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Re: A Poem for Liz Strauss

Carl Holmes — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:00:24 -0000

There is just never a good time to fast... now I want to break open the cupboards and tear into the German Chocolate I brought back from my last European Trip...

Re: Do You Have a High Calling?

Carl Holmes — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:08:46 -0000

New site looks good!

Re: Espresso Book Machines Won’t Write Good Sentences for You

Carl Holmes — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:24:41 -0000

Interesting post today considering the quote that you hit on on my website today. Thanks for dropping in. I have resisted the urge to POD, but sometimes it seems the way to go when other publishers are not interested.

Time will tell, and marketing definitely does sell. I can not count the number of times I have picked up a book based on the marketing and hype, only to put it down in the end dissapointed.

I am starting to view books like L.L. sometimes does...basically quit buying them because I have shelves full already. It is a catch 22, I need people to buy em to be an author, but I do not want to clutter my life with more books. Ahh, such is the life of a writer.

Re: Disappearing for a Bit

Carl Holmes — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:58:11 -0000

forgot to get the requisite permission from your wife ehh?

(Just poking at ya) Have a good week and come back refreshed.

Re: Disappearing for a Bit

Carl Holmes — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:15:43 -0000

I would like to remind you it is now September 5th!!! It has now been 9 days... come on back now!! (said in my best old western hic speak)

Re: We Don’t Need More Christian Writers.

Carl Holmes — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:53:37 -0000

Welcome back. My son started first grade this week as well, I was a mess and I admit it!

Congratulations with your promotion to senior editor, that is a big jump.

I will look more into your interview of Dick Straub, I am ashamed to admit his name really has not come across my mind before. I am always looking for plesant suprises though.

Re: Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, and Emergents, Oh My!

Carl Holmes — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:22:35 -0000

I read the post as well. It did not quite get under my skin because I have also read his book. I would suggest it as good reading material at some point. It is called The Great Giveaway.

Good post. Glad to see you working at it again!

Re: Tomatoes in the Halls of Power - Concerning Veggies and Culture and a Movie My Son Will Love

Carl Holmes — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:41:12 -0000

Here I go recommending another book. But Me, Myself and Bob by Phil Vischer is a wonderful book about the start, and demise of Veggie Tales. It is a great testimony for sure.

O.K., no more book recommendations today.

Re: Anatomy of a Blog Tour - Startling Stats from Mary DeMuth’s 6 Week Tour

Carl Holmes — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:49:09 -0000

I have done one blog tour. I did the teaser and then the full review... I got nada. Not one response. I know people like LL are lurking on my blog and respond occasionally. RLP does as well, but no one posted. It is cool. I got a free copy of a great book and helped a friend in the process, that was what was great.

Re: We’re Looking for a Few Good Blogs!

Carl Holmes — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:20:38 -0000

I am in. I need the code at some point to put the banner on my website.

thoughtsofagyrovague.com

Also, if you can take a new mini screen shot, I have update my blog template.

Re: Good Words from GodBlogCon at BlogWorld

Carl Holmes — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:39:55 -0000

This is why I get angry when I hear preachers using so much slang and bad words that I literally get an upset stomach. To be a pastor is to put into words that which can not be done without the inspiration of the holy spirit. Adding mud to the mixture is never a good recipie.

Re: Praying With My Eyes Wide Open - Theology for Preschool Through First Grade

Carl Holmes — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:52:54 -0000

Great snapshot of family life my friend. My 6 year old Son sounds much like your boy. He is a little older and knows a little better (most the time anyway) but still has that streak!!

Re: Forgiveness Isn’t Stupid

Carl Holmes — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:03:49 -0000

I have had to forgive a lot over the last 18 months. I to lost a job at a reputable Christian organization in a very suspect manner. Then Ted Haggard (I attend new life) and now the shooting. I forgive continually because forgiveness is a process. It takes time.

We think it is suspect to forgive so quickly because we think that if we have not forgiven we are in the diametrically opposed position of hating them. That is not the case.

Thanks for all the prayers and support for my beloved church.

Re: This Isn’t Really a Subscribe to Me Kind of Blog

Carl Holmes — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:24:04 -0000

Just be... that is the best advise I have been given. Just let it be, whatever it ends up as is what it shall be.

I have tried not to restrict my blog to much. Why must it have some higher purpose that just stresses us out if our creative savvy is on empty? Just let it be. I like reading different things because it keeps it from getting old and stodgy.

What is with everyone in the blogsphere asking this same question? Alice the Camel and others are asking as well. Must be the new year new you type of thing.

Merry Christmas.

Re: This Isn’t Really a Subscribe to Me Kind of Blog

Carl Holmes — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:00:59 -0000

umm...did removing that widgit preclude you from being able to post??

