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Introduction
Pastor, actor, consultant, writer, dad, husband, friend
Name
Mike Weaver
Age and Gender
37
City
Worthington
State:
Ohio
Country:
USA
My VOXTROPOLIS blog
http://weaver.voxtropolis.com
My other Website
http://www.thegroupmind.com
Religious Preferences:
The Way of Jesus
What is your "cover" (occupation)?
Pastor
What is your vocation (passion)?
Helping people maximize their potential
What are you working on now (mission)?
Developing a business to help congregations achieve their mission
If you could live anywhere in the world, what city would be your "Gotham"?
Amsterdam
Favorite Music:
I really like music. To me life without music is like living life in black and white. Music colors life. It's pretty difficult for me to pick a genre I really like. I know what I don't like...country/western. That said, while I'm pretty open, I have to say rock from the 80s and 90s really moves me.
Favorite Artists
U2
Bon Jovi
Goo Goo Dolls
Katrina Carlson
Howard Jones
Nickle Creek
Beer, Shark, Mice
What book(s) are you reading right now?
Ministry in the Image of God
Chasing Daylight
The Likeability Factor
Favorite Authors
Brennan Manning
Erwin McManus
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Eugene Peterson
Les and Leslie Parrott
Keith Johnstone
Favorite Books
The Ragamuffin Gospel
Abba's Child
Chasing Daylight
An Unstoppable Force
The Cost of Discipleship
Truth in Comedy
Lucky Man: A Memoir
Launching a Leadership Revolution
Impro
Favorite TV Shows:
The Office, The Amazing Race, Coupling, and the 80s show Family Ties
My Strengths Finder (Gallup) Top 5:
Includer, Maximizer, Arranger, Ideation, Positivity
What's your MBTI?
INFP
More About Me:
I currently am an improviser with Easily Amused improv, a troupe based in Columbus, Ohio.
Relationship Status:
Married

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Mike Weaver's Blog

Mike Weaver

Daddy!

One of the joys of being a dad is hearing my four year old son get excited when I come home. When I walked in the house yesterday afternoon my son cried out, "Daddy!" with a big smile on his face and arms open wide. I called back, "Ethan!"

Is this my experience with prayer? Do I show up for my quiet time in the morning with expectation that the living God, our Abba, is there waiting for me? "Abba!" I might begin my prayer, and in divine graciousness our Abba calls back "Mike!" There is… Continue

Posted on November 21, 2007 at 10:56am —

Mike Weaver

Umami--a taste beyond us.

Maybe you heard the story on NPR yesterday like I did about Umami. (If you didn't here's the link to listen to it online http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15819485). Here's the story...



For thousands of years since Democritus, Plato, and Aristotle, the commonly held belief is that human beings have four tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. Even in the 19th century
scientists discovered taste buds on the tongue and confirmed that yes,
Virginia

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Posted on November 6, 2007 at 5:38pm —

Mike Weaver

St. Joseph non believer


OK, count me in as one of the people who buried a statue of St. Joseph in our front yard to help sell our home a few years ago. We did and incidently you must bury him upside down in the ground and say a special prayer. We were desperate. It had been on the market for months and we were to the point of trying anything legal, m… Continue

Posted on October 30, 2007 at 2:47pm —

Mike Weaver

Too Christian?

This past Sunday, a rather nice middle aged couple introduced themselves to me at our church. They have been attending worship with us for the past few weeks and have found our congregation to be quite good. After the initial "get to know you" questions I asked about their Christian background.

"We can from the Missouri Synod (one branch of the Lutheran church)."

"Really. Why did you leave the Missouri Synod" I asked rather curiously. Occasionally we get people from that part o… Continue

Posted on October 17, 2007 at 2:54pm —

Mike Weaver

Musicians


Last Friday night, my wife and I went to our first ever Howard Jones concert. Who is Howard Jones you may ask? If you're old enough, he was an 80s pop singer with hits like No One Is To Blame, What is Love, and Everlasting Love among others. Overall the music is upbeat, smart, and positive. While I would have never said in… Continue

Posted on October 10, 2007 at 10:30am —

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At 9:35am on October 15, 2007, Dean Sharp said…
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hey mike... thanx for adding us :)
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