Hello citizens of the blogosphere, A few more days and I will be back. It has been a very long couple of weeks and I am definitely suffering from writing withdrawal. We have been in Atlanta and enjoyed a wonderful nine day Pastor’s Sabbatical Retreat from the Vineyard. A wonderful gift for us as we [...]
Posts Tagged ‘change’
In Transition
Posted: October 26, 2011 in personalTags: adventure, change, moving, new posts, pittsburgh, transition
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VX Church: An Emotionally Healthy Close Pt 5
Posted: September 8, 2011 in christianity, church, personal, theologyTags: change, clsoing, death, decision making, grief, loss, resurrection
I will begin this installment on the sixth principle of emotional health Embracing Grief and Loss with a confession: I have not been myself lately. I admit it. I’m coming apart and that’s a good thing. So much of my life has been invested in being the pastor of VX church that it seems unreal [...]
Thandie Newton and Otherness as a Blessing
Posted: August 31, 2011 in christianity, culture, diversity, multiethnic, personal, theology, UncategorizedTags: change, diversity, marginalized, otherness, outcast, thandie newton
The other day I was watching the Pursuit of Happyness and I was struck by Thandie Newton’s portrayal of Christopher Gardner’s(Will Smith) wife. She really was mean. Really mean and hopeless. And not only that but I discovered that she was not African American but British. She definitely portrayed her character well. There was an accent but [...]
