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 have gone through an evolution of sorts through the years…
I used to say that Christmas was my favorite holiday (presents!)…
Christmas eventually morphed in Easter, which still rates up there…
But over the course of the last several years, my heart has been captured by Good Friday.
The power and wonder that is Good Friday, [...]

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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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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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A while back I posted about the American Family Association’s boycott of Ford Automobiles. Well, the AFA, rather than admitting that they are wrong about their facts, is taking credit for the fact that Ford sales have been declining (because, ya know, it has to be the boycott… it CAN’T possibly be the economy, [...]

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There’s a difference between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it.
William Wallace

It saddens me how often those in leadership forget this, and I pray everyday as we [...]

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