My boys are suddenly obsessed with trophies. That’s all they want to talk about. I have a couple of my old trophies stashed in a closet. They found them and have been begging to look at them. Finally, Caleb, 5 1/2 years old, asked me if he could have one to keep. I said, “No.” […]
Archives for January 2007
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I’m finishing up my 34th birthday. It’s been a good one. I’ve spent a good portion of the day reading and thinking. Heather and I just had dinner at our favorite restaurant in the Tulsa area. A nice piece of cheesecake and a batch of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies await. Every year, I try […]
January 29, 2007 by 6 Comments
Stuck in a Moment
It’s been a great couple of days. I flew out to Fresno on Thursday, spoke at the Zoe Conference Friday, flew back Friday afternoon and then had a nice sabbath rest yesterday. This morning I presented a teaching on communion. We’re in the middle of teaching series called “Reboot 07.” Like most churches do this […]
January 28, 2007 by 8 Comments
We Can’t Do Megachurch Anymore
Greg Taylor and I have an article in the latest issue of Leadership Journal. Check it out and if you want to talk about it, come back over here and leave a comment. The article is intended to be an open and honest telling of the Garnett story as we’ve experienced it. We’re sure not […]
January 24, 2007 by 32 Comments
Humble Apologetics
My post about John Stackhouse reminded me of a passage from his book Humble Apologetics that has stuck with me for several years. It comes at the end of a chapter on conversion. In the chapter, he deals with our role as evangelists/apologists in the conversion process and how we can best approach/treat people who […]
January 23, 2007 by 9 Comments
Glory Has Its Price
Glory has its price 25 years later, the heroes of the 49ers’ first Super Bowl championship team weigh the costs of playing a brutal game
January 22, 2007 by 3 Comments
John Stackhouse
John Stackhouse is blogging. Two of his books have been very helpful to me. Can God be Trusted? Humble Apologetics So far his blog is making for some great reading as well. When I talk about Jesus in public nowadays, then, I assume no knowledge about Jesus on behalf of my audience other than that […]
January 19, 2007 by 2 Comments
Testing
I’m testing the Firefox performancing for my blog. Update: I’m liking this. Technorati Tags: firefox performancing
January 18, 2007 by 6 Comments
Transfer Complete
It looks like the transfer to the new host is complete.? If you left a comment yesterday and it has disappeared I’m afraid it was a casualty of the move.? One of the reasons I transferred is because my old host had some trouble with their email servers that wasn’t being quickly resolved.? If you […]
January 18, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Technical Difficulties
We’re experiencing unusually slow load times here at wadehodges.com. Everyone who uses my webhost is complaining about it. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. Update: Everything seems to be working fine now.
January 15, 2007 by 2 Comments
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons