tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225691752011-11-04T09:38:38.612-07:00Basic ranting and daily life learning of a pastor in the big city of Aurora, Colorado.Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389880216271992780noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569175.post-6259597673079685562007-12-31T09:30:00.000-08:002008-12-12T21:48:33.605-08:00

We got home at dinner yesterday and are headed out to a village church and bible college in the bush right now. So, I will update tomorrow when I get back. I just thought people might want to see some of our pics to this point. We rode 7 hours (3 ½ on dirt roads) to a little “resort” in the desert. We stayed in mat huts and rode camels, saw an archeological dig from the 10th Century, climbed

Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389880216271992780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569175.post-56450813141438808402007-12-28T10:50:00.000-08:002008-12-12T21:48:33.850-08:00

I am enclosing a picture of us in Casablanca on our journey, in case you want to show it this morning. We made it with all of our bags (luggage and goods for the missionaries). Thanks to everyone who helped! The Nehlsens say hello and we all wanted to wish a Merry Christmas to everyone there!We love you guys,Jonas (for the Wharton clan)

Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389880216271992780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569175.post-59338654896668723732007-12-23T10:50:00.000-08:002007-12-23T10:54:53.462-08:00

Hey Everybody! We have actually arrived in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, but I wanted to drop a note and fill you in on the trip here. We started out for the airport on Friday, Dec. 21 at 3:30 am (Thanks Adam!) and found that we actually got to the airport before the Delta employees even opened. Therefore, the lines were amazing, but once they opened, it went quickly. We were able to check our bags

Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389880216271992780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569175.post-30874142419790552222007-08-10T14:40:00.000-07:002007-08-10T16:09:20.818-07:00

So, it's been a really long time since I wrote, but it's not because I haven't had a lot of thoughts. However, I am on vacation and it is wonderful. We took vacation for a week and enjoyed my wife's parents 50th anniversary celebration. we had a huge party and then the family (all 31 of us) went to a camp and spent 3 days together. It was awesome to spend time with all of my relatives on my

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I was recently given a video to watch by a good friend. However, it was a video of a preacher, not to mention that he told me it was over an hour. So, I wasn't super excited to watch but Sunday morning, I decided to take a look. Wow! Was I pleasantly surprised. The guy sharing was Todd Bentley of Fresh Fire Ministries. I am not too familiar with his ministry, but apparently he has been used

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Well, here I go again. I am going to try to write more. Recently, I have had several friends (new and old) encourage me to put thoughts down for people to read, wrangle, and/or rip up. With that in mind, I will start with a simple regurgitation of something that I heard at one of the most stellar conferences that I have ever been to. About a week ago, I attended the Off-the-map.org conference

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Once again, I learned an easy lesson the hard way. All week long, I have been trying to figure out what I was supposed to preach. I read, I prayed, I pondered, but nothing would come together. I was supposed to kickoff our new series Community 4-1-1 and I had nothing! On Saturday night, I almost decided to preach the text that I had planned for the conclusion/summary week, but I just wasn't

Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389880216271992780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569175.post-1158418729660232182006-09-16T07:31:00.000-07:002006-09-16T07:58:49.676-07:00

Last night, my family went to see cars at the dollar theater. I was glad for 2 things: 1) Dollar theaters still exist. Well it was really 1.75 a person, but that is still super cheap. I usually wait for movies to come out on dvd because I just can't see paying $8 to go sit in a room and watch a movie with strangers and I can't even hit pause if I need another drink or to go to the bathroom. But,

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Over the last couple of days, I have gotten in touch with several friends from high school. I hadn't heard from some of them for over 20 years. Wow, the memories that come flooding back. Some great ones and some that... we'll just leave some in the past. It's probably better for everyone if we leave some of that stuff marked off as "we were crazy kids" and just leave it at that. It is going to

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I was asked today if I ever lived in Oklahoma and I realized that I didn't have anything in my profile about the blood that runs deep in my veins. For the record:I am Sooner born,and Sooner bred,and when I die,I'll be Sooner dead! Hopefully that clears up the confusion.I mean c'mon, the 2nd job I ever had was selling cokes in the OU stadium so I could watch for free. I was 13 years old and I

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Well, after many months of not posting here, I am back. I have been lazy for the most part, but I have tried other blog type websites (ie.-myspace, etc...) and I'm back for several reasons. The main reason is that I dynamically route this into our church website and then I don't have to teach people new ways to find out what's on my mind.I was something to go back over my last post here and find

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I am really not liking this whole war thing! I've had people tell me that it changes everything when you send someone who is close to you. Now, I know how they felt. On Sunday, my "little bro" Keith is heading "over there" and I can't stand it. It is really something when you are so challenged to trust God with the life of someone you love like family. I know Keith will do awesome, but it is

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I found this awesome description of the emerging church from Leonard Sweet the other day. Thought I would share it becasue it gives a brief but awesome description of where we are trying to go."Karl Rahner, the great 20th century Catholic theologian, referred to what he called Thermos- bottle Christianity. This is a form of pseudo-church where you keep everything inside warm and cozy and fresh,

Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389880216271992780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569175.post-1140417556016975872006-02-19T22:39:00.000-08:002006-02-19T22:39:16.033-08:00

Well, seems as if it might become a habit to write as a wrap up to the day. This morning was pretty wild. Started off by having to face "theft" in the camp with the case of the missing laptop. (still missing :( Bummer!) Then, we looked at what it means to pray God's Kigdom on earth as it is in heaven. Prayers like that are super tough if we take them seriously because it means an end to our

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Wow! I almost forgot to write and it's only me third day. Just finished a late night of sermon prep after a crazy weekend. Prett excited about tomorrow morning and "your kningdom come, Your will be done." It is an incredible prayer! To imagine, the things that happened around Jesus happening on a regular basis would be anything but regular, but it would be awesome. For some reason, I was

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JuUst a quick note to say how glad I will be to have the church remodeled, but I will also be glad when it is DONE! There are some good things about being a grunt though. Nobody seeks out the guy cleaning the drywall mud off of the floor to talk about deep serious things. We just talk about the "glory days" of high school football, rock bands, the Olympics and such. Well, back to work. God

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Java with JonasWell, I guess it's finally started. I have officially launched my blog that probably no one will read, but I said that I would do it and HERE IT IS !!!

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Java with Jonas 

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