Organic Transition :a blog by Chad Brooks:http://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/This is the blog of my move from ruston, la into asbury seminary. I am excited to be moving into this community and becoming a part of it. enMon, 01 Jan 2007 09:21:49 PSTTypePad http://www.typepad.com/Chad Brooks, Asbury Seminary, Wesley, Asbury, transitions, emergent, emerging church, postmodern, methodistSociety & Culture/Personal Journalschadbrooksis@gmail.comChad BrooksChad BrooksnoChad Brooks, Asbury Seminary, Wesley, Asbury, transitions, emergent, emerging church, postmodern, methodistThis is the podcast feed for my move to Wilmore and my transition into the Asbury Seminary community.This is the podcast feed for my move to Wilmore and my transition into the Asbury Seminary community.last thingshttp://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/2007/01/last_things.htmlchadbrooksis@gmail.com (Chad Brooks)Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:21:49 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-14948175

As some of you may have noticed posting here as pretty much stopped.  This blog was designed for a season, the first semester at Asbury.  As that has come to a close, so has this blog.  If you are slightly curious as to what went on, look over the archives.  If you are really curious, email me.  If you kept up with all this and for some odd reason, still want to follow along this path with me, check out outsideisbetter

I am not sure what will happen with the URL, i may keep it and re-use it.  But there will be no more posting here.

Thanks for walking with me on this one guys.

Chad

]]>As some of you may have noticed posting here as pretty much stopped. This blog was designed for a season, the first semester at Asbury. As that has come to a close, so has this blog. If you are slightly...prayerhttp://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/2006/12/prayer.htmlchadbrooksis@gmail.com (Chad Brooks)Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:11:16 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-14510911

Father
in this time in this time of hurry
let us not forget

beautiful, mystical child
thrust into us
such a sweet our time apart from yours

]]>Father in this time in this time of hurry let us not forget beautiful, mystical child thrust into us such a sweet our time apart from yoursscatterhttp://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/2006/12/scatter.htmlasbury theological seminarychad brooksfinalslexington rescue missionchadbrooksis@gmail.com (Chad Brooks)Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:45:50 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-14419938

These next couple of weeks shall be described at best by the term "scatter".  I have a feeling it will be a time of weighing decisions involving what to study and when on a very scattered basis, trying to use my time the best.

I am not really that worried about finals, I just hope to perfom as well as I can, and to use my time in the best way.

I have spend several days this last week at the lexington rescue mission thrift store working with a group project.  It has really remined me why I decided to come to seminary in the first place, and I am glad that I caught that burst of fresh air before finals really starts. We spent 6 hours there today and I am glad that we did, but know it is time to get things caught up and finished up.

]]>These next couple of weeks shall be described at best by the term "scatter". I have a feeling it will be a time of weighing decisions involving what to study and when on a very scattered basis, trying to use...http://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/2006/11/i_am_trying_to_.htmladventchad brooksekklesiachadbrooksis@gmail.com (Chad Brooks)Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:26:21 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-14391727

i am trying to not become overly consumed with finals and to remind myself of this time of year

found on the ekklesiaproject.org website

Advent God,

you call us to watch and wait,
to prepare ourselves for the surprising ways you come to us:
as a baby in a feeding trough,
as a preacher of truth and justice;
as bread and wine consumed at your table;
as Priest, Judge, Lord, and King.
As we enter this season of Advent we see the distress among nations,
and we acknowledge the stress and anxiety in our own lives.
We admit that we are caught up in the frenzy of Christmas
even before we’ve had time to ponder the mysteries of Advent.
We confess that we prefer feasting to fasting,
that we’d rather shop than pray,
that we’re more comfortable at the side of the cradle than at the foot of the cross.
Give us grace, we pray, in the days and weeks ahead,
to cultivate an Advent spirit of patience and vigilance, of hopeful expectation.
We pray with Zechariah
that in your tender compassion the dawn from on high might break upon us,
and that you would guide our feet into the way of peace.  Amen.
]]>i am trying to not become overly consumed with finals and to remind myself of this time of year found on the ekklesiaproject.org website Advent God, you call us to watch and wait, to prepare ourselves for the surprising ways...reading weekhttp://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/2006/11/reading_week.htmlalternative methodschad brooksGod's rhythmreading weekrestrockychadbrooksis@gmail.com (Chad Brooks)Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:56:59 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-14250217

so far my plan for a mass amount of studying over reading week as been blown,but I have painted alot, started stripping down my motorcycle, spent alot of time with the wife.

today I am reading for doctrine and watching a rocky marathon at the same time....and I see nothing really the matter with it.

I have learned alot about rest this week.  At the beginning of the week I wanted to start learning a more " God rhythm", and I thought that this could be done by becoming a more concentraded person.  But instead I think I have learned alot about some of the different ways that I can see God.  This week has been a pretty eratic week, but there are alot of different ways to learn things.

My mind goes back to this scene in Rocky II (did you think I couldn't mention more of the italion stallion) where he tries to learn about speed by chasing a chicken. A different method, a suprising method, but by providing a different way of looking at things one can learn alot about all of the different things life encompasses.

