I'm headed to Dallas this afternoon to do some training with my Mission Alive friend, Tod Vogt, who is doing some ministry/life coaching training. I'm not sure how this came onto my plate, but since I've been pursuing it a bit, I'm liking the implications. There is a lot of talk of discipleship swirling around, …
Pre-Preacher Thinking
I'm not preaching this morning, so I've been up thinking, as in the old days. Not to say I don't think anymore, but the kind of thinking I did pre-preaching and now are somehow different. This morning seemed like the pre-days, and my journaling was a bit more like spelunking, discovery...not so much trying to …
“Tell It To Him”
I watched about 40 minutes of the presidential debate last night and walked away shaking my head over the state of discourse and the odd role of media. Seems to me the differences in the candidates are pretty large and become pretty clear the more you hear them talk about what's important to them and …
Beauty Arriving
"Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face..." You never know when a face is going to show.... I have always enjoyed teaching acting. There's always a small voice in the back of my head wondering about the whole notion of memesis, the old Greek idea of imitation, and the various means by …
Girl with a Pearl Earring
After frozen pizza that was better than you'd think, spicy chicken fingers and potatoes, and salad that someone wondered over, asking if anchovy might be in the dressing, we finally wandered downstairs to watch a film only one person besides myself had seen. "This doesn't have much dialogue, does it?" she said, and she was …
JEFF BERRYMAN 