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The Institutes of IPA

"We’re called, here and now, to be instruments of God’s new creation, the world-put-to-rights which has already been launched in Jesus and of which Jesus’ followers are supposed to be not simply beneficiaries but aslo agents.” - N.T. Wright, Simply Christian
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” - ephesians 5:14

Dead air at the Institutes

My apologies for the dead air around these parts, but let’s be honest, that is nothing new. It has been over two months since my last post on my blog but I think I have a good excuse. Alyssa was place on bed rest shortly after the new year during the last few weeks of her pregnancy and then the Lord blessed us with our first child, a son, Caleb Preston Graham.

Words pretty much fail me when I think about him. As some of you know it was a long, hard road for us to get pregnant and stay pregnant. Six years to be exact. Through much prayer and seeking (and running from) the Lord, he answered our prayers in the affirmative and led us out of our own personal Exodus. To say that this is a paradigm shift is an understatement. Leading up to his birth, I still had this list in the back of my head of things that I felt I deserved, many of them material. Once I held him in my hands, all of those things disappeared. I am sure that this will be a daily struggle against the flesh, but it was nice to lay my desires down and focus them on my son. Because I desire so much for him, but mostly, for him to love the Lord and his Word with all of his heart.

We have an amazing ride ahead of us, and I look forward to all the twists and turns in faith, knowing that the Lord is sovereign, even in the valleys. I know this first hand because of our time in the desert, and it strengthens my faith for those times in the future.

So here is to reboot number 23,234. I hope to pop in a little more for the 2 or 3 readers that are left.


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January 9th 2010
Tags: Culture, Tech, Theology, Thoughts

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Keeping things in check.

I have recently had a good bit of disdain towards the iPhone, throwing comments around like 'If I were in the market for a phone right now I would not get the new iPhone' and 'I am tired of Apple's shenanigans with the app store and monopoly over the iPhone'. ...
January 3rd 2010
Tags: Culture, Theology

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At the Lamb’s High Feast

This song was sang during communion this morning.  One of the men in the church, Paul Duffin, wrote a new arrangement for it a la Indelible Grace.  It is one of my favorites, especially the second verse. At the Lamb’s high feast we sing Praise to our victorious King, Who ...
December 28th 2009
Tags: Books, Tech

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The Death of my Current Reading page

For those of you that actually look at what I am currently reading on the 'Current Reading' page you will notice that beginning in 2010, I will take down the page and replace it with a link to GoodReads.com where I will continue to track my current, past and to ...
December 28th 2009
Tags: Music

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Favorite albums of 2009 and looking ahead to 2010…

I have decided not to do a top 10 of 2009. There are a couple of reasons for this, first and foremost is that I think I let music go from being an awesome gift to an unhealthy obsession and idol.  As confessed earlier this year, I think I need ...