Archive for February 2009


Why I’m Serving as a Shelter Manager

February 6th, 2009 — 11:21pm

Health insurance. Seriously! Since I resigned from the typical pastorate, I needed health insurance for my family. So I took the job.

Okay, that may have been a big motivator for any job, but here I am serving as a manager for a shelter and transitional program for the homeless and working poor. I could be employed doing something that has nothing to do with my life mission. Instead, here I am. And I love it. Why?

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Not Missional, But Rings of Truth

February 6th, 2009 — 10:30pm

Those crazy Brits are at it again.  This satire has some bitter truth in it, does it not?

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Read the Stimulus Plan

February 6th, 2009 — 10:23pm

If you are interested in what they’re up to on Capitol Hill, head over to ReadTheStimulus.org. You can also see a spreadsheet of the bill that passed that House here.

In perusing both, I find no mention of Christian thrift.  Hmmm … guess we will have to remain exiles within the empire!

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