Articles
Articles by Jason Ingalls.
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Jesus Catches Peter
Text: John 21:1-19 14 April 2013 St. Bene’t’s Church, Cambridge I The 21st chapter of…
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SERMON: God builds a kingdom that cannot be shaken
Hebrews 12.18-end 25 August 2013 All Saint's, Cottenham It was AD 79, and the sky…
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Repost: The Adventures of the Post-Relevant Church
I was looking back through the archives and ran across this piece from April 2011. It was written when I was working for a small parish in Toronto, and I still think it is applicable. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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SERMON: Jesus Gives Simon a New Name
Text: John 1:29-42 Date: 20 January 2013 At: Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge I grew…
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Sermon: God will swallow up death forever
Date: 4 November 2012 At: All Saint's Church, Rampton Texts: Is 65.6-9, John 11.32-44 I…
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Jesus Multiplies the Offering
Date: 29 July, 2012 At: St. Bene't's Church, Cambridge Text: John 6:1-21 I On top…
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Living
I recently reread Archbishop Michael Ramsey's, The Anglican Spirit (Cowley, 1991). In one chapter, Ramsey…
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The Long Way to Church
I recently finished a book called 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think…
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The Life of the Spirit (Baptismal Covenant, part 5)
Q.3 Celebrant Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit? People I believe in the…
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SERMON: God Grows the Kingdom
Date: The 2nd Sunday after Trinity (June 17, 2012) At: All Saints, Rampton Text: Mark…
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SERMON: Jesus Starts a New Family
Date: The First Sunday After Trinity (June 10, 2012) At: St. Bene't's, Cambridge Text: Mark…
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SERMON: Jesus Sends the Spirit
Date: The Feast of Pentecost (May 27, 2012) At: St. Andrew's Soham Text: John15.26-27; 16.4b-15…
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Home and Household: Thoughts on Pre-Marital Counseling
I will be conducting my first marriage service on the 30th of June and have,…
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Retelling Genesis 1-3
I wondered recently if one could retell the story of Genesis 1-3 compellingly and Christianly by beginning with "Once upon a time." This was the result.
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A Portable Narrative (Baptismal Covenant, part 4)
Q.1 Celebrant Do you believe in God the Father? People I believe in God, the…
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Holy Saturday
It's Holy Saturday. The church sits empty - desolate. Not even the sign of Christ's…
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Do It Tomorrow
Over Indian food on the banks of the Cam, the conversation between myself and the…
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Why Skype helps us understand Christ's Presence at the Table
I struggle to articulate a view of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, particularly about views…
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Your Priest is Pilate and Judas (and so are you)
People get up in arms sometimes about the symbols that we use around the Eucharist.…
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God's Good News for the Poor
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church is meeting 15-20 September in Quito, Ecuador.…
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Christianity, a word among the words?
In the Incarnation, the Word becomes a word among words, or so said David Bentley…
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The Response of Faith (Baptismal Covenant, part 3)
(continued from here ) The Book of Common Prayer talks about Covenant as well. The…
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The Baptismal Covenant, Part 2
Photo by Billy Alexander Several weeks ago, I started a series on the Baptismal Covenant,…
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I help people talk to God
Photo by Steve Todey "What do you do?" "Uhhh…." Notice that when people ask you…
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SERMON: Jesus Keeps His Promise, A Sermon for Pentecost
Date: June 12, 2011 Text: Acts 2:1-21 Note: This was the last sermon I preached…
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Welcome to Contra Factum
King's College Chapel, Cambridge photo by Monique Ingalls If you're visiting Contra Factum after reading…
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A Spiritual Exegesis of the Baptismal Covenant, Part 1
The Baptismal Covenant. Let's talk about it. If you've seen the comments sections on Anglican…
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SERMON: Jesus the Cornerstone
Date: May 22, 2010 Text: 1 Peter 2:2-10 When I was young, my uncle introduced…
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Reserving the Sacrament
In my church we reserve the Sacrament. For those of you unfamiliar with the practice,…
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Sermonic Metagaming
Since a friend of mine dropped the core rulebook on my bed in my second…
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The Adventures of the Post-Relevant Church
My wife, Dr. Monique, and I have great conversations. One day recently, as we discussed…
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SERMON: Jesus Delays
Date: April 10, 2011 Text: John 11:1-45 [Introduction] I have a confession to make: I…
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Spiritual Malpractice
It's been one of the joys of working in Toronto to have spent time with…
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SERMON: Living Water
Date: March 27, 2011 Sermon Text: John 4:5-42 Photo by Willam Mittelsteadt [Introduction] I've heard…
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Collared Evangelism
from Clergy Shirt USA I think every clergyperson who owns a collar should give 'collared…
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New Video for Change Anything
A few weeks ago, I posted an early review of * Change Anything by the…
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Clergy as Superheroes? Questions about Ontological Change
photo by Elvis Santana It's been said that when someone is ordained, they receive an…
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Post-Liberal Catholic Anglicanism?
