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Anatheism: Returning to God After God Richard Kearney This was a great book.  Kearney doesn’t get into faith development or stages of human development, but his writings would seem to pair well with that sort of thing.  My notes are below. Preface What do we mean when we speak of God? Omnipotent causality or self-emptying […]

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I preached this sermon on April 13th, 2014 at Grace UMC.  The text was Matthew 21:1-11. Jesus has done some interesting things this Lent.  He went 40 days without food and water.  He had a conversation with the devil.  He suggested that people can be born more than one time.  He told a woman everything […]

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dieempty.com/resources toddhenry.com @toddhenry    Chapter 1: Die Empty “Before I Die, I want to ________” mural “The death rate is hovering right around 100%.” General positive encouragement to be all you can be without excuses. Chapter 2: Your Contribution Principle: “Your body of work should reflect what’s important to you.” “Can I lay my head down […]

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I preached this sermon on March 30th, 2014 at Grace UMC as part of our Release: Finding Space for the Resurrection Lenten worship series.  The text was John 9:1-41.  Audio is below. I have a little test for you.  Let’s see how many of you can get this right.  This is a highly successful British commercial […]

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I preached this sermon at Grace UMC on March 16th, 2014 as part of our Lenten sermon series, “Release: Finding Space for the Resurrection.”  The text is John 3:1-17.  Listen below. Has anyone every told you a story of something incredible – so incredible that you couldn’t help but to have some doubts about it? […]

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I’ve been reading quite a bit lately in the area of Integral Spirituality, Spiral Dynamics, and human/faith development in general.  While admitedly anachronistic, I think Wesley had an innate sense about how faith develops and I can see in his sermon, The Almost Christian, a proto-version of the stages advocated by Ken Wilber (integral), Claire […]

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I love spending time with my 3 year old son, Carter, but sometimes I just need to get some things done when he is around.  Here are a few tips I’ve come up with to get some things done when I have an antsy preschooler with me.  I hope this doesn’t seem too manipulative to […]

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