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PunkMonk

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About Me

I'm a husband, father, son, brother, nephew, cousin, brother-in-law, uncle, and godfather. I've been living in Glasgow for more than four years now. I'm here with my wife & two daughters. I love people... and the more I love people, the more I discover that I also love being alone. I love exploring my faith, and discovering what it means to be a Christ-follower in a postmodern, post-Christian society. I've lived in Alabama, California, Germany, Arizona & Great Britain. I speak English & German... well, a little German - not as well as I did 18 years ago.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Bo Jackson, Bono, Matt Groening, Frank Miller, Johnny Depp, Lou Reed, Ian McKaye, Henry Rollins, Mike Ness, Christopher Walken, David Bowie

My Blog

So what are we doing now?

We left CRM more than seven months ago to join staff with Christian Associates International (CAI). Technically, that means that we transitioned out of a role in leadership development, and into the r...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:20:00 GMT

Basic Evangelism

One of the things that I try to be aware of is patterns. If I begin to recognize patterns in ministry, relationships or culture, I tend to take notice, and often times, those are the things that I wil...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:18:00 GMT

Buy Nothing Day

No Purchase Necessary: A 24 Hour Moratorium on Consumer Spending - Participate by Not ParticipatingIn America, everyone knows that the biggest shopping day of the year is the Friday after Thanksgiving...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:56:00 GMT

Finally... CATWALK

After more than six months of dreaming, planning, coordinating and preparing, CATWALK only had one thing left to do - happen.Jasheen and her capable and creative team pulled something off on Tuesday n...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:03:00 GMT

Catalog Fashion - 70s Style!

I found these awesome pictures from a 1977 JCPenney catalog online and just had to post and share them. The origin of the story is that a guy found this catalog while doing some work for his parents i...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:45:00 GMT

Glasgow Wins Bid for 2014 Commonwealth Games

In an instant, a city went from quiet, nervous anticipation to roars of absolute jubilation. Glasgow celebrated yesterday as the city landed the 2014 Commonwealth Games with a convincing 47-24 majorit...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:38:00 GMT

The Natural World: A Far Off Place

I'm not going to insult full-blown "tree-huggers," by suggesting that I am an environmentalist, but recently I find myself with a growing appreciation for Creation. I'm a part of an environmentally co...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:47:00 GMT

activism

How's this for irony? Even though you spend your whole life combating the forces of capitalism, you still might wind up on a t-shirt sold in a store owned...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:15:00 GMT

psycho

Last year in the United States, about 1.6 million children and teenagers - 280,000 of them under the age of 10 - were given two or more psychiatric drugs in combination. Over 500,000 were prescribed a...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:47:00 GMT

The Assault on Reason

Al Gore on Celebrity CultureIn his best-selling book, The Assault on Reason, Al Gore takes a harsh look at the media's fascination with flash over substance and celebrity culture. He discusses how rat...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:45:00 GMT