It's been said that Anglicanism has three major parties: the Evangelical, the Anglo-Catholic, and the…
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Our Churches as Self-Obsessed Teenagers
My wife Dr. Monique and I recently had a conversation. The topic: the North American…
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Change Anything
I just finished reading an advance copy of Change Anything: The New Science of Personal…
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SERMON: God Loves His Enemies
Date: February 20, 2011 Sermon Text: Matthew 5:38-48 [Introduction] When I was growing up, Gary…
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Synod for Communion Partner–ACNA Reconciliation
On the Covenant blog, Phillip Anderas has posted a sermon entitled " And None But…
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SERMON: Christ the King
The Three Crosses by Pieter Pauwel Rubens (1620) Date: November 21, 2010 Sermon Texts: Jeremiah…
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George Bailey is Trapped
On Wednesday nights, I host a movie discussion group at Grace Church-on-the-Hill . The current…
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SERMON: God, Faith, Service
A mulberry tree Date: October 3, 2010Sermon Text: Luke 17:5-10 Let us pray. May the…
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Sermon: The Cup of Discipleship
Date: September 5, 2010 Sermon Text: Luke 14:25-33 Let us pray. May the words of…
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Tim Jones+: A Chink in the Curtains
My friend Tim Jones+ recently posted this at his blog, Life-Changing Prayer and has given…
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Contra Factum - out of retirement
It's been long, too long, since I've posted here at Contra Factum . I intend…
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Sermon: The Good Samaritan
This is the first sermon I preached at my new parish home, St. Matthew's Riverdale…
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Sermon: Jesus Makes Space at His Feet
Date: July 18, 2010 Sermon Text: Luke 10:38-42 Last week, the Gospel passage ended with…
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Sermon on the Feast Day of St. Mary the Virgin
Date: August 15, 2010 Sermon Texts: Isaiah 7:10-15 ; Galatians 4:4-7 ; Luke 1:46-55 Let…
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What’s Wrong with Theology: A Short Case Study
Over at Mode of Expression, Jeff Reimer recently posted What’s Wrong with Theology: A Short…
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New Review Up
Over at the Princeton Seminary Library page, a new book review from yours truly is…
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Sermon: Jesus Sends Doubters
Last weekend, I was in New Jersey and preached at Montgomery Evangelical Free Church ,…
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Per Caritatem: Paul and Slavery
The Per Caritatem blog has just started a series called "Paul and Slavery: Submit, Subvert,…
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Auctioning Virginity
This is from IvyJungle.org: Graduate Student Auctions Off Virginity: In a new low for morals…
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Getting mentioned...
Because of the recent work I've been doing with Matt Jenson's The Gravity of Sin,…
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N. T. Wright on the Ascension
I've been reading N. T. Wright's Surprised by Hope . Here are a couple of…
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"At the Name of Jesus"
This is a lyric of a song we sing at St. Bartholomew's from time to…
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The same mistake
In other words, liberalism is, simply, the desire to be taken seriously by the academy…
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10 Days to Faster Reading
I finished this little book while we were on vacation, and I'd say this. If…
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New review up!
