Wandering with Reckless Abandon

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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A small handful of people knew that I had been in looking at a Youth Pastor job at a church in the area.
A month ago, I interviewed, and was told that I should expect to hear back from the church later in the week. In a follow up email, I was told [...]

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A lot has been going on lately, and I have not had enough time to update this, but that should be changing in the near future.
Right now we are in a bit of a holding pattern with my grandmother’s stuff… well, not exactly a holding pattern, things are being boxed up and prepared to [...]

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My head is still spinning from the speed of the last couple of days, and it seems like it has been an eternity since I was in Oregon, but I wanted to take some time to write out my initial feelings on my trip…
The area out there is beautiful… in the midst of a [...]

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Thursday afternoon I leave work for BWI airport.
I will be Eugene bound.
I am excited, nervous, curious, and a whole bunch of other words that escape me right now. I am eager to finally meet the group that has been praying through planting a church. I am excited to see how we [...]

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So, I am three weeks away from my first trip to Eugene, Oregon…
I am excited, nervous, anxious, and impatient about the whole thing…
This is my “confirmation trip”, my chance to get a feel for the area, to follow up on the research I have been doing with random strangers that I have contacted through craigslist [...]

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The other day I was talking to a friend, and he was asking me about my plans for the future… I told him that I am praying and soaking on an opportunity to be a part of a church planting team… He asked me if I was excited, to which my response was [...]

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I remember back in the late eighties(?) watching an Orioles game when Billy Ripken, the lesser known Ripken, was up to bat. Up until that point Billy had been a serviceable second baseman that was gaining in reputation around the league. During his at bat Billy took a ball to the head (I [...]

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So, apparantly my resume is being considered for a church, somewhere (I honestly do not remember where), and they sent me the typical church questionaire… As I was reading through it, everything seemed normal until I got to this question:
Is there anything in your life or life-style, past or present, which, if it were [...]

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So, who wants to go plant a church?
I just spent a few hours this morning with my friend Clayton. We were talking about planting a church in Eugene, Oregon… While I know nothing about Oregon, or Eugene, I am still intrigued and excited by the possibility. It sounds like we might be [...]

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