Life by Nate

Love
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It’s been a while since I wrote anything. I guess this Thanksgiving has just been a restful and quiet time. I have been writing, but more journaling anything else.
I want to give a shout-out to my dear friend, and sort of adopted “dad” here in Oregon. He is the [...]

I have been thinking a lot about my own thought processes as I engage in relationships. One of my greatest strengths is to be able to see, hear, perceive beyond peoples’ words to really understand what they are thinking and feeling. I can tell a lot about a person by his face, her voice, the [...]

I’ve been listening to Christmas music all day. I must say that Sufjan Steven’s Christmas albums are so beautiful. I bought my ticket to fly back to MN. I have tried on my vintage snow pants, my ski boots (thank you Michael), and found the object of my ski jacket affection. Powderhorn Night Hawk Down… [...]

After a conversation with our spiritual formation team at church, I am left with some very strong thoughts regarding leadership in the way of Jesus and in the context of religious history. I feel that in some of the churches that I have been a part of, I have left very frustrated with the tendency [...]

I haven’t done this in a while, so I am recommending some music here. I am pretty picky about my music… and I don’t usually like it when people recommend stuff to me. We have to catch the bug ourselves… but, I have compiled this list anyway because I have definitely caught the bug. I’ll [...]

I MUST refer you to John Sclazi’s blog posting on his visit to the Creation Museum in Kentucky. From what I gather he actually raised $5,ooo bucks for Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. The insight of a non Christian into Christianity is, in my opinion, frankly brilliant. Maybe [...]