wadehodges.com Archives: January 2004

Gateway or Dell?

I’m in the Gateway store looking at their 200X ultra-thin laptop. I’ve also got my eye on the Dell 600M. Anybody out there have any words of wisdom for me? I’m looking for something thin and light. My laptop (dell) weighs a ton and is beginning to show its age.

Thirty-One

Today’s my birthday.
Our staff is going to P. F. Changs for lunch to celebrate.
Tonight Heather is cooking me a special meal.
Caleb wished me happy birthday this morning and then when I left for work he asked his mommy why daddy has to go to work on his birthday.

Richard Foster on Spiritual Formation

The Ooze has Richard Foster’s latest thoughts on Spiritual Formation.
You can probably detect that I am not overwhelmingly encouraged by the popular expressions of Spiritual Formation today. Im not; too much is too faddish and too formulaic for me to be optimistic. And yet, we stand at a moment of great opportunity. Human need today […]

Wrong

Before I left for Oklahoma City I predicted that it would be a fun experience. Turns out I was wrong.
I’m glad to be back in the office getting some stuff done.

Off to Oklahoma City

I’m off to the Bible lectures at Oklahoma Christian University. I’m teaching a couple of classes down there about mission and evangelism in North America. I haven’t been to these lectures before, so I don’t quite know what to expect, but it should be fun.

The Top 10 Media-Fed Myths

John Stossel unveils the Top 10 Media-Fed Myths.
10. Getting cold can give you a cold.9. We have less free time than we used to.8. American families need two incomes.7. Money can buy happiness.6. Republicans shrink the government.5. The rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes. 4. […]

Pardon the Interruption

In the West, we apologize for interrupting the man who is busy doing something.
In the East, they apologize for interrupting the man who is sitting there doing nothing.
Source unknown

The greatest of these is . . .

I don’t care what my wife says. Dry, Dennis Miller-esque sarcasm IS a spiritual gift.

Apologetics in Action

A Role Play with Dallas Willard
We asked Dallas to role-play an evangelistic conversation with a 20 year old girl who grew up in a Christian home, but finds her worldview challenged when she goes to college. She decides to see her pastor and says, “I used to believe strongly in the Christian faith, but now […]

Sunday Bwuddy Sunday

So I’m watching the U2 at Slane Castle DVD last night with my two boys and we’re jumping around the room having a good time. Then Caleb, my two-year-old, starts singing “Sunday Bwuddy Sunday.” His education in the finer (and more important) things in life has begun. I’m thinking about getting him […]