Monthly Archives: August 2007

Short Skirt/Long Jacket and the Proverbs 31 Woman

Posted on August 29, 2007 by rwiksell

Who better than a chronic sufferer of foot-in-mouth disease like myself to find two things that disgust women and put them together? I refer to a song, and a scripture passage. The song is “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” by Cake, and … Continue reading →

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Serendipity

Posted on August 23, 2007 by rwiksell

When you don’t believe in luck, chance or coincidence you’re typically left with a lot of churchy words to describe the unexpected neat stuff that happens in your life. And those words never really seem to capture it. “Blessing”, “Divine … Continue reading →

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You Can Never Become an Encourager Like Me

Posted on August 22, 2007 by rwiksell

I love irony.

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Evangelism’s Code of Conduct

Posted on August 18, 2007 by rwiksell

On Thursday, the Chicago Tribune featured an article about the World Council of Churches and the Vatican teaming up to establish a code of conduct for Evangelism. Now I can’t say that when the WCC and the Vatican link arms, … Continue reading →

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Evangelism's Code of Conduct

Posted on August 18, 2007 by rwiksell

On Thursday, the Chicago Tribune featured an article about the World Council of Churches and the Vatican teaming up to establish a code of conduct for Evangelism. Now I can’t say that when the WCC and the Vatican link arms, … Continue reading →

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Oikosthemen

Posted on August 18, 2007 by rwiksell

Last night I discovered that The Core website has been linked by a German-language emerging church blog called “oikosthemen” which means, as far as I can tell, in English, “OK”. Makes sense. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that it … Continue reading →

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Birthlight

Posted on August 15, 2007 by rwiksell

We are all born onceinto the pale glowof fluorescent tubingand flickering darknessbathing the foreheads ofmad scientistsin lieu of OBGYNs. Some are born a second timeinto the sunlightand everything is different.

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Death of a Salesman

Posted on August 14, 2007 by rwiksell

“The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell.” I’ve been known to say it before, and more and more Christians are beginning to realize it. The concept of Evangelism has been deteriorating into pure salesmanship. … Continue reading →

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Follow Me, and I Will Make You Fishers of… Snakes?

Posted on August 9, 2007 by rwiksell

Turns out my brain is too scattered right now for a unified field theory of… anything, so here’s a hodge podge consisting of unfinished past posts (time to clean up the “drafts” box,) and what happened last night. Fishers of … Continue reading →

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The Present

Posted on August 5, 2007 by rwiksell

-I’d like a stuffed animal for my daughter.-OK.-For her birthday.-Sure.-What have you got?-I’ve got this rabbit.-This rabbit?-Sure.-It looks fast.-It’s a rapid rabbit.-What’s with the foam on its mouth?-It’s foam.-Does it have rabies?-Maybe.-So it’s rabid.-It’s a rabid rapid rabbit.-Great. Wrap it.

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