Todd Engstrom

  • unChristian 2

    Chapter 2 presents some of the research findings about the perceptions of outsiders toward believers (the terms “evangelicals” and “born again Christians” are used), and breaks down the rest of the book on the lines of…

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  • unChristian 1

    Just started reading through the book unChristian by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons in anticipation of the Q conference here in Austin in April.  Here are my thoughts from Chapter 1: “We are not responsible for…

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  • Merry Texas Christmas Y’all

    We’ve had a lot of fun this Christmas, in spite of me having an ear infection and our dog fighting a bout of kennel cough.  We haven’t done much, but it has been great having chill…

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  • Parenting is a Leadership Incubator

    Tonight  I was forced to make a decision with GTB: Teach him to obey his earthly father as he would his heavenly Father, and simply eat the food in front of him because he was asked…

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  • Relevant

    A student from The Austin Stone has a story featured on the front page of relevantmagazine.com with his article “Poetry That Slams Through Barriers“. Clay Robison is a senior journalism student (by way of Chemical Engineering…he’s…

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  • christmas shopping

    out shopping and running errands, and it is crazy. i guess there are more procrastinators like me in the world than i thought.

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  • Working Together

    Some campus ministers have been working toward a unified strategy in reaching UT’s campus. Collaborative work amongst college ministries tends toward the abstract and non-committal variety, but God has been stirring to move the various directors…

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  • When Peace Like a River

    There is something uncomfortable about silence and free time when you are used to busyness.  It’s like a shock to your system when you suddenly realize you can’t even remember how to have a deep thought. …

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