Category: Blogging
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Why Advent? By Rev. Kyle Kiner
Waiting…watching…preparing These are words of a season leading up to Christmas Day. Christmas in the Christian church means even more when we practice waiting. During Advent we take seriously a time preparing to celebrate the fact the God brought Jesus into the world. We do this time of preparing in…
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So What Do We Do? By Rev. Matt Bridges
*Part 4 of 4 in a new blog series by Matt Bridges So What Do We Do? We must reclaim the word “church” so that the original meaning and intent is not lost for good. And for many of us, it will mean claiming a new identity in our…
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Okay, So What? Part 3 of 4 Rev. Matt Bridges
*Part 3 of 4 in a new blog series by Matt Bridges Okay, So What? I believe limiting church to a location or an event in time ultimately allows people to hold their church and their relationship with Christ at arm’s length. It allows people to fall into any number…
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Breaking Down the Word: What’s the Big Deal? Part 2 0f 4 by Rev. Matt Bridges
*Part 2 of 4 in a new blog series by Matt Bridges Breaking Down the Word: What’s the Big Deal? Now, here at the outset is a disclaimer: anyone who knows me could tell you that I play pretty fast and loose with language. Language is fun, and it is…
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Don’t Go To Church by Rev. Matt Bridges
*Part 1 of 4 in a new blog series by Matt Bridges Don’t Go To Church! Consider the following phrases -Go to church. -Going to church. -Went to church. -Don’t go to that church. They’re [boring, too churchy, too hipster, too contemporary, too traditional……]. -Where do you go…
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Spiritual Direction by Rev. Peter White
When I was a kid, my brother and I played baseball everyday in our backyard—aluminum bat with a tennis ball, so the home runs would fly. The backyard was tiered with three levels, which made a pretty novel field. Most days out, we imagined ourselves as our favorite teams. He…
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Weakness into Perfection by Mikel Bechtold
Weakness. It seems like “weakness” has become a dirty word. I don’t know, maybe it’s always been that way, maybe it’s human nature to not allow anyone to see that we have weaknesses, that we are not perfect. Perfection. What is perfection? As a Christian I have been taught that…
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Trump Tapes by Leia Williams
I am sure you were as stunned as I was when you finally popped open your computer this weekend after prying yourself away from the comfort of your cozy bed. Instead of seeing another ad for a pumpkin spiced something or other, headlines about what Trump said 11 years ago…
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Just keep swinging…
Batting average in baseball is defined by defined by the number of hits divided by at bats. A .500 average is a great thing to have. This means you hit the ball half the time you have an official at bat. This season DJ LeMahieu led Major League Baseball with a .348 batting…
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Conversion Tips from the Converted by Leia Williams
I live in a world where God is big and brazenly uncontainable. I grew up in a world where God was black and white. God lived in a nice, clean box with perfectly straight lines and sharp edges. That box was small and well defined. I had an impossible time…
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Post Easter Celebration
Easter Sunday is a celebration, as it should be of Jesus’ victory over death. Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ, a celebration of life! Jesus died, and came back so that we may live! Easter is a celebration of life that is carried out over 50 days, from the eve…
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Oops. We missed.
In my years of having a beard I have had a few oops I missed trim. I normally clean it up as best as I can and move on. Our intent when we started this site was to have some kind of content every week. We did great out of…
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Our Top Three Spiritual Practices
Last week we talked about trimming your beard. There are many ways to trim your beard and your soul. Here are our top three practices. Zach’s Three: Spoken Word Poetry and Liturgy and Meditation with Beads Conversations in Community, with all people Music Below are a few of my favorite resources that…
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Trim your beard…
This morning I was getting ready for work and I noticed and felt like I needed a trim. If you don’t maintain your beard it gets messy and hard to manage. The same thing could be said about your soul. If you don’t tend to it, it will get messy…
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Your Beard and Your Soul.
I love people. They never cease to amaze me and recently I have noticed that people both male and female, bearded and naked, ask me a lot of questions related to beard care. The most peculiar (in my opinion) question I get is “Do you wash it? Like with shampoo…
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Happy Trails Hans
Alan Rickman who played Hans Gruber in Die Hard has passed away. In my opinion of beards he had one of the best looking bad guy beards in movie history. Alan may you rest in peace.
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