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Wednesday detail2015-02-18T14:41:19+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2015/02/03/moment-mondays-the-week-after-a-bad-sermon/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/treasure-promo.jpgtreasure promohttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10599582_718211478250042_5076325534307809112_n.jpg10599582_718211478250042_5076325534307809112_nhttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/984136_692195814184942_6132265017104415826_n.jpg984136_692195814184942_6132265017104415826_nhttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/moment-monday-image.jpgMoment Monday image2015-02-03T19:22:20+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2014/12/30/generated-grief-the-facebook-year-in-review-the-psalmist-and-the-incarnation/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/22_12_2014_4_38_48_ch.png22_12_2014_4_38_48_ch2015-01-04T14:25:14+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2014/12/23/consumerist-christian-the-cost-of-cheap-grace-in-american-christianity/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/costly-grace-blog-pic.jpgcostly grace blog pichttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cheap-grace.jpgCheap Grace2014-12-24T03:47:08+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2013/09/05/pastoral-peculiarities-life-death-and-growth/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9503a_1.jpgIMG_9503a_1https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_9473a_1.jpgIMG_9473a_1https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/lk_hospital_waiting_room_first_floor.jpgLk_Hospital_Waiting_Room_First_Floorhttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/life-and-death.jpgDigital StillCamera"Life and Death tree" By artist Muhammad on BBC Blast2013-09-06T01:52:01+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2013/08/05/narrative-nudity-why-transparency-in-the-pulpit-matters-a-lot/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/denethor_e.jpgdenethor_eAnd I showed this picture since a lot of congregants look like this during a stewardship sermon anyway. 2013-08-05T22:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2013/08/01/revisiting-revitalizing-loaves-fish-and-the-church/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/loaves-and-fish.jpgloaves and fishhttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/peach-tree.jpgpeach tree2013-08-01T22:43:48+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2013/07/29/when-were-you-saved-a-s-p-o-t-and-a-cradle-methodist-claiming-a-worked-out-salvation/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hoy1stfloor_withdimensions.jpgHOY 1st floor_with dimensionsPrevenient Grace: the porch. Justifying Grace: the door. Sanctifying Grace: the exploration of the rooms of the house.https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/work-out-your-own-salvation-with-fear-and-trembling-christian-128202.jpgwork-out-your-own-salvation-with-fear-and-trembling-christian-1282022013-07-30T20:19:07+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2013/07/09/terrific-table-the-parable-of-the-dinner-party-bean-day-and-attractive-alternatives/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/5696010231_28bb4fc950.jpg5696010231_28bb4fc950Dirty hands. Dirty faces. Low Income. No income. Children of God. Welcomed in. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/begging.jpgbeggingBlessed are the poor. The Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/formal-dinner-party-400x319.jpgformal-dinner-party-400x319Puttin' on the Ritz! And, interestingly enough, Thursday is the day everyone hits Lennox Avenue. Just like Bean Day! https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/4invite.png4invite2013-07-09T23:25:17+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2013/07/03/grumpy-givers-what-do-you-mean-you-dont-need-my-help/2013-07-13T20:14:42+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2013/07/01/the-end-is-near-family-faith-and-footwashing/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/washing-feet-web.jpgwashing-feet-webhttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2576_519397347073_2519542_n.jpg2576_519397347073_2519542_n2013-07-01T20:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2013/03/06/serving-strangers-lets-get-lost-together/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-e1362601979403.jpgphotohttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/confused-while-traveling.jpgLost and Confused SignpostEven when we try, it is hard to hide the visible signs of experiencing "lostness" in its many forms.https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mouse-maze12.jpgmouse-maze1Finally! The cheese I've been looking for! 2020-02-24T03:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/12/19/the-bible-and-the-newspaper-flashbulbs-of-joy/2012-12-19T02:49:39+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/12/13/celebration-and-communitas-joy-in-advent/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/grannies.jpggranniesRacing elderly women. Wind them up and they race each other with their walkers. It would be more authentic with cut tennis balls on the bottoms, I think! https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tree-with-presents.jpgtree with presentsMy parents were adamant about providing equal numbers of gifts for my brother and I, and spending equal amounts. 2012-12-13T23:15:17+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/12/12/death-row-anamnesis-prolepsis-and-advent/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lethal-injection.jpglethal injectionThree separate injections are administered.https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/the-chamber.jpgthe chamberThe chamber. Where the unknown man I prayed for had died those six years ago. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/the-door.jpgThe doorThe yellow door leading to the execution chamber.https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/the-h-unit.jpgthe H unitH-Unit. The place I honestly dreaded going in to as I began the course.https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/the-chair.jpgthe chairThe electric chair that the state used for executions before the adoption of lethal injection. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/osp.jpgOSPThe white and gray walls rise seventy feet into the air. You sense the history when you see it for yourself. 