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More Than Enduring…

Posted in Crumminess, Growth, life, prayer, questions, tagged , , , on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Every day has their ups and downs. Generally I can overcome the downs without much effort. Today is not one of those days.
Part of the Lenten reading that I am going through talks about being willing to enter a place of pain, so that you can enter others’ places of pain. Part of the whole [...]

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Is it giving, taking or just plain punching in the gut?

Posted in Crumminess, Growth, questions, tagged , , on March 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »

What is active listening anyway?
Is it repeating verbatim what the person just told you? Asking questions as if you really are interested in the person? Finding the appropriate response? Giving affirming noises?
What do their words, eyes, movements, gestures, pauses and posture say?
Perhaps it is less about the words you communicate back, and more about thoughtfulness, [...]

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Living Forward

Posted in Crumminess, Growth, versus, tagged , , on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“The idea that we somehow have a certain amount of potential that we must live up to is a complete crock. People who say they are not living up to their potential do not understand what living means.” -Penelope Trunk (taken from her insightful & candid post on Living up to your potential is BS)
What [...]

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Broken…Are and Need To Be

Posted in Crumminess, Growth, life, tagged , , , on November 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »

“This is my body broken for you.”

As I began reading this post from Bethany Stedman, I slowly rolled these words in my head.
“This is my body broken for you.”
“This is my body broken for you.”
“This is my body broken for you.”

For the first time, these words pointed me towards a body that goes beyond Christ’s [...]

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Call + Response in Nashville, Oct 8-16

Posted in Crumminess, Resources, life, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Call + Response is already sold out in the Belcourt Theater, but you still have a chance to check it out at the Thoroughbred Carmike in Franklin, TN. We are one of seventeen cities that have the opportunity to support this cause directly. You can also support it by buying the soundtrack, which we can [...]

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