anita renfroe has done it again…brillant she is. so here…a tribute to our mom’s everywhere and especially my mom, alison and to melinda my bride and the mother of our children… yep…yep! turn it up…
in tha muthahood
Over the Rainbow: a shared experience.
a song written before the children from PS22 parents were born rocks the emotions even today. watch this video. see how the beauty of the passionate voices of children join with the tribute to the winners of the 2011 Oscar to leverage the value of community. So how can we create similar shared experience and culture in the church? so cool.
all hallows eve
jon acuff had an interesting blog post today about halloween…Feeling bad that you didn’t blog about Halloween. he suggests there are 3 perspectives:
1. I hate Halloween.
2. We love Halloween!
3. Christian hybrid Halloween.
I’m not quite sure where i land but i always enjoy watching the “little beggars” come by for the treats. this year melinda and emmah joined up with our neighbors to help make the 1 hour pass by. here’s some video…
adam mclane had some interesting thots too… 3 Reasons to Embrace Halloween . this much i know, halloween has taken an established place in our culture. like it or not its here to stay. i’m guessing the Church needs to figure out a better way to respond. i know some have…and i’m already thinking about what our outpost should do next year.
a man crisis-need better men
been thinking a lot lately…because of many issues…about adolescence…fatherhood…maturity…and then this popped into my reader…an astute observation…amazing challenge…and looks like an equally good book.
not sure exactly what to do with it…but there’s something here. i’ve not thought enough about it yet. many stranded thoughts and ponderings. darrin patrick’s challenge that we need better men and that what follows from that is better pastors is a really interesting statement.

