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| Occupation | runner, pastor |
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| Location | Los Angeles, CA |
| Introduction | I am married to my soulmate, love my kids, pastor a church and work a job to support that life, work my dream job. I run marathons to save the lives of children in Africa. I believe Jesus has the power to set free anyone alive on earth so he/she is held captive by nothing, not even death. I dream of doing one thing with absolute excellence. My metaphor for church is family, not school. I don't want to hear about the greek word you learned last week from your little podcast you listen to. I don't want to hear you rant about the death (or life) of religion. I do want to hear about how Jesus has totally wrecked and - on the flip - saved your life. The blog: I promise to say whatever I want to. I am an intense person and I'm obsessed with fidelity - even audio fidelity - and so I'll be as honest as I can be. I am also in a caring profession, so most of what I'll discuss is patently private - that's why I'm not posting my name which doesn't really matter anyway. Yes, I have made many, many mistakes. |
| Interests | Marriage, children, Jesus, Rakim, organic church, endurance running, global poverty, East Africa, homelessness, violence, record players, time management, clean water, my city Los Angeles |
| Favorite Movies | Rocky, Warrior, Pride and Prejudice (Joe Wright's), The Insider, Terminator, Alien (the first cut, the first run), The Prestige (a "one moment of excellence" movie), Man on Fire, The Pelican Brief, The Natural, The Great Escape, The Fighter, A Few Good Men (shut up), Empire of the Sun, Monsters INC. For now. |
| Favorite Music | Rakim, Patty Griffin, Randy Stonehill, Public Enemy, John Michael Talbot, Ryan Bingham, Old Southern Gospel, Early 90s Hip Hop, Blues, Mahler, Kind of Blue. |
| Favorite Books | Mere Christianity, Blood Meridian, The Forgotton Ways, Where the Red Fern Grows, The Lord of the Rings, The Autiobiography of Malcolm X (which I read immediately after the Lord of the Rings when I was eleven and that probably says more about me than anything else on this blog), Organic Church, Black Dog/Red Dog, The Orchard (Brigit Pegeen Kelly), Ezekiel, the Gospels. |
Unlike a dog, how can a turtle ever be naked?
Only in a stew.