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December 03, 2010

Pastors Not Knowing…

During my senior year of college I was required to write 5 and 10 year goals for my life.  It was assumed that developing a vision for life after college was a good thing.  A plan would help me to map out the next few years.  Graduation would not be a step into the unknown butrather a step into the known.

Lately I have started to question the value of planning and knowing.  How much control do we actually have over the future?

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May 13, 2010

Ignoring Elephants: An Introduction to Mennonite Thinking

A couple of months ago I picked up Rhonda Janzen’s book, “Mennonite in a Little Black Dress.”  It is one of those reads that can cause you to laugh out loud.  I found it to be a good reminder of my Mennonite heritage.  I believe that more books need to be written that help explain Mennonite cultural idiosyncrasies.

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