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Interact with Patrick Oden
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Last On: Nov 6, 2009 - 7:53 PM
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22,654
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Member Since:
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December 16, 2006
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Location:
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Pasadena, CA
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ShoutLife Address:
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shoutlife.com/patrick
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Website:
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www.dualravens.com
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Comedy
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Primary Publishers:
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Barclay Press
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Mark Twain, Douglas Adams, C.S. Lewis, Moltmann, Shusako Endo, John Cassian, Stephen Lawhead, James Michener, Jack London, and really a whole lot of other people, which is why I really need a few more bookshelves.
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Hmmm... well, I'll let you tell me that.
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7:51 PM
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updated profile information
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7:47 PM
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is now friends with
UNIVERSE
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spirituality,
truth,
beauty,
occasionally silliness,
trees,
clouds,
birds,
the depths of human souls,
writing,
pondering,
listening,
watching,
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Paradise Lost,
Musashi,
Byzantium,
John Cassian,
Walker Percy,
Patrick O'Brian,
Pannenberg,
Moltmann,
Rowling,
Mark Twain,
Jack London,
Shusaku Endo,
Douglas Adams,
Dostoevsky
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Glory,
Finding Neverland,
Elf,
Rivers and Tides,
Braveheart.
Story,
Clueless,
Chocolat,
Lawrence of Arabia,
Joe Versus the Volcano,
Winged Migration,
Scrubs,
My Name is Earl,
Dirty Jobs,
The Office,
Smallville,
Heroes
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It's a Dance: Moving with the Holy Spirit (2007)
Luke is a journalist at a local newspaper in Southern California doing a series of articles on churches in the area. As he interviews Nate, pastor of a nontraditional church that operates a pub, he learns more why than who, what, when, and where.
Patrick Oden, a first-time author, uses a fictitious church and fictitious people to write a nonfiction book about the Holy Spirit. Oden destroys the myth that solid Christian doctrine is only communicated in a didactic style. The personalities of the people and the conversational style turn theology into an enlightening, fascinating read.
Buy It's a Dance: Moving with the Holy Spirit Online
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If I had been an ancient Celt, most likely I would have been a druid.
Had I lived in America a thousand years ago, I almost definitely would have been a shaman.
Had I treasured the Christian faith prior to the last three hundred years, it is a certainty I would be wearing a monk's robe.
However, as someone who lives in the particularly radical section of Reformation faith during the 21st century, I'm just a bit at loss for a clear description of who I am.
There's no mystical wing of Protestantism. I first realized while getting a degree in history and Bible/theology (Wheaton '97), and later as a graduate student getting my Master of Divinity degree (Fuller, '02). My interests and patterns and questions weren't in line with the usual flow, and I felt it all along the way. The Spirit was doing something different with me.
When I graduated I spent some time trying to fit into the usual pattern of a pastor, then realized there was something deeper calling me for the present. Oddly enough, this calling pushed me out and up into the mountains of Southern California where I am a writer and web designer.
Barclay Press recently published some of the fruit from this time, a book on the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church: It's a Dance: Moving with the Holy Spirit.
Although raised in Baptist, Charismatic, Pentecostal, and Wesleyan churches my present passion is for the missional church movement. I have a very strong interest in church history, which was an emphasis in college, and theological studies I'm especially interested in looking at the Holy Spirit and the Church.
I am a lover of truth, beauty, and occasionally silliness. The latter a bit more than my description here might suggest.
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In the Mood for Christmas music? Free Shipping!
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11/28/2008 - 10:19 AM
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Hey! A note from Amy Gustafson (who, in a little more than a month will be Amy Oden):
Hello, friends!
I'm offering free shipping for three more days on my new Christmas CD! All orders that I receive by midnight on Sunday (11-30-08) will get fr...
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The Path to Promise
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9/05/2008 - 11:33 AM
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"They've been given the law not too long before," Karl says, "but it's been hard. Life with God hasn't been easy. God has discipline. His goal isn't to make us happy, his goal is to lead us to maturity like we've talked about a lot. God ordains f...
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- Most Recent Reply: 10/29/08 - 5:01 PM
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Shall We Dance.
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8/01/2008 - 10:59 AM
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The Trinity is hard to understand. It's far too complex to have been made up, and no where do we have it explained to us with any kind of absolute understanding. We're faced with the fact there's one God, and yet there is the Father, and the Son,...
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- Most Recent Reply: 08/04/08 - 12:14 AM
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wisdom for every day
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7/14/2008 - 10:01 AM
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In various monastic writings we find two verses emphasized as being among the most spiritually effective prayers. Psalm 71:1-2 (NIV)--
In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, rescue me and save me. ...
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- Most Recent Reply: 07/19/08 - 4:55 PM
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Big news!
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7/11/2008 - 5:32 PM
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This past Sunday I went to the Huntington Library with Amy Gustafson. We were at the same college at the same time but never met there. It took Shoutlife to introduce us for the first time. We chatted a bit about shared experiences. That opened up...
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- Most Recent Reply: 07/24/08 - 1:24 PM
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Recent Guestbook Comments (6)
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Made ya look.
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Hey, still hanging out over here? Sweet!!
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