http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/ deviation from the best path en-us 2008-07-15T12:20:04-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2008/07/everything-must-change.html I've finished a read-through of Brian McLaren's book. Books John 2008-07-15T12:20:04-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2008/07/the-fidelity-of-betrayal.html Perhaps the simplest expression of the main idea I took away from this book is that any objectification of God is an idol. When you believe you can contemplate God then you reduce him to an object. Any object is... Books John 2008-07-04T16:07:18-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2008/06/petal-edges-1.html From the deep breath of God we are born into this world with certain resources with which we labor, journey and grow, fail and change, and die. But then there is new life awaiting the ones that choose to keep moving. Church Life John 2008-06-29T02:26:32-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2008/03/understanding-art.html Folks at church are creating objects to serve as stations of the cross for the prayer path that leads to the back of the property. Paul, one of our particularly artistic people brought a couple of pieces already and they... Interior Life John 2008-03-11T11:00:27-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2008/03/dynamo-win-texas-cup-1.html Wednesday, March 5 Houston Dynamo 4 - 3 Toronto FC DC United 2 - 1 Chivas USA Friday, March 7 DC United 1 - 0 Toronto FC Houston Dynamo 1 - 0 Chivas USA Sunday, March 9 DC United 1... Games and Sport John 2008-03-09T22:38:24-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2008/02/who-is-the-emergent-candidate.html My wife brought home Tony Jones' "The New Christians" and plopped it down in front of me tonight. I've read the first forty pages or so. It just got me thinking about how a lot of the political conversation in... Interior Life John 2008-02-16T23:34:16-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2007/12/jjcii-happy-39th.html It is good to remember friends.... Interior Life John 2007-12-18T21:18:20-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2007/10/all-things-considered-i-dont-w.html I didn't have my little media player with me this morning so I listened to NPR on the way to and from work today. I will occasionally go for short stints where I become aware of current events before turtling... Interior Life John 2007-10-01T23:35:07-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2007/08/2007-north-american-superliga.html It's halftime of the final match of the group stage of the inagural SuperLiga tournament. Houston beat DC Utd to win the group in the first game. However the day started like this: DCU 4 HOU 4 MOR 2 AME... Games and Sport John 2007-08-01T22:08:06-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2007/07/houston-1-1-morelia.html I know that this story is a few days old, but I really think that the goof-up that led to the equalizer from Monarcas was due to the inexperience of those guys in the center of defense. Cochrane is pretty... Games and Sport John 2007-07-31T13:46:40-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2007/07/almost-heaven.html Lexie and I are spending this week in West Virginia while my folks spend the week with my kids (and several hundred others) in vacation bible school. We got the opportunity to come here when manasclerk told me that I... Why manasclerk is so cool John 2007-07-19T16:43:22-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2007/07/handyman.html I acted the role of a proper husband today replacing the light fixture on the ceiling in Maddie's room and installing our new dishwasher.... Family and Home John 2007-07-09T23:26:50-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2007/06/inverse-relationship-of-empire.html A year and a half ago I wrote about soccer's impediments to success in the US. I now have boiled down my thoughts a bit. As long as the US continues to believe that it is the sole economic and... Games and Sport John 2007-06-30T20:41:45-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2007/06/forty-years-in-the-wilderness.html The last time Venezuela won a match in Copa America, my parents weren't yet married. On January 28, 1967, they beat Bolivia 3-0. That was the only match that they got points from in that tournament. A few minutes ago... Games and Sport John 2007-06-30T19:28:25-06:00 http://www.processwrite.com/bloghost/100degrees/archives/2007/06/cuatro-a-uno.html I missed the first half hour plus some of USA boys versus the Argentina men last night. After watching the Paraguay scalping of Columbia (5-0) on Telefutura I decided that I wanted to see the game with English commentary. I... Games and Sport John 2007-06-29T11:29:14-06:00