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About the Book (The Feast)
About Me
- Josh Graves
- Nashville, TN, United States
- I'm the best friend of Kara, father of Lucas, minister, author (The Feast), life-long Piston fan . . . I am the Preaching and Teaching Minister for the Otter Creek Church (Nashville) and I am working on a doctorate degree (second year) at Columbia Seminary studying the relationship of postmodernism and Christianity.
Some of Josh's Published Work (essays, books, articles, reviews)
Links
- Barbara Brown Taylor
- Brian D. McLaren
- Bronx Fellowship of Christ
- Chris Lindsey
- Columbia Seminary
- Donald Miller
- Doug Sanders
- Dry Bones--Denver
- Duke Chapel
- Focus: HOPE
- Greg Boyd
- Greg Stevenson
- Greg Taylor
- Jason Steckel
- Jesus Creed
- Jinja Mission Team
- John Mark Hicks
- John York
- Jonathan Storment
- Josh Ross
- Kara Graves (My wife and best friend)
- Kibo Group
- Larry James Urban Daily
- Lauren Winner
- Lee Camp
- Luke Norsworthy
- Mark and Lori Manry
- Mark Love (Missional Church)
- Mike Cope
- My Twitter Page
- New Wineskins Magazine
- Otter Creek Church
- Patrick Mead
- Randy Speck
- Rochester Church
- Rochester College
- Rubel Shelly
- Sean Palmer
- Stockman Family
- The One Campaign
- TOKENS (Lee Camp and the Arts)
- Wade Hodges
- Walter Surdacki
- Will Willimon
Blog Archive
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- Chocolat Spirituality
- Cass Park Transformation?
- This Week's Sign that the Apocalypse Is Upon Us
- Manresa Rest
- Lauren Winner
- A Good Ending...A New Beginning
- It's the Perfect Time of Year...
- I cannot imagine my life outside of a local faith ...
- Last night we remembered Nic Paradise, a young man...
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- Summer in Michigan
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4 comments:
oh and you forgot your other reason: why spend 4 hours golfing when we can: cook brats, go on a bike ride, lift weights, sit in the hot tub, and then watch an episode of 24?!
I'm glad you included #1! Golf, like most things for me is just another addiction. When I'm playing good all I want to do is play. When its bad I don't play or even think about it for a long time.
I have however curtailed my playing quite a bit. It is way too expensive and time consuming.
I have a feeling when my daughter gets here golf won't even be on my radar!
Ash
Kara,
Great point. That sure beats scoring a 110 for 18 holes.
Ash,
If I had your swing, I'd be an addict!
I enjoyed your posting on golf. My Dad used to play twice a week, and it was constantly a source of tension with him and Mom. In fact, Mom told Amy to never let me take up golf. Dad played up till the next to last year of his life, lugging an oxygen tank around the course. Mom worried, but he said he’d rather die out doing something than sitting in a chair. He got his only hole-in-one while playing with the tank in tow.
Playing with Dad was fun, but I’m not very good and it makes me very self conscious. The expense is also an issue.
I have no objections to golf in general, but I have over the last few years reflected on golf and the church (weird, I know). It seems to me that this is one of the activities that separates the haves and have-nots in a church (unless it a rich suburban church). “Golf fellowship” immediately excludes those who cannot pay for the expensive equipment and the green fees. Some churches may help out those who can’t afford participating in a church golf outing, but that can come across as patronizing. I prefer activities where no one is excluded because of income level or is made to feel like a charity case. So the same would go for church ski trips, cruises, etc.
Phillip Camp
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