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Origins: humanity, the art and insight

January 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Sermon on January 10 was about humanity. Philip was our artist. He is a senior at the high school and works with Circle of Friends. He’s a very soft-spoken young man.
I think there are two opposite and incorrect extremes in understanding humanity. The first is seeing us as the center [...]

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More Thoughts On Origins:Sin

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments

What a Sunday. You can listen to the service here. Rick – once again – hit it out of the park with his acoustic version of Gravedigger. I’m going to go back and do a quick overview of each week with the artwork and a quick bio of the artist.
Spencer was this [...]

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Origins: earth

January 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

And it was good…
All good theology starts with Genesis 1. That is, I think all good theology starts with the concept that God existed before the beginning and He created and what He created was good. Why?
Because God is good and the creation has His fingerprints all over it. It [...]

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Art, ORIGINS, and Circle of Friends

January 13th, 2010 · 7 Comments

I had this crazy idea one day last November while visiting Washburn Rural High School. The backstory: I’m a bit of an art geek. Yes, it’s true. The Denver Art Museum was a haven for me. In fact, last month I took the kids to the Kemper Contemporary in Kansas [...]

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Tags: church & emergent musings · spiritual formation