true confession #33

true confession: my name is kevin...and I can't eat like I used to; and for some reason this is embarrasing to me.

true confession #32

true confession: my name is kevin...and I'm reading the unpublished 5th book of the Twilight series (and it's not even very good)

high toleration for failure

If you've read my posts from May-June, 2008 (you probably haven't), then you know that growing up I always wanted to be "the natural" at everything in which I invested myself. Along the way, I quit a lot of things...



I have learned to have a high toleration for failure that balances my enthusiasm for strategic experiments. Whether it be my renaisssance period in which I would set up a weekly environment for my own creative artistic expressions through painting (fail), or my indoor gym and P90x training days (epic fail), I continue to work to find myself, my rhythm, my way.

In ministry, I have had incredible opportunities to work with groups who loved experimentation with new ways to "be rooted and built up" in Christ's ways. Often times, we have failed, accepted failure, and moved on the right things...which I call "wins". You can never win if you are so afraid of losing that you don't play. Just because it works, doesn't mean that it is working at our full potential (I have a low toleration for mediocrity). As we calculate our steps now, we must always look behind and ahead; learning and experimenting, trying and testing, failing and winning. Just make sure that everyone understands that failure isn't really a loss...it's a step in the path to winning.

true confession #31

true confession: my name is kevin...and I didn't realize that "no" was a word; nor "can't", "shan't", or "booglyboo"

defining spirituality

Most often, people see spirituality as merely mental and emotional.
Spirituality actually also includes the physical realm...though it is inside-out rather than outside-in.

true confession #30

true confession: my name is kevin...and life couldn't get much better (I may even start blogging again - and that means life must be great)

Gospel+Culture+Church=

quickly (and not my original thought):

Gospel+Culture-Church=Parachurch
Culture+Church-Gospel=Liberalism
Church+Gospel-Culture=Fundamentalism

Wherever He leads

Considering my last blog at this address...it is interesting that today's thoughts would be the very next in line. I have often struggled to express myself during the past "interim days". Today, life couldn't be much better than it is. I feel as if I am walking in my own shoes for a day. Thanks be to God who answers prayers - in His time - in His way - for His purposes. When I follow His lead...well, "life couldn't be much better". This reminds me of the old hymn that we often sang during the "invitation time" of worship services in my home church. "Wherever He leads, I'll Go" always seemed like a somber call of dedication to God's ways, and it made me feel like I was giving up the good to follow God. Many times, my attitude was of a defeated surrender, "fine God, if I must". Today I'm singing that same song to club beats in celebration because the crux of the song isn't "It may be through shadows dim, or stormy sea...I'll take my cross and follow Him, wherever he leadeth me"...but instead, the central point of the song is "I'll follow my Christ who loves me so". Because of His great love for us, I can eagerly and willingly give Him leadership of my life. He loves me and wants the very best for me; and His directions will lead me into the very best. Wherever He leads I'll go...

The Smile That Makes the World Spin

DSC_2208, originally uploaded by kab_live.