Monthly Archives: December 2009

Fun and Presents or Joy and Presence

December is a season of gathering, as our various neighborhoods celebrate the season (or the incarnation!). One day the company, another the office, this day friends, and that day family: joy (and tension) fill life together. Too often I let … Continue reading

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Communal Beings Need Communal Learning

I’ve spent many hours in the past few days, reading about creating community in distance education.  The basic consensus seems to be that it is crucial, doable, and difficult. In all this, the most amazing thing is how secular educators … Continue reading

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Lessons learned from one with a broken body, a will of steel, and a heart after God

In my twenties, my bible study leader had a stroke. The depth of character revealed in his tenacity, honestly, and trust influenced me deeply. Struggle tests our mettle and struggle faced with courage and consistency develops godly dispositions expressed in … Continue reading

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The Neighborhoods Just Intersected

Every Christian likely belongs to several ecclesial neighborhoods.  I belong to at least two: Sanctify and the Biola Registrars Office. This weekend, they overlapped in a fabulous way.  At Sunday breakfast, Sanctify decided to donate funds to a Registrar Office … Continue reading

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Knowing as Knowing How

Some knowledge is learned through practice, applying mind and body to mental and physical skills, until they are nearly hardwired. In the year plus that TNBS has been studying Isaiah, we have slowly developed a communal study method that fits … Continue reading

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