, 2008
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Greg Laurie…
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsI spent last evening getting to know Greg Laurie better by reading his autobiography, Lost Boy. For those not acquainted with Greg, he is pastor of one of the largest... -
All-in…
Posted on July 29, 2008 | 1 CommentI used to say that I learned my philosophy of ministry from "The Gambler." You’ve got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em…etc. This was more... -
Wear Sunscreen…
Posted on July 27, 2008 | 2 CommentsWear Sunscreen, the faux commencement speech popularized by Baz Luhrman’s music video, contains some good advice, which, as the speech says, "like youth, is probably wasted on the young." The... -
Biopsy, Carcinoma, no fun, Son praying, priceless…
Posted on July 19, 2008 | 1 CommentI’ve had an itchy spot on my scalp behind my left ear for some time now. At first I thought it was somehow caused by my glasses rubbing up against... -
The genuine article, Tony Snow, dies
Posted on July 13, 2008 | No CommentsI liked Tony Snow, and I wasn’t alone. For several years I watched him as he hosted Fox News Sunday. He died too young at the age of 53 from... -
4th of July
Posted on July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment4th of July is for families. Starting about 35 years ago my father started having a 4th of July party at his home in Southern California. Over the years I... -
When Evangelism is your job…
Posted on July 3, 2008 | No CommentsI was talking to a friend of mine the other day about, among other things, church leadership in large churches. We were talking about the difficulties of keeping the evangelism...