From the monthly archives:

February 2008

recent reading

by john on 2/29/2008 · 0 comments

in books

Here are a few books I’ve read since the first of the year. I haven’t taken the time to devote an entire blog post to any of these, but I think they are worth mentioning: It’s All Too Much, by Peter Walsh Talk of living with less clutter has increased a great deal in the [...]

Apparently, Rachel Ray can make this black bean salsa in 10 minutes. It took me 60. I doubled the recipe, but that doesn’t make me feel any less incompetent. I even used her knife. Update: Crap…I just realized that I forgot the garlic.

everything must change

by john on 2/17/2008 · 1 comment

in books

I agree with about 75% of what Brian McLaren has to say in Everything Must Change. I think that about 75% of me doesn’t want to. While the title is ambitious, it appropriately reflects the point that McLaren is trying to make — and he makes it well. In Everything Must Change, McLaren sets out [...]

I’ve started a new blog to share the more specific details of our church planting journey with friends and supporters. The blog is called The Hodos Project. Hodos Project is a code name of sorts for this early stage of our family’s transition to Austin to form a new faith community. Hodos is the Greek [...]

what about because?

by john on 2/15/2008 · 0 comments

in midrash

Belong. Believe. Become. I think it was first in