Wandering with Reckless Abandon

From Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus:

Really funny stuff, I like it. I like it alot.
Amen.

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Once again, it would appear that I work for the Anti-Christ:

August 23, 2007
Ford ups gay support with more cash donations
Just announced by Human Rights Campaign, Ford Motor Company donates $25,000 to aid group in its fight to defeat a Federal Marriage Amendment.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest homosexual activist organization, is acclaiming [...]

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Last night was another good time spent down in Mount Vernon for another conversation on life and spirituality…
As we spoke about the spiritual side of music, eventually spending some time singing and soaking in the night, I could not help but be captivated by the juxtaposition that is Baltimore. Sitting in the [...]

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Before I really dive into this post, I feel like I really need to say a couple of things:
First, this post was originally supposed to be two separate posts, one aimed at talking about healing the city of Baltimore, the other reviewing Brian McLaren’s new book, everything must change. Needless to say, [...]

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So last night the Skins beat the Felons Ravens, it was a storm shortened game, but man did the Skins Defense look good. I can’t wait for the season to really start…

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Today Baltimore officially registered 200 murders for the year.
Compare that to Boston, a city of similar size, which is upset about having 47 murders this year.
Of course, New York City has 306 murders on the year. New York also has about 14 times the population of Baltimore (approximately 9 million vs approximately [...]

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It has been a while since I have posted here. There are a few reasons for that, but the major one is that I have been wrestling through some pretty huge decisions.
After a year off from working in the church, having spent eight years working with students, I have come to the [...]

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So, I just got a copy of Brian McLaren’s new book, Everything Must Change… Oh how I love getting free stuff in the mail. I will be writing on it in the coming weeks…
Thanks Brian!

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I have been thinking for a while about how we define success in the church world.
When I worked at a fish market a successful day was cutting a ton of fish (a literal ton)…
When I was in college an A was a sign of success (didn’t see many of those… maybe that is [...]

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It should be illegal to be sick during the summer.
I am currently sitting at home with Bronchitis on what is supposed to be the first three day weekend that I have had in about a year. Joel and I were supposed to be headed to Manhattan this weekend to hang out in [...]

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