http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com continuing the conversation Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:18:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en just agreed to help open peet's in encinitas. this means i get off work an hour earlier when i close, i travel 12 minutes less to work, i work where i live and serve/work at ncpc. hopefully life will get somewhat simpler, as well. http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com/?p=78 i listen to a few podcasts regularly, one of which is bill simmons "the b.s. report". simmons calls a friend or reporter and talks about sports, tv or whatever. four episodes a week last about an hour each and i think they're really interesting. aug 30 he interviewed al ... http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com/?p=77 my roommate kyle is one of five contributors to a new podcast, coming straight from long beach, ca. or lakewood.the frankthepodcasters are fairly wonderful people (though i have only met four of them). plus its funny. check it out on itunes, through the website, or become a ... http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com/?p=75 Been reading a book for the last few weeks called the power of half. It’s the story of a family from Atlanta that decided to sell their 1.6 million dollar home, buy one that was half the price, and give the rest to the Hunger Project (which used the ... http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com/?p=76 after an entirely too busy first six-weeks of 2010, justifiably so (two winter camps, three separate apartment/house searches and moving to leucadia - there is much rejoicing), this week, despite throwing out my back and suffering through a stomach flu, i feel like i am becoming myself again.i'm reading again. ... http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com/?p=74 while preparing to preach for big church the sunday after new years (or maybe instead of preparing), i decided to make a list of significant events from 2009.i looked at my calendar which goes back to may, read twitter posts since march, perused sent messages from gmail, reviewed my reading ... http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com/?p=73 again, here is what and when i read last year. highlights include finally finished the brothers karamazov, loving radical reformission, the life of pi, crazy love, the river why, the prodigal god, gates of hell, and irresistible revolution. and i also LOVED a million miles in a thousand ... http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com/?p=72 'the church is a whore but she is my mother.'reminds me of derek webb.  i love it.  the church is incredibly flawed.  because it is filled with people.  who are broken.but that is God's design.  to use us.  as we are.  tainted.  yet Christ-reliant.  Christ-centered.  Christ-aiming.  Christward-bound.the church is a ... http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com/?p=71 Part of what I preached last week at SDCC. This was the wrap-up of my message on Isaiah 6 & Hebrews 10.Donald Miller wrote, "I am a tree in the midst of a forest and it is arrogant of me to think differently. The story of the forest ... http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com/?p=70 wicked awesome. Isaiah 26:6-86 On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines.7 On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;8 he will swallow up ... http://www.hopefullyatsunset.com/?p=68