Gathering In Light (Page 58)

a disappearing act? xfba comments

Further investigation into the XFBA matter leaves us with these points: 1. The XFBA.org website is being dismantled (either that or edited to reflect the major changes in the organization). The front page no longer leads to any links into the information on their website, you have to access

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akron quakers

bottom line – I am going to join I don’t care what I have to do. Here is a link to the IBL.

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“Ground Hog Day” on Ground Hog Day

Yesterday I had this stunning revelation. Like in the movie with Bill Murray, Ground Hog Day, I realized my days were repeating themselves. All day on feb. 1 (Wed) I was convinced it was Tuesday, even to the point of telling my friend I could not go to a concert

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lifeasmission.com

Over at lifeasmission.com, JR writes a well thought out and well defined review of George Barna’s revolution. In wondering whether he is really a revoltionary or not, JR discovers that Barna’s own conclusions are still to individualist and based too much on statistics and not enough on

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when the buzzer sounds – xfba basketball

Ok – I’ve been holding my metaphoric tongue but there is a news flash concerning the XFBA (xzuberant faith basketball association). I’ve had tons of comments and hits of the blog today and this deems posting. largest set of comments another set of comments Here is what we know

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learning that makes for practice

Ryan and Eddie’s class started last night, MC535 “Emerging Churches,” of which I will assist in the grading and ideas-sharing of the course. Its fun to be in class while standing on the other side of the desk so to speak. Stitting there last night, instead of frantically trying

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first annual blog-party

JR and I have begun what may be an on going techie/creative evening of blogging, and working on our sites. Here’s photo from the night. Technorati Tags: friends, blogging

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from the bolg blog

I wanted to thank Ryan for the nice thoughts. I’ve learned a lot from working with him and am really looking forward to the possibility of him being my PhD mentor. The thought of studying with someone I know, and someone who I share many ideas and passions with

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saturday evening raviolis

tonight emily and I made homeade ravioli from a jamie oliver recipe, it was fantastic. here’s the recipe from his book “The Naked Chef Takes Off” (Jamie Oliver) 8oz potatoes peeled 1 1/2 asparagus, bases trimmed and stalks peeled 1 clove garlic – chop it olive oil salt and

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george marsden at fuller

We went to see George Marsden speak tonight on “Fundamentalism and Contemporary Culture” at Fuller Wednesday night. George Marsden, teaches church history at Notre Dame and has made a name for himself by writing book on fundamentalism and its affects on the church in America. One of the main points

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the media, culture and the past year #1

Well I must say I’ve been happy to see all the commenting and interest into the things that have been written about as of late, and I encourage the discussions and comments to continue until things are seen more clearly. I make myself available as a resource for questions

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out in the open

Well I have felt a little reluctant to say much more, the comments are coming pretty quickly, many hits are happening on my blog, and so its kind of doing its own thing, but then there is more that has come to light concerning this whole matter involving the XFBA

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encouraging comments about the league

Here is new, and much more encouraging information, creating more accuracy with statements said here on this site and in other places as well as easing my mind a little. These are all quoted directly from sources that have contacted me directly (nothing’s been changed): To summarize, to this

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theological reflections on xzuberant faith

here is a letter I have written and emailed (xfmpstreetball@yahoo.com as well as xfmag@yahoo.com) to the leaders of the XFBA. Michael Heard, Gregory Railey and Jevon Blake, In this whole expose of trying to discover what is true and false about this basketball league I began

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Update #4

From a close source: 1) They never physically were allowed to hold a contract. One day it was read to them, then at the “signing” they were read something from the contract, then each team went up and signed the contracts (with no time to read them). There was no

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Update on Scam #3

This is from a friend looking into the situation. “I called Creflo Dollar’s organization. They have never heard of any of these guys, their league, their church – they have had no contact with them and know nothing about them. I also contacted Canton Better Business Bureau and they’ve

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Free Web 2.0 Music Software

Heck Yeah. Webjay – Playlist Community Also See Last.FM and Pandora.com These are all great ways to listen to music free. I prefer Last.fm to the others but Pandora is really nice as well.

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chronicles of scam scam

There are new developments since my last post concerning the possible scam taking place in Canton Ohio involving the Xzuberant Faith Ministry Productions team. There is a team of people now investigating the issues that surround the practices of this group that has seemingly popped up out of nowhere within

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taking the classroom outside

This past quarter I had the great privilege to work with Ryan Bolger on his class “transforming contemporary cultures” at Fuller Seminary. In this class we used the internet as a basis for much of the learning that took place during the quarter. We made use of both individual and

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when dreams become cheap tricks

Over the holidays new drama develops for my family and it involves a small town scam. So far as I can tell Xzuberant Faith Basketball Association and Xzuberant Faith Ministry Production is a scam that targets 20 something men interested in playing basketball. [If anyone have any more information about

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following wise guys

today emily and i taught our Sunday School, and the lesson today was on the three “wise guys” as I like to call them and how they followed a star to find the baby Jesus. It was a lot of fun, we dressed up, well the three boys in our

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new year thoughts

Being home always reminds me of who I am, who I am not, and who I try to be. For instance most of my friends here in LA are in school, just out of school or are pursuing PhD (so they will be in school for a lifetime), while most

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Christmas gifts and letters

With all the fuss I made earlier about gifts on Christmas I must say that I still like to get them. In fact Emily and I had a number of long talks about Christmas gifts, traditions, and theological implications concerning these things (and what we want to and don’t

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on our way back home

Tomorrow morning at about 6:30 our good friend, Emily Page is taking us to the Burbank airport (heaven compared to LA international airport) to fly back to the good ol state of Ohio. Heading back home is always a double-edged sword for me. As most normal people I love

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home for christmas

Emily and I are staying in LA for Christmas this year, mainly because we couldn’t purchase tickets for before Christmas due to Emily’s work schedule and the price of tickets going out of LA the night before the sleigh touches down. At first glance this could be a