I’d already been thinking some about why I blog, when I read this from Bob Hyatt. I started blogging because I wanted to take a risk, and get thoughts out there. I continued blogging because I enjoy writing, and it was a discipline to keep at it. I keep blogging because I find I’m learning [...]

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Forgot about this Originally uploaded by gkoskela. On our way back from Boise (in La Grande, actually), our odometer hit one of those milestones that I love to see. And this time, I got a picture. Don Staples, this one is for you.

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Somebody in Boise (Shawn, looks suspiciously like you stealing your neighbor’s wireless connection) was hit number 3000 this morning at 10:54 am. I’d like to come up with a prize…but I can’t think of one.

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In a previous post, I was trying to make the point that if we get a broader view of the cross, it serves as a very helpful undergirding for living a life of peacemaking. I want to add to that, starting with this: “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him [...]

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Remember Happy Days, and how Fonzie could never say “I was w-w….I was wer…” He could never say he was wrong. I remember a time when one of my daughters (who shall remain nameless) was a preschooler. I’d noticed she was finding it impossible to apologize, to admit she was wrong, when there were little [...]

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All quiet Originally uploaded by gkoskela. Mt. Vesuvius has been dormant for 12 hours. Residents passed an uneasy night of sleep.

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Ok, two things: First, I meant to be blogging about how good of a weekend we had (which we did), but other things came up (pun intended, as you’ll see in a minute). And second, I’m sad. I didn’t blog yesterday, ending my string of blogging SOMETHING for 14 straight days. Sigh. But I must [...]

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We’re in Boise, Idaho this weekend, celebrating with Boise Friends Church. In 1905, BFC began as an outreach of Kansas Yearly Meeting, and they’re still going strong 100 years later. It’s a story for another post, but I pastored Boise Friends from 1999-2002, coming after the church had gone through a really difficult church split, [...]

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…to have a publisher read your blog. Got the chance to do a semi-official review of “Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus”.

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It’s more than Jesus’ teaching that leads to a life of peacemaking and pacifism. You’d be hard pressed to find a Christian who didn’t believe that the life Jesus lived ought to serve as a model for how we live our lives. But it’s fairly easy to find Christians who do some mental and theological [...]

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