Doogie Howser Did It, So Why Not Me?

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Today I got a surprise package in the mail.

I totally wasn’t expecting anything and hadn’t ordered anything so it was weird to see this package with a return address I didn’t recognize.

I opened it and inside was a copy of Doug Pagitt’s new book (co-authored by Kathryn Prill) Body Prayer (book’s blog here).

I was stoked to get this since Doug had offered free promo copies to readers of his blog and I responded quite late so I wasn’t sure I was going to get a copy. So THANKS!!!

I’ll get around to a more formal review in a few weeks, since the format of the book is to actually participate in prayer not just read about prayer. So it may just come out over time as I experience many of the things expressed in the book. Otherwise I’d already suggest picking it up. It can’t hurt to pray more, right?

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The Nooma premiere is happening tonight for numbers 12 & 13.

I’m totally excited and really looking forward to hearing Rob speak.

I’ll post more later after the event.

PS number 11 Rhythm is now available.

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Update 9:50p
I’m back from the screening. I won’t give much away in case you’re going to one of the other two screenings.

I will say they live up to the previous level that you have come to expect from Rob and the people at Flannel. The two films #12 called Matthew deals in a very raw manner the subject of loss, and #13 called Rich deals with Jesus’ call for us to be generous. (12 comes out in Feb 06 and 13 comes out spring 06)

As always Rob is able to articulate things far better than most people and I think that’s what gives him so much influence as a leader and as a man of God.

I am really excited to see what the public release of “rich” does, especially since I’ve been thinking through many of these issues here on this blog (sorry I’m too tired to look them up for you). But it probably won’t be released until next spring.

Otherwise it was a great night with some great people.

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For a long time I’ve signed my letters and emails with the phrase “In Him” much credit to Jono Shaffer who I basically stole it from and I don’t think I ever thanked. So here’s to you friend.

For a while now I’ve been thinking that I need a change. While there is really nothing wrong with the phrase In Him, I have come more to the realization that I need something that more aptly states my current progress as a follower of God and of Christ.

My new signature line will be:

chasing christ

I think this really sums up the fact that for the rest of my life this is what I will be doing. Not only in something to attain, but it also talks about how I honestly always fall short and am catching up to him.

This also is probably going to make it unto my business cards (whenever that is I get around to getting some), which for I’ve been playing around with for a while. A few things I had been playing with to go under my name instead of something like “director of youth ministries” or “youth director” had been things like “christ failure” or “fallen yet redeemed” and a number of other things. For now I think I will stick with chasing christ. Let me know what you think, what it conveys, etc.