Wandering with Reckless Abandon

Heated toilet seats? I need to get me one of them…

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If you are not aware of the story of Sarah Kreager you are a fortunate soul indeed. Sarah was the victim of a beating by a group of nine middle school students in Baltimore’s Hamden neighborhood. On Wednesday, Judge David W. Young made this statement at the sentencing of 15 year old Nakita [...]

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I live! To prove it to you I am going to give you the digest version of my life right now, and then I am going to bed. I have had so much that I have wanted to write about lately, but time has just not been available. Here is what is [...]

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Flying home from my Easter on Long Island I was captivated by a story in Southwest Airline’s Spirit Magazine.
I will wait while you all finish snickering.
The story is about an organization called Bonnie CLAC that works with people with limited income and less than perfect credit to secure reliable transportation at [...]

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It never fails that every time I say I am going to write on a few different things it ends up being one post…
The other day at Dunkin Donuts Joel and I had coffee with Brian McLaren. We spent a while talking about all sorts of stuff, networking, and talking about B Corporations. [...]

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Come For Me
Charlie Hall
Jesus come take me away,
I long to see Your face
This world is broken yet beautifully made,
Jesus come take me away.
Jesus I’ll patiently wait,
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That’s right, after a few road bumps along the way, The Garden’s Website is now up and running. Check it out.

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This evening I sent out my Christmas letter… I thought I might share it with y’all:
Merry Christmas!
As I type this, I am sitting in my office, soaking on the events of today, and the advent season. I was blessed to be able to spend the day with my parents, my sister, brother-in-law, and my [...]

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Sitting in worship Sunday morning I was struck by the words to O come, O come, Emmanuel:

O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny
From depths of Hell Thy [...]

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Driving into Baltimore last night I was struck by what can only be described as potentially heretical thoughts…
Looking at the city from the Jones Falls Expressway, just before it dips under the Howard Street bridge, I was struck by the amount of churches that I saw…
Fresh in my mind were Joel’s comments on Creflo Dollar, [...]

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