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Lose Your Father Lose Your Son Lose Yourself
Maundy Thursday, washing feet and sharing a meal. This is what Jesus does the day before he goes to die. Before he goes to a garden to pray to ask His Father if there is another way. Good Friday, the crucifixion. He goes to the cross and cries out “My God, My God Why have…
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Wholly Weak: There’s Room for Suffering and Celebration
This year Easter feels weird to me. I don’t know if it’s because last year Easter was 3 weeks earlier or what, but it just feels like it literally came a little late. Like I’m catching up to it. It’s also odd that there is a fair and rodeo this weekend near Charleston and Wrestlemania…
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I Have Not Forgotten
In some ways, it was fitting that I began this journey to Israel on Father’s Day. Today is 2 years to the day that my dad died. There are so many things I would have loved to show him. But what’s more, there are so many people I wish could have met him. I wish…
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Your Word Matters
Shalom from Jerusalem. I have not written in quite a bit and quite frankly it’s probably for the best. I actually have a lot of good news to share, and I’m actually surprised. I have begun to experience waves of goodness of God opening doors and healing my heart. I say this with fragility. Because…
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Why Sunflowers Don’t Face Each Other
I have at previous times been noted in my competitive spirit to vocalize my frustration when playing games or sports of any kind. I have been noted to do this in life in general. If you know me well, you probably have a memory that comes immediately to mind. Hopefully, a memory would come immediately…
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His Last Trip Home: A Life Update
It has rained seemingly non-stop the last 3 days. In one sense, there couldn’t be better weather to start on the final leg of emptying out the home that I spent the most years of my life, a place where I lived with just me and my dad for 5 years. There was so much…
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Pro Wrestling Goes to Church Fin.
This is the final portion of a reflection on pro-wrestling and church. One aspect of pro wrestling that is a natural outflow of the scope of the performance art itself is personal critique. There is so much to learn in pro wrestling, from ring psychology, to safely executing moves, to gauging fan reaction, to self-promotion,…
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Pro Wrestling Goes to Church Part III
This is part III of a reflection on Pro Wrestling and Church and perhaps will be the hardest to articulate. Part I covered Faith and Truth, Part II covered Execution/Liturgy and Etiquette. This part will deal more with behind the curtain circumstances than the performance although they certainly are correlated. It is more about the…
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Pro Wrestling Goes to Church Part II
This is Part II of a reflection on Pro-Wrestling and Church. Part I focussed on Faith and Truth. This part focuses on the practical aspects of community. Execution/Liturgy I went to an Ash Wednesday Service recently at a Catholic Church. I like Ash Wednesday and as I grow older the more I like traditions. I…
The Long Rebuild
The Reconstructed 