“If there were no hereafter, I would still prefer to be a Christian, and the humblest Christian minister, to being a king or an emperor, for I am persuaded there are more delights in Christ, yea, more joy in one glimpse of His face than is to be found in all the praises of thisContinue reading “I’d Rather”
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Spinning Wheels
I hate when I feel like I am wasting my time. I work and work and work on something (in this case an assignment for school) and half way through I realize that this assignment is busy work. But if I don’t do it I won’t pass the class, and if I don’t pass theContinue reading “Spinning Wheels”
Cracks in the Asphalt
Today I was driving into the office and I noticed some cracks in the the asphalt. It looked like the city had come through and put tar (or whatever that stuff is) in the cracks to try to seal them back up. But somehow, through the tar, there was still some patches of green grassContinue reading “Cracks in the Asphalt”
1,000 Posts
I never knew if I could make it to this post. But here we are. Also my son graduated preschool last night. He’s pretty amazing pretty awesome day yesterday. No matter what I write or say or do, it doesn’t matter if I am not a part of my kids’ lives. It doesn’t matter ifContinue reading “1,000 Posts”
The Comedy of Christian Faith
I read this tonight in The Comedy of Redemption by Ralph C. Wood: The scandalous Christian affirmation is that the ultimate miracle has, in face, occurred. What Christian faith confesses is that God, in the Jews and Jesus, has perpetuated the most outrageous of tricks, a joke to end all jokes, a surprise beyond all surprises.Continue reading “The Comedy of Christian Faith”
5 Years
My son turns 5 today. Judah Timothy Deuman. 5 years old. I can’t believe it. I’m so incredibly proud of him and who he is becoming. I think that John Lennon song “Beautiful Boy” is incredibly cheesy and yet I completely understand the emotion and love behind it. I love this kid so much andContinue reading “5 Years”
Edit
I have about 50 pages of my thesis in a rough draft. I have to edit it. I’m not looking forward to this process. Editing is painful. Editing requires me to decide what is most important. It requires me to eliminate things that I thought were brilliant but upon further inspection . . . notContinue reading “Edit”
Humor and Joy
“Humor is the story joy tells.” – Earl Palmer, The Humor of Jesus, 120. I’m deep in my thesis writing. I am writing about Humor as a Prophetic Device, how does humor reveal truth to its audience. Pretty fun topic. The chapter that I am working on right now is trying to provide a defenseContinue reading “Humor and Joy”
From Abraham Heschel’s The Prophets: Conventional seeing, operating as it does with patterns and coherences, is a way of seeing the present in the past tense. Insight is an attempt to think in the present. Insight is a breakthrough, requiring much intellectual dismantling and dislocation. It begins with a mental interim, with the cultivation ofContinue reading
Forced Rest
My schedule has been a little too crazy lately. With School stuff, easter, church events, and my wife also working, we have been a little crazy at the Casa Deumana. This week alone is crazy. Let me give you the run down Friday to Friday Good Friday Gathering & Kathy had to work Saturday MountlakeContinue reading “Forced Rest”
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