Monthly Archives: May 2007

First Tomato of the Season

Posted on May 28, 2007 by John Henson

I’m proud of tomato plant #1.  What a good looking mater.

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Teenagers and Church

Posted on May 28, 2007 by John Henson

The link below will take you to what is now a three part series on how teenagers transformed the church.  How Teenagers Transformed the Church (Part 1) | Out of Ur | Following God’s Call in a New World | … Continue reading →

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Red River Emergent Cohort

Posted on May 24, 2007 by John Henson

Mark Sorenson and Derek Joyce of FUMC, Shreveport and I have planned the first emergent cohort (that we know of) for the Shreveport-Bossier-and anyone else who wants to come–area of Louisiana.  We will gather at Buffalo Hot Wings (Boardwalk in … Continue reading →

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Moving Beyond a Scorched Earth Policy

Posted on May 21, 2007 by John Henson

Its great to see momentum developing in the Christian community for action on global warming.  I once had the view that it didn’t really matter what we did with the environment since, according to my understanding of Revelation, God would … Continue reading →

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Rolling along on the Vegetarian Adventure

Posted on May 19, 2007 by John Henson

Yes.  I’m still on the vegetarian adventure.  I get questions about it all the time, but not many comments posted here.  I keep sending you peeps to the blog, as your questions and comments are great for public consumption. It … Continue reading →

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Quotes to Consider

Posted on May 16, 2007 by John Henson

I’m reading An Emergent Manifesto and recommend it.  I am not journaling my thoughts on each chapter, as others have done very well already.  But, I want to share some quotes here on Wondering Thoughts that I am finding to … Continue reading →

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On God’s Will

Posted on May 15, 2007 by John Henson

Maggi Dawn is in my blog reader and I ran across this post today, paying attention to the wise way she described discernment of God’s will.  maggi dawn: Life, God’s plan, and reading the Bible Technorati Tags: God’s will Powered … Continue reading →

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A Handful of Fingers

Posted on May 13, 2007 by John Henson

I was getting to ready to post something about my mother when I saw this quote that reminded me of her: Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and … Continue reading →

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Living in the Moment

Posted on May 11, 2007 by John Henson

Yesterday Jack and I went for a bike ride.  This is a revived passion of ours since I traded off my bikes of old in one of the moves we have made in the last several years.  I found one … Continue reading →

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Faith and Science

Posted on May 11, 2007 by John Henson

I was reading the article below today about Jonathan Marlowe’s conversation with a parishioner who drifted away from the flock because of the conflict she saw between the Christian faith and science.  He brings up theologian John Polkinghorne as a … Continue reading →

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