Andrew Koetsier

Disciple of Jesus. Father to A, E, and H. PhD (ABD), Adjunct Faculty, Writer/Researcher/Thought Thinker, Faith + Culture, Work, Vocation

[Andrew Koetsier @akoetsier]

@DrGladd @IVPbookcentre @ThomasCreedy Great news!

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@SarahLiz2006 How was it? Just mentioning the band gives me flashbacks.

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@GingerSnapKid A LAST “testament”

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@racheljwelcher Praying!

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Denver area friends: I’m looking for a place to crash a couple of nights this weekend since I will be in the area for a seminar. Looking to save the time and gas involved with going back and forth from Colorado Springs each day. If you have an ability to help, please let me know!

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@thtrisha16 Awesome news! Congrats.

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“For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ.”

-Robert Murray McCheyne

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

[Andrew Koetsier @akoetsier]

@courtneyrsexton Haven’t been on here much lately. Hope all is well. From an amusement park ride earlier this week with my son.

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@AlaskanKate Where’s the chill?

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@SarahLiz2006 Yes you would.

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@ehritzema Anything left! 😂

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“Death used to be an executioner, but the gospel has made him just a gardener.”

-George Herbert

[Andrew Snyder @Andrewnsnyder]

Are you not thirsty?" said the Lion.

“I am dying of thirst," said Jill.

“Then drink," said the Lion.

“May I — could I — would you mind going away while I do?" said Jill.

The Lion answered this only by a look and a very low growl. And as Jill gazed at its motionless bulk, she realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience.

The delicious rippling noise of the stream was driving her nearly frantic.

"Will you promise not to — do anything to me, if I do come?" said Jill.

“I make no promise," said the Lion.

Jill was so thirsty now that, without noticing it, she had come a step nearer.

"Do you eat girls?" she said.

“I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms," said the Lion.

It didn't say this as if it were boasting, nor as if it were sorry, nor as if it were angry. It just said it.

“I daren't come and drink," said Jill.

"Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion.

“Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer. "I suppose I must go and look for another stream then."

"There is no other stream," said the Lion.

- C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair

[Andrew Koetsier @akoetsier]

@kbhoyle_author My 9 yo found a “mini tv” at a garage sale, we hooked it up to an old dvd player in his room and I looked for a dvd they could watch. All I could find was an old documentary on Lewis & Clark. For the next 24 hours, the household debate became over the pronunciation of Sacagawea.

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@drea_dear @lew_jeffrey @TheLABSRobot @aarontinsman @N8Dunn @drdominee Thanks, @drea_dear!

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Beautiful

[Michael Clary @dmichaelclary]

This past Tuesday, while on family vacation, I got to witness something beautiful that’s been 15 years in the making.

Around 2008, my sister’s first husband abandoned her with a six year old daughter and twin infant sons.

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"We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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@RevDuv Why you have to call me out like that?!

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“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”

-1 Peter 4:8