Failure!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

In the movie, Fellowship of the Ring, there is a powerful statement that Gandalph seethes at Frodo after the young hobbit has offered the ring to him. He says, “Don't tempt me Frodo! I dare not take it: Not even to keep it safe. Understand Frodo, I would use this ring from a desire to do good, but through me it would wield a power too great and powerful to imagine.”

It has me wondering how many of us feel the call of ministry only to have it swallowed up in our own selfish kingdom building? What if, as was the case with the disciples, the kingdom that Christ is using us to build is actually far different than the one we desire.

Drift Fatigue

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

A squid boat which was lost a year ago during the 2011 tsunami was recently spotted. It was drifting about 120 nautical miles off the coast of British Columbia. It seems sad to me. What have the squid guys been “Squiding” with for a year? Did they put up pictures of the boat at all of the, ummm, maritime bars, asking if you see this boat to please call the phone number. We do it for puppies, kittens and bicycles. It seems reasonable for someone to put posters around town for a missing boat.

Part of my fascination with the story is that I never get to use the word squid in a reasonable conversation, and then, “Bam!” just like that I can use a whole year's worth of squid-word-rations, all day long. People are actually marginally impressed with my knowledge of odd current events.

The truth however is that I am actually repulsed by the concept of squid fishing. Even if I were to catch one, I don't mind saying that I wouldn't want to touch it.

Grace, the Youth Worker and the Age of Social Media

Monday, March 26, 2012

 


Somehow, it happens. Those of us who are committed to keeping our ears to the social relevance track, can get run over by the Bieber train. I was looking through my twitter feed and discovered that I was getting updates from Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus and the band Big Time Rush. I suspected it has something to do with the three young teenage daughters I have.

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