I really love God's Rhythm. It is always full or suprises

]]>so far my plan for a mass amount of studying over reading week as been blown,but I have painted alot, started stripping down my motorcycle, spent alot of time with the wife. today I am reading for doctrine and watching...http://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/2006/11/i_am_amazed_at_.htmlWeblogschad brookspeople of Godchadbrooksis@gmail.com (Chad Brooks)Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:10:25 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-14085060

I am amazed at how conversations that have nothing to do with each other, and happen with different groups of people, somehow end up getting to the same topic.

Over the last few weeks the conversation that keeps coming up is the idea of what it means to be "the people of God".  These conversations have gone from class, to riding in the car with meredith, phone calls with former students and friends, to the one I had today with my pastor.

The fact that some of these people I have been in coversation with have some really different views than me, but we are coming together trying to figure this thing out. It is really inspiring.  It makes me look forward to these next few years here at Asbury.

]]>I am amazed at how conversations that have nothing to do with each other, and happen with different groups of people, somehow end up getting to the same topic. Over the last few weeks the conversation that keeps coming up...leaveshttp://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/2006/11/leaves.htmlchadbrooksis@gmail.com (Chad Brooks)Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:31:22 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-13927843

This is a repost from my main site outsideisbetter.net


leaves

So last night I was outside with the dog and contemplating when to rake the yard.  Something that I have learned since moving farther north is that the leaves drop alot quicker.  So I came to the idea that I would just wait another few days until most of them were on the ground.  I had raked a week before and it took 2 days to get back to the "pre-raking" point. So as I look outside of my window right now I am checking the yard out to see if it is worth the work yet.

But after this thought I realized that we think of sin in the terms sometimes.  We start the process of "sanctification" (there I go using an Asbury word), but get discouraged because we don't have everything right yet, so we wait around for our life to clear up a tad and then we will start a life with God.  Because cleaning up the mess is alot of work, and we want to do it as few times as possible. I look at my life, and all the times I have really screwed things up, and I realize that when it is really messy, it is easier to come to God.  But that process of even looking of things as messy can really keep your thoughts away from God.  I had that mindset for a long time, but I have started to realize that the yard got raked awhile back and the leaves aren't going to drop again.

So the question, did I go out and rake the yard? No, but I plan too. But more than that I remember that thought as a reminder as why to push forward and not just wait on things to get clean so the path is clearer.

This might have not made any sense.  But thanks for sticking around till the end.

]]>This is a repost from my main site outsideisbetter.net leaves So last night I was outside with the dog and contemplating when to rake the yard. Something that I have learned since moving farther north is that the leaves drop...http://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/2006/11/i_am_really_tir.htmlchadbrooksis@gmail.com (Chad Brooks)Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:07:48 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-13846277

i am really tired right  now. I get enough sleep. I really can't explain it.

]]>i am really tired right now. I get enough sleep. I really can't explain it.this week in chadhttp://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/2006/10/this_week_in_ch.htmlWeblogsasbury theological seminarychad brooksdeconstructionkingdom suitemusicchadbrooksis@gmail.com (Chad Brooks)Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:15:48 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-13660301

you know, the busier we get we forget that their is this entire world around us that has no idea what we are doing. You know the whole rocks cry out thing, it makes me wonder what the world thinks of us. I know that Dr. Coppedge would probably fail me for speaking of the natural world as though it had a soul. But I guess that we really forget how to imagine, and that we are not held to these natural boundries. I am really tipping my hat to Madeline L'Engle with alot of this post (read her book 'walking on water'). As busy as I have been I have to remind myself to truly worship. It is really the only thing that can get us through all this.

second note. I am have been working through some themes for the kingdom reader. Usually after I mix down the track for the blog I play with the music more. I always think that I make stuff that is too creepy. This is what came after my after efforts tonight.Download slow_26.mp3 . All the racket is one guitar really manipulated and Peg Hutchins voice.

]]>you know, the busier we get we forget that their is this entire world around us that has no idea what we are doing. You know the whole rocks cry out thing, it makes me wonder what the world thinks...noyou know, the busier we get we forget that their is this entire world around us that has no idea what we are doing. You know the whole rocks cry out thing, it makes me wonder what the world thinks...Chad Brooksyou know, the busier we get we forget that their is this entire world around us that has no idea what we are doing. You know the whole rocks cry out thing, it makes me wonder what the world thinks...Chad Brooks, Asbury Seminary, Wesley, Asbury, transitions, emergent, emerging church, postmodern, methodistmidtermshttp://outsideisbetter.typepad.com/documentation/2006/10/midterms.htmlWeblogsasburyasbury theological seminarychad brooksdoctrinetestschadbrooksis@gmail.com (Chad Brooks)Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:14:52 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-13525263

I only had one midterm, Basic Christian Doctrine, with Coppedge. I took it today and I am glad it is done. I had a really good study guide so I was ready for it, but it still scared the (*&^ out of me. When I was taking it I was shaking so bad I could barely write.

No more for today, but tommorow I start on a test for Church History and get alot done for the second installment of the kingdom tide reader here.

Have a good day.

]]>I only had one midterm, Basic Christian Doctrine, with Coppedge. I took it today and I am glad it is done. I had a really good study guide so I was ready for it, but it still scared the (*&^...Chad Brooksnonadult