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Merry Christmas to All

Who Loves Ya Baby

To all those who have gone before, I salute you.

For those who ask the logical question, "why?" - there is no good reason.
For those who ask the next logical question, the answer is "yes, you may rub it."
For those who wonder what Shelley thought, well she screamed and cried and pleaded "you have to let your hair grow back."

Wild Goose Chase Podcast

I am working on a new book. It is called Wild Goose Chase. The working subtile is Wild Goose Chase: Pursuing a Wide-eyed, Hope-filled Christianity of our day.

It will be published by Jossey-Bass in 2008.

I am going to keep a writing podcast going during the creation of the book.
So if you want to follow the progress you can subscribe here.

Next Generation Craziness

This story makes me so sad I am almost sick.
It is the story of Franklin Graham wanting to bury his parents in a place to keep fundraising going rather than where they want to be buried.

Many of us have thought a lot about the implication on Christianity in North America when the generation who created and sustained modern day evangelicalism are gone.
I am not suggesting that we should look forward to that day or anything, just recognize that it will be significant when it inevitably happens.

But this story raises the notion that the children of that generation will be concerned for perpetuating legacy and raising a next generation of funders with profiteering grave sites and talking cows is sickening.

Ugh.

It is making my teeth grind.

You have new Picture Mail!

John Bradley

John just said to me, "Who are The Who? Seriously, I have no idea who they are."

Pathetic.
Jamie we are in prayer for you.

God bless you too TypePad

Yesterday i received the strangest, but really nice gift.
I got a FedEx package from Six Apart. I stood there looking at it thinking, "who is six apart? And why would they send me a package?"
I opened it and found a book, The Ghost Map, by Steven Johnson.

Inside the book was a letter:

Dear Doug,
All of us at TypePad  hope you will enjoy the newest addition to your library; Steven Johnson's Ghost Map.  I've also included some promotional cards to give friends, family and anyone who you want to share the TypePad experience with.

Thank you for choosing typePad and we look forward to hearing great things from you in the future.

Sincerly,
Robin Tilotta
Marketing Coordinator
Six Apart

Isn't that nice? A gift from my blog provider.

By the way, TypePad is not only the best blog provider in the universe, but maybe the best company one could ever imagine doing business with.  (I hope that gets me a mug or sweatshirt next year).

Thank you TypePad and all blogging success to you in the new year.

Land of Hope and Dreams

By Bruce Springsteen

Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder's rolling down the tracks
You don't know where you're goin'
But you know you won't be back
Darlin' if you're weary
Lay your head upon my chest
We'll take what we can carry
And we'll leave the rest

Big Wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

I will provide for you
And I'll stand by your side
You'll need a good companion for
This part of the ride
Leave behind your sorrows
Let this day be the last
Tomorrow there'll be sunshine
And all this darkness past

Big wheels roll through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

This train
Carries saints and sinners
This train
Carries losers and winners
This Train
Carries whores and gamblers
This Train
Carries lost souls
This Train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This Train
Faith will be rewarded
This Train
Hear the steel wheels singin'
This Train
Bells of freedom ringin'
This Train
Carries broken-hearted
This Train
Thieves and sweet souls departed
This Train
Carries fools and kings
This Train
All aboard

This Train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This Train
Faith will be rewarded
This Train
Hear the steel wheels singin'
This Train

Now that is the gospel call. May our communities be able to say the same thing.

You have new Picture Mail!