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How do we incarnate the body of Christ in this new frontier, this increasing wilderness? What do the roots of Christianity, of the apostles first forays into the world have to say for the church today? These are the questions that drive me. How are we to be the church in a culture that has forgotten the ways of Christ?

The call of the church today is to abandon its fortresses and to become nomads, following the breath of God as he fills the world with life; to pursue the shadow of an unrelenting and unceasing God that is passionately reclaiming what is his. I want to understand how he spoke through his first apostles as he called together and formed the body of believers in the upper room with his holy fire. I want to inhabit the words and minds of the ancient theologians and mystics that sought God above all else. Through all of this though I want to gain an understanding on how to inspire, lead, and bring others along on the narrow path, to one day see the new heavens and the new earth in all their glory, and to see the face of my savior and embrace his feet in awe.

This journey is both intimately personal, and at the same time impossible without being in community with other believers and unbelievers alike. For truly as the gospel states we all have sinned, and fallen short of God’s glory, but praise be the cross is sufficient for all who embrace it’s story.

-David

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Entries in disc golf (2)

Wednesday
May072008

Brain Dump

This probably will be very incoherent and very broad...

Americans are notorious for cultural insensitivity.

I like engrish. (No I didn't misspell that)

I really like the life of pacifism but sometimes it seems incompatible with being a human being.

Violence confuses me.

Sometimes I think the only way God could ensure peace is to take away most of our emotions, even some of the good ones.

I hurt people sometimes with my words.

I am scared that I am not 'good enough' at a lot of things.

A best friend that I consider a brother is in Iraq and I really miss him and pray for him a lot.

I eat too much of the wrong things.

I struggle with the image I want to present to others.

I really don't 'get' parts of the Bible and It's hard to understand how they reflect God.

Sometimes I think my Christian walk would be easier for me if someone said, "you can't be a Nazarene anymore."

I am tired of politics within Church structures.

I like cooking food.

Driving aimlessly around the countryside is relaxing for me.

I have too much debt.

I really like LOST.

I really like writing.

I really like infovis.

I talk a big game.

James Dobson should get out of the political realm, it kind of embarrasses me.

The lame man on the stretcher never said a sinner's prayer before Jesus forgave his sins.

I used to think Christians got a bad rap from non-Christians.  Then I started to really listen to how the most vocal Christians talk about and segregate non-Christians, and I am starting to understand that maybe the non-Christians have got some things right.

I think it's entirely possible that God could have created the universe out of peanut butter and waffles in 2 hours and 45 minutes if he had wanted too.

Theology is used by fundamentalists to put an arm hold on God's power.

I love my son.

After 25+ years I still love Lego blocks.

If your wife is pregnant and asks for something specifically always grab a few extra to save yourself a trip back for more.

Hormones are wacky, wacky things.

The ukulele is underrepresented as a symphonic instrument, same with the banjo.  Couldn't you just imagine Beethoven's 5th on a Banjo?

If I ever really see a tornado I might poop my pants.

Business travel is fun, but lonely.  It's lonely fun.

I want a self-mowing lawn with automatic dandelion removal.

By the time I drive 30 minutes in my polluting car and spend twice as much on it the 'Green-ness' of buying organic produce has been thrown right out the window.  So I go to Wal-Mart.

I really, really don't get a lot of the games these days.  Especially first person shooter games, I have tried a few but they are all the same to me.  I am a FPS bigot.

I love disc-golf, especially with other people.

I need new glasses.

Do us all a favor and get your dog neutered if you take it out in public, No one wants to see that when they go to the park for a picnic.

Immaturity isn't tied to age.

Sometimes we think we are farther along and better off than we really are.

Monday
Apr282008

First Tee-off of the Season.

disc_golfBeautiful day today, but windy.  It was the first time out for me out on the course in quite a while, but I dug up the discs for a quick round at Prairie Center park.  Incase you haven't caught on I am talking about the poor man's golf.

I led off the first hole with a second shot birdie from about 60 feet, but alas I should have called it good for the day at that point, as I played through 10 more holes to end up a short round at 9 over, (Counting all holes par 3).

The wind was a bit strong today, though my Innova Cheetah (Purchase) faired well overall, (I have an ORC for longer distances but it stayed home).  Even my mid-range Innova that bagged me the birdie held it's own in the ever-present wind of Kansas.

I have never followed the rules to a tee, but today I ran into a tournament level player that schooled me on the out of bound rules.  OB are my middle two initials on the disc golf course.  Essentially anything that lands OB gets brought back in a meter from the OB line with a stroke penalty.  While I understand the need for not playing in the middle of the street, figuring out how to chuck a disc out of a dense pinewood forest, or 50 feet down a 60 degree incline has it's own fun factor as well.

Something else today is I did almost no running starts for the initial throw instead working on body form and flow to create momentum and accuracy, rather than momentum through sheer speed.  That being said the difference between a running throw for me and a standing throw was only about 20 to 30 feet, but my accuracy made up for the distance allowing me to get within 15 feet of the tee with my second throw 80% of the time.  With better putting I could have been at +2 or 3 today over the 11 holes I played.

I am hoping to get a regular group started up soon with Donnie Miller.