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Got a year of essays on the One Year Bible, a few articles on fatherhood, home improvement, management, recipes.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Gorgeous Adirondacks

We just got back from the "Beaver Pond Lodge," about 11 miles off I-87 near Brant Lake, New York. It's beautiful up the...

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Dressing without vinegar (almost)
and what to do with half an eggplant

It's not camping, but when you're vacationing in a cabin and a trip to the store is an expedition, it almost feels like it. So ...

Forgiven, or just excused?

Have you ever known someone who was never wrong? "Henry" was an engineer I used to know. If his program didn't work, it wa...

Saturday, May 28, 2011

A scary thought

What if... you could only use one programming language for the rest of your life, and that language had to be either java or C++? My futu...

What is Spiritual Formation? Part 3: Intention and Method

The whole Vision/Intention/Method thing is better explained in Dallas Willard's own words at http://www.dwillard.org/articles/artview....

What Is Spiritual Formation? Part 2: Vision

So if Christian spiritual formation is the process of shaping one's character (spirit, will, heart) to be more like Christ, what does...

Friday, May 27, 2011

What is Spiritual Formation? Digression: Models of a Person

Dallas Willard's model of a whole person is diagrammed as a series of concentric circles, as shown below (from http://www.raycowan.o...

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Who is this guy?

Collin: I've worked in the computer industry for over 40 years. During that time, I met Jesus (1978), became a member at MPPC, met the lovely Carol and married her, moved to Japan, then back after about 6 years. We have two daughters, no longer teenagers, who are smarter and more spiritual and kinder and nicer and more talented than we had any right to expect.

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