Eddie Walker

Well, bad news. I found out today that my truck is officially totaled. I am pretty bummed, but I know that the Lord has a hand in all of this. We have a full house today for the "Unconference" this weekend. I am pretty excited about it. I am praying that God is going to teach me something great this weekend. The Platform talk for today deals with blessing. If those with houses, spouses, and families are blessed. Am I less blessed for having none of these? Hmm.....

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hello, everyone....well some bad news.... two Friday's ago I totaled (sp?) my truck. (At least that is my less than expert opinion). I will find out some time this week as to how much the damage will actually cost me. Nevertheless, God has totally put me at peace with it. If need be I will quit my job and work with Jason or I will simply get a bus pass. Either way I know that He will be glorified. It was much more traumatic last week as I look back in hindsight, which I suppose saves the one person that reads this some time. I can be incredibly verbose at the most inopportune times and these blogs are published with zero editing. (You poor soul). Anyways, I went to a wine tasting event on Saturday in Newport. This was less than eventful. It was a huge silicone/platinum blonde/tanning booth/abercrombie & fitch (that company doesn't deserve to have their name capitalized) festival. After puking for many hours out of my disgust for the nature of man... I regained my composure...drank some wine....listened to one of my favorite songs of all time by Ricki Louis (I think).... and then left shortly thereafter. It was nice to hang out with my friend Renee and my Dad and his wife Christina. Anyways, that was as eventful as my weekend had got until today when I did lots of yardwork. Believe it or not yard work is very therapeutic and I am convinced that it prevents the onset of schizophrenia. The backyard looks absolutely beautiful and I am glad to have been able to help. Hopefully I will find a way to post some pictures on this boring blog quickly. Platform discussion of the day....how does a church become intentional in becoming heterogeneous? I am not sure that anyone has mastered this art, however, I am convinced that this art must be attempted by someone that can give pointers. I find it completely necessary for our churches to be filled with more than just families that are all a bunh of W.A.S.P.S. Hopefully someone out there will know some one else that will have a helpful hint in order to get me started in the right direction. All that I have heard so far was from Erwin McManus who incited me on this path of creating a heterogeneous model. Erwin didn't really add a lot of practical application to his advice. Anyways, if you read this please feel free to add a comment because I feel as though much of this is in vain. Anyways, have a great week, and may He be at the center of your life.

posted by Unknown @ 8:28 PM 0 comments

I find this quite a burden at times to keep up, and it is clear that I am not doing a very good job at all. Nevertheless, I am quite tired of the Southern Californian complacency that is becoming increasingly pervasive. Unfortunately it proves to be quite systemic throughout all of the United States. I had the pleasure of discussing this reality with some family members of mine just last night. However, I am not so sure that they completely understand what I was trying to say. It is becoming abundantly clear that there are few people in this world that make a concerted effort on a regular basis (regular in this particular context means more than once or twice a year, it extends to something that is integrated into the routine of an individual's life; monthly would suffice has an adequate definition here). My family desperately tried to convince me (keep in mind they are believers) that the majority of the world seeks to do "good," or extend a helping hand to mankind. . . (elipsis) Ridiculous. . . how can one pronounce such incredibly bad theology? As Believers it is clear, as stated by the Bible, that we have a sinful nature. If we can agree on this then I shall move on. Next, the Bible states that the path of the righteous will be narrow and there will be few that travel it. If we agree on this then let's move on. If the majority of individual's in this world do not know Christ AND have a sinful nature, how can they possibly accomplish any "good." This is not to say that you have to be a follower of Christ in order to be a philanthropist. However, I refer to statistics here in order to substantiate my point . Those individuals that seek to do good are probably 2 standard deviations above the mean. Those that are follower of Christ that seek to do good are possibly three standard deviations above the mean. What does this all mean? (No pun intended). It reveals the fact that there are a small percentage of individuals in the world that seek to do "good" and an even smaller percentage of individual's that seek to do "good" in Christ's name. I believe this to be simple logic. Anyways, email me your thoughts until I get this comment thing running. Anyways, I went deep sea fishing on Saturday with my Dad. That was a great time. We saw a helicopter take a nose dive into the ocean and we caught 4 fish between the two of us. (Not in that order.) I am currently looking for a medical missions group overseas. I would like to connect with one of these groups with in the next few months so if any of you have leads let me know. Other thoughts as of late: (1) people (ALL PEOPLE) tend to be horrible in relationship. (Relationship meaning a broad and general definition, friends, family etc.) We as individual's are self-seeking and consistently take one another for granted... guess what? Followers of Christ are just as bad as those who don't recognize Him as Lord. How do we step away from that and become intentional within our communities. (2) Loneliness slowly rots the mind causing all sorts of mental disorders. I just watched the movie Ed Gein on Saturday night. I am becoming more and more convinced that those individuals that are left to their own devices must develop other personalities in order to remain sane. An individual with multiple personalities done so in order to protect themselves from the loneliness that would ultimately kill them. At least a schizophrenic has the ability to experience community no matter where they are. Anyways, just in case you have reached this blog and don't know who I am you can email me at ewalk00@hotmail.com. The last thought of the day is a quote that I am working on... let me know what you think. "What kind of label are you able to give an idealist once he begins to live out his convictions... a radical."

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