2012-12-12T22:18:27+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/12/07/in-periculo-mortis-advent-and-the-danger-of-death/2012-12-07T01:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/11/20/savings-shopping-and-the-sin-of-self-gifting/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gifting.jpgGifting"Self" Gifting. Get it? Because he is himself...and also a gift...(Crickets. Booing. Thrown Tomato. Shepherd's Crook.) https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/present.jpgpresentGo on. Buy it. Open it. You've earned it. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/anntaylor_treaturself.jpganntaylor_treaturselfHoliday shopping is shifting from giving to others to "treating yourself." 2012-11-20T17:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/10/18/100-miles-resistance-riposte-revelation/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/communion-bread.jpgcommunion-breadDo this in remembrance of me. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/parry_riposte.gifparry_riposteEver seen this move in fencing? Perhaps during the most recent Olympic Games? The riposte is the attack by the fencer who has just parried the other fencer's attack. Block and blow - smooth like butter. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/large_shoe-flinger-iraq-dec14-08-aptopix_bush_meye.jpgGeorge W. Bush, Nouri al-Malikihttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/methodgetsindian-pariah-dog.jpgmethod=get&s=indian-pariah-dogIt is not right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cnm01-jesus-child.gifCNM01-Jesus-childJerusalem to Tyre - approximately 100 miles. That is a long way to walk to be alone.2012-10-18T16:01:54+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/10/17/watch-your-step-meaningful-membership/2012-10-17T15:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/09/06/batman-and-baptism-superheros-and-alter-egos/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/weather-32-chance-of-being-hit-by-lightningcolor.jpgweather-32-Chance-of-Being-Hit-By-LightningcolorThe power of Christ compels you!https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/170px-bale_as_batman.jpg170px-Bale_as_Batman"I am darkness. I am the night. I...am Batman." https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bruce_wayne.jpgBruce_WayneBruce Wayne. Heir to Wayne Enterprises. Philanthropic billionaire. Wreckless playboy filling the hole pain had made in his life. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/batcave-entrance.jpgBatcave Entrancehttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/baptism.jpgbaptismWater, water, everywhere (at least in a lot of religions) 2012-09-06T22:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/08/23/the-leper-and-the-lamb-a-trinitarian-dialectic-for-today/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/trinitarian-dialectic.jpgTrinitarian DialecticThesis: God, 1st Person Creator, Divinity | Antithesis: Humanity, Holy Spirit, 3rd Person | Synthesis: Christ, 2nd Personhttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/trinity-diagram.jpgtrinity-diagramAugustinian in nature, our profession that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit hold their unique and important distinctions has been a part of the Christian faith for centuries. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/barth-barth.jpgbarth barthAn good collection of scholars commenting on everything from Barth and the Trinity, to Chalcedon, to salvation and his politics https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/grain.jpggrainHauerwas' work on Barth's theology and witness as a part of the Gifford Lectureshttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/900-pulpit3.jpg900-Pulpit3Task: Proclaim in a way that helps people know God | Claim: No one can know God...entirely, that is. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_1115.jpgimg_111514 books spanning inumerable ideas about God's election of Christ and of humanity, and what that means for the Church and for the universehttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/karl-barth.jpgKarl BarthChalcedionian. Christological Paradoxist. Pipe Smoker. 2012-08-23T21:39:51+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/08/11/good-sex/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/images1.jpgimagesThough leaping onto velcro would be a fun way to demonstrate that the egg must attach itself to the uterine wall....https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bed5.jpgbed5Technology, Maneuverability, Control and Contour - The Works! https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bed4.jpgbed4Doctrinal Transformers. A Lovely Sofa Around Me, a Two-Tiered Bed Around Others. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bed7.jpgbed7Too. Much. Information. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bed2.jpgbed2Apparently There's Only One Way to Eat a Reese's, Just Like There's Only One Way to Sleep in this Bedhttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bed1.jpgbed1Sex Does Not Equal a Ham Sandwich https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bed3.jpgbed3Momma Bird https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bed8.jpgbed8...Plain....2012-08-11T21:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/08/09/customer-is-king-the-consumer-and-the-christian/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/welcome20ctr20image.jpgwelcome%20ctr%20imageThe "Welcome Center" attracts guests, offers services and gifts, and provides promotional materials that seek to set your church apart. Some resources expain how you can give yourself to the church, but others focus on what "geusts" can "get" by coming. https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/customerisking1.jpgcustomerisking1Twenty-four hours a day. Seven days a week - for YOU2012-08-11T03:15:23+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.com/2012/08/07/this-is-holy-holiness-and-homelessness/https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/communionbreadwine1.jpgCommunionBreadWineDo This in Remembrance of Me https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/communionbreadwine.jpgCommunionBreadWineDo This in Remembrance of Mehttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/homeless.jpghomelessThe OKC Homeless Alliance, with the help of police, flies over the city once a year to take a census. We have almost 2,000 homeless visible from a helicopter each year. This doesn't count the ones we can't see.https://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/first-umc.jpgFirst UMChttps://adamwshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/youth-force-2012.jpgYouth Force 2012Youth Force OKC 20122012-08-10T16:38:25+00:00monthlyhttps://adamwshahan.comdaily1.02022-10-05T19:18:22+00:00