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Enough CentOS
It drove me crazy. Yes, I am competent to make it work for most things, but some issues were just too much trouble. Keep in mind that when RHEL 6 (followed by the clones like CentOS) came out, it was … Continue reading
Busy Resting
Today is one of those rare bad knee days. The right knee was rebuilt at the VA back in the mid-1990s and they called it a Fulkerson Osteotomy. For awhile they left the screws in place but eventually they went … Continue reading
Forever Pastoral
It’s not about me, so I tend to avoid divulging much. Still, there comes those moments when it’s hard to do much unless you explain the human context. After all, I teach that the whole point of everything is people, … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, eldercraft, ministry, mysticism, organizing principle, religion, scripture, spirituality, western christianity
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Shouting Silence
The biggest problem in acquainting Westerners with truth is their lack of a sense of paradox. Yeah, they can learn it, but to make it instinctive is what is so difficult. Without that predisposition to expect paradox, truth remains elusive. … Continue reading
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Tagged mission, mysticism, religion, spirituality, The Great Commission
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I’m Tech Support
This is an exercise in mirror reading. There is no social group for me. I’m an alien in virtually every human context, in part because I am “not of this world” (Romans 12:2) — Even among my fellow Christians, I … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, ministry, mission, mysticism, philosophy, psychology, social context, spirituality, tech support, technology, virtual world
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Oklahoma County Jury Duty
The county website is pretty sparse on information. Recounting my experience will provide a snapshot for early 2014. The County Courthouse is right downtown OKC, and the maps are good enough to get you there. I was coming in from … Continue reading
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Tagged Gail Bowlby, government, law, parking garage, psychology, The County Courthouse
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Sickness Post-mortem
I’m still feeling crappy. Intermittent fever and sinus allergies have ruled the last couple of days for me. This morning I thought it was all gone after such a hard sleep, but it came back. So I took a good … Continue reading
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Tagged allergies, clinical depression, health, medicine, mysticism, psychology, sinus allergies
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Adventures Unknown
Got a summons for jury duty from the county. For years I was exempt because of the length of my military service, but I guess they were having trouble getting warm bodies to show up. So they changed the laws … Continue reading
Signs of Life
Life sucks on this plane of existence. It’s not as if you can’t find glimmers of grace and mercy, but this world is damaged goods and will not be redeemed. English translations of Scripture routinely confuse things by the ambiguity … Continue reading
One Shepherd’s Style
You can’t pretend you are someone else for very long. Keeping secrets is dangerous, but keeping them from yourself is the most dangerous of all. I don’t want to know yours, but if my mission exposes me to secrets, I … Continue reading
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Tagged management, mission, moral accountability, mysticism, psychology, religion, work
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