Dream Jobs
I’ve had some great jobs in my life. I worked at summer camp both as a cook and counselor. Where else can you instigate a major food fight and not get fired? In the process I’ve learned flour is the…
Tell it slant
It’s no surprise that we consider Eugene Peterson a friend at All Saints. His writing continues to encourage us towards a more intentional and deliberate maturity in Christ over time. It seems like every new book he publishes finds its…
Seven Times He Ran Washing
As many of you know, Sufjan Stevens is one of my favorite musicians. So it’s no surprise that I have had Sufjan lyrics running through my head all day. The line that keeps repeating itself to me is from The…
Alexander, we hardly knew ye.
Dare we allow the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn yesterday pass unnoticed? His journey from adored Soviet dissident to reviled critic of the west was such an important milestone of my younger years, its hard to believe that today the vast…
Summer Classics; by Toddy Burton
Experiences, generally speaking, are more fun when shared. Fundamentally, the reason seems obvious: we’re all created in the image a triune God who exists in a constant state of relationship. So, no duh, of course we like to be with…
Leadership Training Breakfast #4; by John Menchaca
"An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. Since an overseer is entrusted with God’s work, he must be blameless–not…
“The Dark Knight” – A Longing for Justice and Order
We just finished watching about thirty minutes of home-edited footage featuring cartoon, Asian, and “Splat”-”Pow” Batmen (and we even saw a clip of Christian Bale from Newsies), and the movie was getting ready to start. My wife, Julianna, and I…