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Yes, The Death of Blogs. I recently had dinner with a friend in Pittsburgh who mentioned his appreciation for my blog. To put it in my language, he found the material posted a quasi-educational blessing with a variety of threads to find the specific updates he was looking for regarding family and thought life, not a continual self-centered ramble. I see blogging as a way to stay in touch with friends across distance, we keep an eye on one-another, through tools such as blogarithm but most of us don’t find the necessity to continuously post on our own blogs or those of others. It's great to re-engage one-another through personal emails, over the phone, in the community/local congregation, when visiting across long distances . . . Note: My first post, Why the blog? (More)

For those of you concerned of Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries, you'll be encouraged to read Karl Barth Is Going Back to Prison! (Thank-you to Amy for passing this along).  What a title for the update ;-)   (More)

Yesterday, I had a conversation with my Aunt who grew up with the Miracle Mets, but has endured much. She wasn't predicting 1986, but instead the regular collapse which makes Mets fans a hardy bunch and truly relish the every once awhile which other teams take for granted (might the Yankees be an example to be 'feed-up with'?). She didn't even need to watch the game, she knew the Phillies would 'have the luck.' Note: I had 2 ESPN gamecasts and the Phillies game on the TV at the same time before shifting to 'da Stillers (talk about a meltdown!) while Eden slept and later while I chased her crawling around my parents house with the rest of the family at Marietta's Pig Iron Fest. This morning, my Aunt pointed out that the Phillies played well and are a good example of not giving up.

At breakfast with some guys, I was going to offer a prayer and healing service with anointing for Mets fans, but  (More)

A friend of mine has passed along some counsel regarding difficult relationships, in particular facing the realization that debates, whether verbal or written, don't seem like the right way to go.  Father, open our hearts and minds that we might embrace your love for us and by the power of your Holy Spirit center our identity in who you have created us to be in Christ Jesus as a reflection of your glorious creation in all our work, life, and relationships: (More)