Look forward to hearing from you soon! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Re: My Three Year Old Sings About Rum and Rock Monsters

Carl Holmes — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:15:32 -0000

Phil Vischer is on my "to meet in my lifetime" list. After reading his autobiography last year I gained great appreciation for the labor and love that goes into Veggie Tales.

Good to see you posting again.

Re: Ignite the Average Joe, One Slob at a Time

Carl Holmes — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:04:22 -0000

Not to thread jack Marcus, but I lost your e-mail.

Do you know why the High Calling Banner is messed up? Look at the one in the upper left corner of your blog, and the one on mine. It is the same code and they are not showing. I have confirmed this on multiple computers.

Any ideas?

Re: Five Articles to Challenge the Way You Blog

Carl Holmes — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:11:11 -0000

Let me be the first to say that Zimbio WORKS. I only heard of it from L.L. a few days ago. I signed up and my traffic is almost double. That is still not much, but a great boost for sure!

Re: Time Is Relative, So Why Shouldn’t Faith Be Relative?

Carl Holmes — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:36:13 -0000

Heather,

I agree with your last statement that relativism is not always wrong. Being associated with the Emergent Church undoubtedly gets you tangled up in the term relativism.

I also agree that without God's redemption we are in a cosmic morass of everything goes and nothing answers the questions we have.

Good Post Mark!

Re: Time Is Relative, So Why Shouldn’t Faith Be Relative?

Carl Holmes — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:19:58 -0000

Sorry, when I say you I was speaking of me. Sorry. I was not thinking to straight. (the flu)

I am engaged in the emergent church and that is what gets bantered around a lot.

Re: Mount Hermon Christian Writing Conference 2 - Story of the Day

Carl Holmes — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:50:54 -0000

So often we find God when we go where others dare not, where conventional wisdom says DO NOT GO THERE... and where we know we will find something surprising. Maybe it will be the pearl of wisdom that was cast before swine, maybe it is the shard of the broken vessel that you were missing and now you will not leak when God pours into you.

Only you know, and thanks for sharing.

Re: 4 x 4 - Farmers, Ferries, Fools, and Faithless Chihuahua Dogs

Carl Holmes — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:57:00 -0000

4 x 4's not of the automotive kind... cool. Much more soul satisfying I might add.

On a different note, the High Calling Banner has gone into hiding again. I see it missing on your blog and mine. Can you fix it?

Re: My Son Reads the Pirate Gospel

Carl Holmes — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:13:00 -0000

So much visuals in my head. Picturing Jesus with an eye patch on playing pirates with your son is priceless.

No it is not sacrelidge, God relates to us however he needs to so he can have the relationship. For your son, and my son and many others, it is as a pirate with an eye patch.

"avast you scirvy little ones, knowest ye how much I love thee?"

Re: And we have a winner!

Carl Holmes — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:27:11 -0000

You just should have re drawn, then it would have been me! :)

Thanks for the fun. I always look for excuses to write, this was a good one.

Re: The Secret to a Better Attitude

Carl Holmes — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:00:10 -0000

You are speaking my language man! This is something I have been trying to engage with myself, and ingrain in others as well.

I post on it from time to time and will continue to do so until I have it figured out... for me that means at the day of my passing from this world!

Re: Michael Hyatt, Stephen Mansfield, Tony Jones, and Me and You Talk Politics in Hell

Carl Holmes — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:46:47 -0000

Welcome to the Emergent side of life. That is basically what the emergent conversation is in a nut shell. Thinking through life and the stinky cheese that goes with it, thinking through how we have really manhandled the situation and how we can bring what we do back in line with our beliefs and with the biblical call to live life in accordance with it.

Carl Holmes's last blog post..Prayer and the power within it

Re: Out of the Closet - I Believe in Evolution

Carl Holmes — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:50:53 -0000

I believe in evolution, as a belief, not as a religion. That is where I get worn down with evolutionists.

Separate the worldview of we are going to kill God and crush the Christians and puruse fully objective science in the whole thing and I have no problem. Same goes for Christians who say they will crush the evolutionists with the weight of the bible.

In the words of John Lennon "...cant we all just get along?" there are enough hills for Christians to charge and fight, this is not one of them.

Re: six non-important things

Carl Holmes — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:17:57 -0000

Thanks for the meme, I am on a mini vacation and the wife is already staring at me and the laptop and giving me that look...you know the one. I will let you know when it is up.

Re: I’m 37 Today

Carl Holmes — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:39:21 -0000

Man, dont worry about the grey hair. Proverbs says it is a crown of Glory. When I was 18 you could see my balding already. I have not found a good bible verse about a bald head... maybe somewhere.

I am just a little behind you in the ol age... but 40... ugg!

Re: If Only Every State Was As Prepared As Alaska

Carl Holmes — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:11:31 -0000

Hmm, I am starting to think living in Juneau sounds pretty good. Colorado sure is lining up for its share of the pork.