Before we left on our trip, I wrote a review of Matt Jenson's The Gravity…
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Back from the Northwest
Monique and I are just back from a celebratory trip to the Pacific Northwest. We…
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Bad, Bad Windows
As I've written, Monique and I just returned recently from a fantastic 10-day vacation to…
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Two recent sermons
Here is a link to two recent sermons I preached at Montgomery Evangelical Free Church…
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Indiana Jones in Twilight
The very few reviews I have read try to treat Indiana Jones and the Kingdom…
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'Context happens'
[Disclaimer: You are about to read a polemic] I've been thinking some about missions lately,…
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Spotting 'Human Flourishing'
As I prepare for this December's Following Christ conference, I keep spotting its theme of…
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Part III: Why I no longer use the word 'incarnational.'
Index: Part I Part II Part III Part IV (not yet published) I've been angling…
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Part II: Why I no longer use the word 'incarnational.'
Index: Part I Part II Part III Part IV (not yet published) So far, I've…
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Why I no longer use the word "incarnational" (and why I don't think you should use it either); Part I
I've heard a lot since college about this adjective, "incarnational." Well, actually, I haven't heard…
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Christian Heroism
"It is Christian heroism--a rarity, to be sure--to venture wholly to become oneself, an individual…
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Saturday Day Trip
Last Saturday, Monique and I took a day trip to East Tennessee. I spent the…
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Ken Myers: Reflection on the Incarnation
I'm a new subscriber to the Mars Hill Audio Journal , and I received a…
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Some GCF pictures
TableTalk : a biweekly theology discussion we sponsor. We've been talking about the Nicene Creed…
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Be ready to save your neighbor's proposition
A quote from St. Ignatius of Loyola: Let it be presupposed that every good Christian…
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Religious Nuts
After a long posting hiatus, I'm here to post a joke I got in the…
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A Year of Getting Things Done
A year ago, I posted a review of David Allen's Getting Things Done. In the…
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New Perspective on Paul?
At the recommendation of a friend, I located and read this article at Christianity Today…
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Gamemastering and Theological Language
Some of you know that I'm an avid fan of Star Wars and play the…
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Faith AND Obedience
I've been struck recently how polemics have upset a tendentious balance in our rhetoric about…
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Listening to the Mundane
In the Daily Office readings yesterday, I came across the story of Naaman the Syrian…
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That word...
I've been reading Richard Rohr recently and find myself repeating Inigo Montoya's famous line: "That…
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The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups, by Joseph R. Myers
I just finished reading Joseph R. Myer's The Search to Belong (at the suggestion of…
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Following Christ 2008
Mark your calendars. InterVarsity's triennial Graduate and Faculty Ministries conference, Following Christ , has been…
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Evangelism and Service: The Alpha Course
InterVarsity and the Vanderbilt Graduate Christian Fellowship are committed to evangelism and service. We believe…
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InterVarsity Press "Box-o-Guilt"
Every quarter, InterVarsity Press graces IV staffworkers with what I like to call the "box-o-guilt,"…
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Book Note: Small Group Leadership as Spiritual Direction by Heather Webb
As GCF gets ready for the Fall Semester, I've been thinking a lot about small…
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Sermon for July 1, 2007, "Follow Me"
Text: Luke 9:51-62 I preached this sermon the second Sunday of my New Jersey trip…
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Sermon for June 24, 2007: "The Christ of God"
I've been in New Jersey the last week attending a conference and raising money for…
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Clearing the way for a theology of relevance
This post is a follow up to the previous post along with its resulting comments.…
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Relevance begins with you
Several weeks ago, I posted about two types of relativism, one that I consider truly…
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TableTalk (an experience in fine theology)
For this week's update, I want to share about TableTalk, a monthly, summertime group we're…
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Christian "stuff"
Having grown up in the heyday of American evangelicalism, I know all about Christian "stuff."…
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Humility and the Appearance of Humility
I was doing some musing the other day about two types of 'relativism' in relationship…
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Shrek the Third
On Friday, a small group of GCF'ers went out to see Shrek the Third. This…
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Wrapping up the semester
The semester is over, and the summer is beginning. I wanted to share the photos…
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Profile: Matthew McMahon
Matthew graduated from Vanderbilt in 2006. Tell us about your life. Are you married? Where…
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Would you like to host a dessert?
