I sort of tan-ish

I have always been a bit of a renegade when it comes to reading.  Reads like I am trying to sound cool doesn't it?  But hey, let's get serious, when you are epitome of cool you don't worry about that stuff you just know.  That being said I have never tanned well at all... "Whitelegslani" has been a tag that has followed me for years.  My wife has sent me to a tanning salon, nothing.  They called it "reverse bronzing" - I came out whiter.  Kid you not.  I was like the Star of David walking out of that joint.  Carla then tried that tanning cream stuff.  She even bought the "good" kind.  The result was a skin tone that resembled off-orange mixed with prune juice.  That is just not a handsome color.  Not even close. It gets a lot of stares mind you.  Might have seen a couple people throwing up.  Combine that with a hairy back and coolness just spews from you.  It's a gift.

I would call myself a book renegade cause I am willing to try any book.  Yep I do read some of the latest and greatest.  But typically I find my most profound moments outside of that arena.  Here are a few:

Between the Dreaming and the Coming True - Robert Benson

Blogged about this puppy...

I Became a Chrisitan and all I got was the Lousy T-shirt - Vince Antonucci

The Brand Gap - Marty Neumeier

Walking on Water - Madeleine L'Engle

It's Your Ship - Captian D Michael Abrashoff

How to Break Into Pro Wrestling - Gene Lebell

Sometimes it's a book which captures my imagination for the space I am in.  My latest spacial moments have been in the area of Faith.  Who and what do I trust?

"One of the moral diseases we communicate to one another in society comes from huddling together in the pale light of an insufficient answer to a question we are afraid to ask."  Thanks for that Thomas Merton.

I don't consider myself to be a rock star of any sort, well okay, sometimes I do.  But that's usually when some cyclist blinded by the sun reflecting off of my legs, goes careening of the road into a group of small children.  There were only 2 broken arms and a minor severing of a leg, but generally not that serious.
It's just that I don't want to be one of those guys who is satisfied with surviving.  Or like somehow I have arrived.  I don't care if you have been a pastor for 20 years or you were the starting QB in 1987 or your golf handicap is single digits or you were Tupperware Seller of the Decade or you lost 30 pounds or miraculously God somehow chose not to give you a hairy back.  Get a grip.  Humans cannot remain stagnant.  We can convince ourselves that we are but it ain't reality.  You and I are always moving.  Closer to God or farther away.  The Spirit is in constant movement contricted by neither time nor space toward God.  Creating, changing, growing, inspiring, providing, giving, seeing...   As soon as we stop moving forward.. well...

I bought Carla a book for her birthday.  It was one that caught my eye.  And one of those renegade moments of decision.  It spoke to the moment I/We are in.  Faith.  It's called "Big God" by Britt Merrick.  Just started it and pretty intrigued. 

We are gonna take turns reading a chapter and talking about it.  Why don't you join us?  Maybe it's time for a little digital kick in the pants.

Check it out.

Big God Book - Britt Merrick

Here is the website dedicated to his daughter Daisy's battle with cancer.