tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331297242009-03-15T19:11:10.571-05:00This is a site for seekers and leaders. Where we talk about our comings and goings. A place to find out what is going on with us and where we are at on our journeys. -Pfaff & LilesLileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-7983482599514195742008-02-12T17:55:00.000-06:002008-02-12T17:57:14.896-06:00

TED - Ideas Worth Spreading

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So...a visual tweak does not a website or blog make. We've launched The Conversation Lab in hopes that the internet reader will find food for thought in our explorations of faith and culture. So, what does that mean for rEvolution?Well, after much thought...this will be a place where we talk about leadership. A place where we talk about innovation and progress in our efforts to reach culture

Lileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-39121882493562067342008-01-31T16:14:00.000-06:002008-01-31T16:19:05.481-06:00

Friends,So we are doing new and exciting things on the website The Conversation Lab and I want to invite all of you over there for conversation and essays on faith and culture.As far as this blog goes...I am not sure what direction we will take it. Part of me thinks we will make this page more geared towards examining culture. Whatever we do, please check the Lab site...we are trying to become

Lileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-28485433588799894472007-12-26T10:38:00.000-06:002007-12-26T10:56:49.345-06:00

well here it is the feast of stephen and i find myself wondering what just happened. with so many events and parties and preparation leading up to Christmas it seems like just a blur. then, as i drove to work this morning passing scores of workers at a new apartment complex being built i thought... has any one, have i taken any time at all to reflect on this season, what it meant and means?

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i feel i would be remiss if i should fail to point out something about my earlier post 'God the incomparable'. i used the notion of large amounts of $ to illustrate my point as simply as possible. i see now that it was too simplistic and prone to weakness. just because i or you can't comprehend $1 trillion doesn't mean it's incomprehensible. let me further my actual point by saying that even

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well, syatp is officially over and while part of me is seriously relieved the other part is sorely disappointed. this after all is the most hectic but also the most anticipated part of our year here at sdm. in a way we dread it and in a way we are sorry to see it end. i especially have struggled this year as in the midst of the upswing of syatp i decided to return to school. that the late

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I think Radiohead said it well:"For a minute thereI lost myself, I lost myself.Phew, for a minute there,I lost myself, I lost myself."Maybe it was because we get frustrated. Maybe it is because we are busy. Maybe it's because we feel tired. I'm not sure, but I have neglected this blog, and in some ways I have been running hard and fast - some things productive, some things not so much. So,

Lileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-23881801848976362852007-06-08T09:51:00.000-05:002007-06-08T12:41:24.917-05:00

Isaiah 46:5 in the Message translation...So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? Can you picture me without reducing me?i think it's an interesting way of looking at it, and one which we tend to forget. we cannot picture God. it's not possible. while i disagree on many levels with the gnostics of old, they were right in some regards... we can't know God. (hold on, don't get your

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The ConversationGod.Love.Culture.Begining June 3rd, 2007Sunday Nights - 7pm2815 Sandage Ave.Fort Worth, TX 76109For more info, contact: Bo Liles at mrliles@gmail.comThis is just in case you haven't seen us throwing up ads on all the OTHER blogging sites.much love,~Bo Liles

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breaks are good, but it's easy to slip into apathy and too much tv watching. i'm trying hard to keep a handle on things but i'm not always successful. (a rainy weekend is the devil!!!) it's hard too feeling like we're losing friends. (to an extent) it was good to hang w/ the shep's this weekend. (even though we didn't buy their daughter a gift, they still let us eat and such) it's so weird

pfaff-offhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870726371627760722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-60737185633906690232007-05-18T22:17:00.000-05:002007-05-18T22:19:07.123-05:00

Pastor Mark Batterson of NCC in D.C. said someting on his blog at www.evotional.com that I thought I'd pass along..."I'm not even sure what I'm trying to say, but I think it's this: a healthy church has a strong sense of history coupled with a strong sense of destiny. If you lose that sense of destiny it is so easy for a church to turn into a museum. We need to remember where we come from. But we

Lileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-27641313300473452502007-05-12T22:10:00.000-05:002007-05-12T22:42:02.463-05:00

A passage from tomorrow's lectionary.John 14:27: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid."I do not give to you as the world gives"What has the world given us? The systems of humankind have been subject to sin and the curse of living in fractured existence. A fracture that separates

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Correction: the readings in this and the last post are from today's lectionary. let's dig in...Revelation 21:1-6Last post, I quoted/commented the following:'What God has made clean.' What did God call good in the beginning? All of creation. What did Jesus shed his blood to redeem? All of Creation. What is God redeeming through the work of the Holy Spirit? All of Creation.Revelation 21 begins

Lileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-25957637939174804192007-04-30T11:22:00.000-05:002007-04-30T15:23:49.886-05:00

Things to ponder, friends...today I thought I would draw directly from the lectionary readings from yesterday. Let's start with the reading from Acts 11:1-18.Imagine you are Peter in this story from Acts 11. You've just heard that Gentiles are receiving the Holy Spirit. The thing is, your religion, your very society, prohibits - or at best discourages you - from associating with Gentiles. You

Lileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-37679596159909194962007-04-23T17:00:00.000-05:002007-04-23T17:07:04.556-05:00

while i doubt that many (if any) of you will care to read this or the preceding four articleswww.americanthinker.com/2007/04/the_deconstructed_jesus.html i must post it as i found it fascinating. bo, ali, nelly, britt may find it interesting as well. (but i doubt you'll actually read it). if you do, then let me say this... this is the kind of thing that makes me want to study philosophy.

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not sure why but this song has been playing on my shuffle and in my head quite a bit lately. maybe it says something about where i am currently. maybe it's just a darn good song. in any event i felt to share it here. (with all two of you)The Waiting Roomliner notes go here... eventuallyShe was staring at the ceilingI was staring at the floorHe was fixed in thought and wonder of what lied

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i attended a funeral sat. for a woman revered by many for her spiritual prowess and prayer life. everyone knew she was exceptionally spiritual because obviously any one who screams a lot and shakes their head violently is in touch with the Almighty. much was said about these facts as well as the fact that over the years she kept numerous children in her home. yes, and she bathed them all, fed

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Somebody get Pfaff a cup of good coffee! Don't worry, the past is past and I have love for ALL of you. Something in that Bible about loving your neighbor (even if they block you in your driveway), loving your enemy (that person that cuts you off in traffic, or says something mean at the store), and loving your family (yes, ALL of your family), and the stranger (becuase you could be in the

Lileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-18881294236808979282007-03-23T08:56:00.000-05:002007-04-18T08:57:02.964-05:00

i have to say george barna's book 'revolution' has been influential these past months. (i know liles is a bit skeptical, but it really helped me.) i knew he was right when he said to be prepared for criticism and even persecution by people who just can't understand... i just didn't really think it would come so fast or from where it did. no, i guess i figured on some from that place but not to

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Well, the weekend was a full one and I thought I'd do a little info sharing. Basic stuff.For anyone associated with Calvary Church, this Sunday might be my last Sunday to guest speak in the Life Applications class @ 9:30. If you are in Ft. Worth, I'd love to see you all for one last class together.***On Saturday March 31st, I will be speaking at the morning sessions of the Praisefest Conference

Lileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-71289917243717042502007-03-16T16:34:00.000-05:002007-03-16T16:44:33.932-05:00

A fun post today. Read up on St. Patrick's Day by copying and pasting the sites below. Dispell some myths, wow your friends with your history knowledge, and celebrate with us Irish folks who love this little holiday.The point? Spend time with people you love, and have some laughs and a good time. If Christians refuse to "party well" then the world gets to take all the credit for celebrations.

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I recently watched the film "Stranger than Fiction" starring Will Ferell and a supporting cast of great actors. And I was struck by a portion of the film that really has something to say about culture and the church. Without giving too much away, Will's character is represented as having a GUI (Graphic User Interface), which the filmmakers show visually on the screen. This GUI is the way

Lileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-9331259099660017542007-02-20T09:07:00.000-06:002007-02-20T09:26:15.907-06:00

change indeed is good. it is difficult, painful, and often discouraged by people around you who don't understand. sometimes i think people just get comfortable with you and when you start changing yourself they aren't sure how they should respond to you. but that's beside the point. i don't want my life to become stagnant. i want to strive for excellence and completion in my life. hopefully

pfaff-offhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870726371627760722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-55748655825036794802007-02-10T17:42:00.000-06:002007-02-10T18:11:06.922-06:00

I'm sitting in a coffee shop in Shreveport, Louisiana - surfing the web, and letting my thoughts roam free for a bit. And it hits me yet again - how the chords of my experience have become woven together to create a picture of the man I am striving to be. I look back, and now I can see why I went through certain things, and made certain choices, that used to not make sense but now do. Like,

Lileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209663397401074792noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33129724.post-60468539670470093552007-01-18T16:26:00.000-06:002007-01-18T17:09:30.534-06:00

I can't get Pfaff to post on here - he evidently has a real life that keeps him busy. Ha.Well, tomorrow is the last day of the week and another closer to me abandoning the spiritual nest that I returned to in 2001. This whole process for me is a challenge, but every day I am trying to push myself and those around me to go and do and be. We can do this. So, I am trying a simple experiment.

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