I apologize

I once read a story from an author named Donald Miller. In this book, Blue Like Jazz, Miller describes how he and a few other followers of Christ set up a “confession” booth at their college campus. The occasional student would enter the booth with the intention of confessing their “transgressions” but instead they found [...]

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the purpose…

i have been doing some thinking. dangerous. but still i went with those thoughts and talked to a few people about them to see the responses i would receive. i now want to see what the response of any reader who stumbles on this will be. what is the purpose of the church? i understand [...]

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unstoppable force…

i am currently sitting in my hotel down the orlando florida.  the place of mickey mouse and magic, universal and IOA, hard rock and the largest/coolest/most amazing mcdonalds of all time. that is where i am. i am here for a youth pastors summit. we have been able to hear from some amazing men who [...]

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self help

i am the worlds largest critic. obviously i could never truly know if i am but i feel this way. i criticize almost everything that occurs in my life. sometimes i do it on purpose and then other times i just do it cause it feels natural. i am sure i am not alone in [...]

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yellow

i am sitting in the sanctuary just listening to “yellow” by coldplay and the newer version by jem. im looking for a job. im praying for a job. and im starting to adopt the mind set of poor ryan, you have no money and life is out to get you. so i decided to spend [...]

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connection:

what is it about being connected to something that triggers my emotions? why is it that in order for me to get any fulfillment out of things i have to be connected first? is this wrong? i recently read a friend asking for some theories on why the “20 somethings” are being unreached by churches [...]

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