As I've already shared with you, I'm currently raising support for the 2007-2008 academic year.…
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An action-packed week
Graduate Christian Fellowship and I were really busy this past week! It went something like…
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On Conspiracies
Today, I spent some time watching a movie (posted here ) that explains how 9/11…
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2007-2008 Program Budget
Tonight, I'm hosting a fundraising dessert for the Graduate Christian Fellowship at Vanderbilt University. I'll…
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Graduate Christian Fellowship on Facebook
If you use Facebook, take a minute to visit our new Graduate Christian Fellowship Facebook…
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The Fall into Prada
This Saturday, GCF hosted a movie night in which we watched The Devil Wears Prada…
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Mundelein!
I'm in Mundelein, IL right now, at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary , attending…
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Can a divorcee get remarried? Divorce and Remarriage in the Church, by David Instone-Brewer
Divorce And Remarriage in the Church: Biblical Solutions for Pastoral Realities Can a divorcee get…
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Conversations with Barth on Preaching
As I mentioned in earlier posts, I've read this book, Conversations with Barth on Preaching…
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Student Profile: Chris Pino
Tell us about your life. Are you married? Where did you grow up? I was…
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Myth of a Christian Nation Review
A while ago I mentioned I was writing a book review of Gregory Boyd's Myth…
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Simply Christian, by N. T. Wright
An excellent introduction to historical Christianity, Bishop N. T. Wright delivers a non-apologetic apologetic. Starting…
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At Urbana '06!
Monique and I arrived today in St. Louis for Urbana '06, InterVarsity's triennial student missions…
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Student Profile: Roger Jackson
GCF Profile – Roger Jackson, 12/21/06 Tell us about your life. Are you married? Where…
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Help in Prayer
I've often struggled to put into words how Christian liturgy has helped me in my…
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Christmas Party!
The day before Advent started, GCF got together for its annual Christmas party. This year,…
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Aaron Simmons--Profile
[This is the first of a regular series in the blog: profiles of people who…
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Amazon Associate
If you’ve scrolled down the sidebar recently, you’ve noticed a new feature of the Currently…
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Friday Night Bowling
Last Friday night we took a group of six to Hilldale Strike and Spare, a…
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Partnering with Local Churches
One of InterVarsity's core commitments is to the local church, and I hold strongly to…
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Doctors without Borders
Last weekend, Monique and I went to Centennial Park near downtown Nashville to the Cultural…
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Getting Things Done, by David Allen
The book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity, was suggested to me…
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Driving, Driving, Driving, Flying, and a Proposal
I've returned from my InterVarsity GFM fund-development trip. In my last post, I wrote out…
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Fund-Development Trip and Upcoming Attractions
FUND DEVELOPMENT TRIP: I'm leaving Sunday for a 9 day fund-development trip through AR, OK,…
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Minigolfing is fun!
This weekend saw our first social event for the year: minigolfing. We had about 10…
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Public Displays of Devotion
This is an interesting post on Touchstone's Mere Comments blog about a Jewish man who…
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"Tolerance" in the Classical Sense
[Under the tag "Comment" I will, well, comment on things I've found interesting. I hope…
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Ministry Schedule
I had my first meeting with the student volunteer leaders yesterday: Chris, Roger, Mary, and…
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The Myth of a Christian Nation, by Gregory Boyd
Gregory Boyd's The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power is…
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A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, by Eugene Peterson
I must be on a roll because I just finished another book from the "Currently…
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Proverbs for the Present
Since my last post on Proverbs, I have been reflecting on the amount of "love…
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The Fires of Heaven, by Robert Jordan
I just finished the first book that had been in the "Currently Reading" side-bar. It…
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New Student Outreach 2006
If you have any experience with InterVarsity, you know it is famous for its acronyms.…
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Proverbs for the Present
While reading in the 24th chapter of Proverbs today, I ran across some interesting ones…
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God's Beautiful 'Nevertheless'
Andrea, a friend of mine from New Jersey, raised an interesting question to me in…
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