Re: I’m 37 Today

Carl Holmes — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:19:28 -0000

ohh boy... now I need some bears!!

Re: 25 Things I Hate About Facebook

Carl Holmes — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:26:48 -0000

No Facebook application requests. What about saving the rain forest? What about those cute little buttons that have funny sayings, what about finding out how you rank in BFF (Best Friend Friendlieness) among your friends? What are you a curmudgeon? (lol, I really hope you know I am kidding)

If you go into your settings on facebook you can disable all applications being sent to you. The person sending it will not know and think that they are being cool and all, but you will never see it. It is one of the better things I like about Facebook.

Re: Christians & Alcohol – Your Thoughts

Carl Holmes — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:06:15 -0000

Alcohol is permissable, in moderation. Having said that those of us who are in ministry positions MUST be cautious because of the over arching belief that Christians do not drink. If a new believer, or one coming into the knowledge of Christ sees me drinking and they stumble, I should put the millstone around my own neck and get it over with.

I grew up Baptist, very conservative Baptist, and drinking was just a no way no how situation. I now only drink occasionally, and in the privacy of my own home or with VERY trusted friends who know me and we are on the same playing field spiritually.

I also believe if you come from a home where alcholism is prevalent, such as my wife's family, that you should abstain. Genetics, as well as the culture of the family are strong indicators of how you will handle alcohol. Some just do not have the faculties, physically, mentally and spiritually, to stop when they should. Just never starting is not a bad idea.

Re: Friday Friends Open Thread (3/27/09)

Carl Holmes — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:53:13 -0000

http://sadsteve.com/preview.py?id=3d59e9b9b605d...

More talent then I can say I will ever have.

Re: Friday Friends Open Thread

Carl Holmes — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:35:14 -0000

Ted Haggard is back on line. Visit him at http://www.tedhaggard.com/

He has a new ministry MMI Finance that does micro loans for single moms, widows etetera. I for one, wish him all the luck in the world. He has repented, now we need to do the same for how we treated him and give him some help in his new endeavors.

Re: Friday Friends Open Thread

Carl Holmes — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:37:25 -0000

I dont claim special knowledge here, but I did attend New Life. I have had a few meetings with him when he is meeting with elders, friends, etcetera from the church and he is repenting. I believe he is very restored, he just did not do it in the public eye.

I dont think he is rushing, I think he is out of options. Salary gone from new life, book deals are all dead, gotta pay the bills. There is no lack of people wanting to share his story. What does that say about us?

Re: Twenty Items of Interest (v.55)

Carl Holmes — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:02:07 -0000

Compassion India ROCKS! I have been there, I sponsor there, and I work for Compassion. I know, shameless plug.

God is on the move in India... lets join him in the movement!

Re: Latte Links (6/4)

Carl Holmes — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:15:11 -0000

So a first time visitor and there words should be "trusted, enjoyed, and proclaimed".

I think I smell a rat in that one, just like your brother did.

If I trusted all my first time visitors who came up and told me how "good" or "life altering" my sermon was, and the I go do a home visit mid week and ask if they remembered my sermon I would get blank stares... I do my ego a small favor and dont ask that question. Maybe I should start though.

Re: The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

Carl Holmes — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:58:04 -0000

I believe that we are becoming much more engaged since this was written. I work for a ministry, and it is one that I see you support here, that just reached a milestone we never conceived of. We now sponsor over 1 million children. At the rate of growth we have in 5 years it will be 2 million. It took 58 years to reach the first mile stone. You can see where I am headed here, people are taking notice of the global church and starting to do something about it.

Slowly and surely the followership mindset of discipleship is being questioned, reexamined, and people are thinking for themselves. It is taking time, but I believe it is none less then an awakening in the church to what God requires of us... to care for the poor and needy, the widow and the orphan.

I also believe that people are starting to remember that 200 million dollar budgets for buildings the size of stadiums does not bring God glory... it shames his name. What brings him glory is relationship with him, action as a result of that relationship and the willingess to give HIM the glory, not us.

We are purging our idols one by one, and as we do so we are becoming what Christ wants us to be... his bride, unblemished and clean.

Re: Deace on the Church and Engaging Culture

Carl Holmes — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:02:47 -0000

One of the reasons I am emerging in my beliefs is the ability they are searching for to engage culture and create culture, ultimately redeeming it.

One of the many reasons we are loosing the culture war as the church is we are either saying we are above culture and trying to make our own making us look elitist, or we are emmulating instead of creating culture and we look like the partiers who came to the party to late and just look dumb.

As much as I hate to admit it, he is resonating with me pretty well. The church has a problem... a big one. We must start remedying it by engaging with the culture at least at some level, instead of disparraging it all the time.