So it turns out that perhaps the reason I can no longer concentrate or think deeply is not because I’m preoccupied and undisciplined, but because I’ve googled my brain into oblivion (or maybe it’s a little of both). I recently heard an interesting interview on NPR with Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the [...]
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And here I thought I was just lazy
June 17th, 2010 
tristan 
Posted in Books, Must read, Soul Care 
Tags: contemplation, Nicholas Carr, Soul Care, spirituality 
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The desert or the oasis
November 2nd, 2009 tristan This video became intensely personal for me at about two minutes, when Bell talks about inviting people into a life we are not living. Every worship leader (really, anyone in “church work”, whether volunteer or paid) has felt this way during those weeks when everything is going wrong, every moment has been spoken for, and [...]
Posted in Must read, Soul Care, worship musings Tags: daily offices, divine hours, rob bell, Soul Care, worship 2 Comments »
This Is My Father’s World recording
June 6th, 2009 tristan This Sunday we’re starting a sermon series on stewardship called “the world is Mine”. To go along with that series, I reworked the hymn “This Is My Father’s World.” I liked the feel of Aaron Niequist‘s version, but I wanted a different chord structure for the song (his structure is more traditional). The lyrics are [...]
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Beauty-craving
October 1st, 2008 tristan In a post a while back I said I would write about what I called “an old-new foundation for living as creative artists in the Kingdom”. I guess this post counts as one installment in that (slightly stretched out) series. When I was on the recent missions trip to Arrowhead Bible Camp, I was again [...]
