My blog comes with two warnings. The first one is the tagline: "Pushing the limits of the status quo." I was born with the conviction that change is good for people and the institutions around us. I like to think of myself as one of those celebrated by Steve Jobs, the co-founder and chairman of [...]
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Posted 19 February 2008
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Authenticity § Blogging § Daily Scribe § Personal
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Also tagged: Apple Computer, blog warning, blogger, change, changing the world, misfit bloggers, round pegs in square holes, status quo, Steve Jobs, troublemakers, warnings
Before the holidays, I sold a few sets of books that were collecting dust in my library and ordered a stack of new ones from Amazon, including Divine Nobodies: Shedding Religion to Find God (and the unlikely people who help you) by Jim Palmer. What a ride! I’m trying my best to finish the last [...]
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Posted 22 January 2008
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Authenticity § Book Reviews § Christian life § Culture § Daily Scribe § God's will § Transparency § marginalized
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Also tagged: Asia, confessional, cruelty, Divine Nobodies, divine vending machine, do something, entering into pain, get off your ass, God's anger, God's hurt, homeless, I Want to Talk About Me, injustice, International Justice Mission, intimacy, Jim Palmer, rape, seeing through God's eyes, sex trafficking, sharing experiences, Thailand, the Other, Toby Keith, where is God today
Many of my regular readers will be surprised and delighted to know that not all things are as gloomy as I sometimes portray them. I’m one of those “glass is half empty” types, but it’s amazing how God brings certain people into my life—to speak a word of wisdom or direction or encouragement—just when I [...]
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Posted 17 December 2007
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Authenticity § Blogging § Christian life § Daily Scribe § Ministry § Missions § Personal § Relational Christianity § Technology § marginalized
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Also tagged: Alzheimers, Andrew Jones, battered women, cancer, cardiology, crisis pregnancy center, doom and gloom, encouragement, faith in God, footwashing, glass half empty, glass half full, homeless, hospice chaplain, hospice chaplaincy, incarnational, Jesus followers, literacy, marginalised, marginalized, missional ministry, post-Katrina, prostitutes, rescue mission, Rob Bell, women's shelter
Taking a look at my blog statistics, using Google Analytics, is always an interesting exercise even though I do not write for ratings or traffic or monetary gain. I write about the things that interest me, not an imagined audience; and I recognize that not everyone enjoys my melancholy perspective and my unnerving transparency about [...]
Question #4 :: Who reads your blog?
Every blogger writes for a particular audience. That's my theory, at least. When your fingers are flying over the keyboard
