Blog Topic: Motivation Monday

Motivation Monday: Defined By What We Are For

Fr. Richard Rohr says his definition for a “Christian” is “somebody who has met one.” While it took The Burner a moment or two to understand, you, dear reader, surely understood immediately that Fr. Rohr meant that if you meet a Christian, you should be inspired to become one also.

There are few Christians that [...]

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Motivation Monday: Going All Out

The Burner family has friends who take them in on Sundays to watch football. (Complicated metaphor warning): Like a track star so far ahead of the opponent that the two appear to be even again, this family is has raced past “generous to a fault” status that it somehow circles around to [...]

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Motivation Monday: Occupy the World

The Burner spent some time in New York City this past week for the Q Epiphany conference (more later). Before the conference began, though free time in the Big Apple meant that TB found his way to the drum beats of Zuccotti Park–the epicenter for the in/famous Occupy Wall Street protests. (OWS is protesting [...]

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Motivation Monday: Towards a Theology of Work

(Editors Note: This piece was not intended to be motivational per se, but The Burner thinks that Tim Morey’s post should be motivational on a weary Monday after the weekend’s services. –TB)

So the other night a few brothers from our church gathered around one of the guy’s backyard fire pits and [...]

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Motivation Monday: Burning Man is Doing Something Right

Church attendance is declining while Burning Man attendance is on the rise. This year’s event out in Black Rock City brought over 53,000 participants. Plus, although it’s a week long, Burning Man tickets average about about $300 a person. For what? Entrance into something…odd and completely different. In fact, some might say [...]

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Motivation Monday: Facing the Press

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

The Burner is not a Dallas Cowboy fan, nor a Tony Romo fan, but Romo made two nationally-televised mistakes last night against the [...]

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Motivation Monday: Check the Surf Report

The Burner loves to surf. Check that–TB loves to try to surf. While the sport is simple conceptually–ride ocean waves while standing on a floating board–like golf, the actual success rate for TB is very low. The ocean is doing one thing, the board is doing another and the surfer’s body is doing a third. [...]

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