jskogerboe.com :: one thing

It seems every Hollywood movie marketed to main stream adults these days has one thing in common…  a bed-room scene. I’m talking about that poignant moment in every film when the tension in the plot line is cut, and heart-strings are pulled, and we begin to truly empathize on an emotional level with our protagonist.  They [...]

  Almost two weeks ago now, novelist Anne Rice (famous for her “Vampire Chronicles” series, including Interview With the Vampire) did something, because of her faith in Jesus Christ, that resonated with a lot of people. She left Christianity. July 29, 2010, on her Facebook page, Anne posted the following: In follow-up posts and interviews, Anne has continued to espouse [...]

I’m ready for this discussion. The Church needs to have it. John Piper has a word of warning for both those who abandon or avoid sound theology for emotionalism -AND- those who abandon a simple, passionate love relatonship with God for love of theological debate. Emotional existentialism. Doctrinal dogmaticism. Both are IDOLATRY. “You must love [...]

The first memory I have of Auntie Natalie is eating frost she had scraped out of the freezer on the farm in Karlstad, MN, out of a plastic glass with a metal spoon.  Like a naked snow cone.  And listening to a Steve Martin album in her bedroom.  I must have been five or six, maybe.  [...]

You can’t argue someone into – or out of – belief. I could end this post right there. But I’ll add this much…  I embrace these Biblical principles of faith that live in tension with each other: 1) We need to think.  Logic and reason and thorough examination of our faith claims is a necessary part of [...]

I get a little unnerved when I realize there’s a huge group of people who obviously got the memo on something awesome I knew nothing about.  Like when I realized, three seasons into LOST, that everyone I knew considered it the best thing to happen to television since The Dukes of Hazzard.  I hadn’t seen a [...]

Once in awhile I run into a performance that reminds me again why great art is important.  It causes me to worship the Great Creator of all artists, the Root of all beauty.  This performance is one of those. Theresa Andersson is harnessing technology to redefine the “one-woman-band” motif.  Not focussed on the craziness of the [...]

God bless you with a thermo-nuclear blast of Easter hope…   (To download this video or purchase a DVD for use in your church, visit ignitermedia.com.) Have the best Easter of your whole life.  God bless.

It was September, I think. 2007.  I remember realizing that I couldn’t even talk on the phone.  Coughing blood.  My “asthma” was beyond me.  Feeling dizzy.  Asked my father-in-law to bring me to the ER.  Blood Oxygen level was at 84%.  Doctors considered a ventilator.  Checked into the ICU… EKG wasn’t right.  Something wrong.  Pulmonologist [...]

I have this dream sometimes. It’s usually back in the last church I served as worship leader.  People are gathered in their seats and ready to start a service.  I am supposed to be leading the service, but I have no Team.  I haven’t planned anything.  It’s quiet.  Someone coughs a little.  Awkward.  Oh yeah… [...]