Archive for May, 2006
Saturday, May 13th, 2006
Hyperventilate…or breathe deep?
We’re wrapping up our closing session as I’m typing this. The past 3 days of fellowship, networking, encouragement, and food (we ARE Baptist…) has been great. Did I mention how much I love San Antonio?
Thanks to the SBTC for putting this together again for the 4th year. Wolf, Lasater, and all the staff have [...]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
Sigh..
sigh.
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
It’s About Time…
From the May 4th Baptist Press article:
Baptists from diverse backgrounds issue an apology for our ‘narrowing’, ‘unloving’, and ‘narcissistic’ actions. They issued the ‘Memphis Declaration’.
“Expressing displeasure over what they call a
“narrowing of cooperation through exclusionary theological and
political agendas” in the Southern Baptist Convention, a group of
Southern Baptist conservatives issued a document May 3 [...]
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
Don’t Read This
If you’re going to read this, don’t bother.
After a couple of posts you’ll move on to something else. So forget it. Get out before things change. Save yourself.
Or, at least try.
There has to be something better on television. American Idol? 24? Desperate Housewives? Or since you have so much time on your hands, maybe you [...]
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
ReImagining Youth Ministry
Some good thoughts are going on over at Mark Riddle’s blog (even for an Okie).
The YS/Zondervan marriage.
An upcoming film on the life of Kyle Lake (former pastor at Waco’s UBC).
For those interested, there are 3 posts concerning the ‘re-imagining of student ministry’ here. Good things. It’s about time we, as student ministers, grew up [...]
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
Starving Jesus
“Too often Christians spend their time praying, talking, and being spiritual but not getting their hands dirty. The book of James says, “Faith without works is dead.”
On August 5, 2006, Craig Gross and J.R. Mahon of XXXchurch jump into an RV and head out on a 40-day, 40-city tour across the United States. The tour [...]
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
Table for 2? Smoking or Non?
Thanks, Steve. (Enjoy Resurgence…)
If you want to win the world to Christ you’re going to have to sit in the smoking section.
- Neil Cole
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
He’s Alive!!!
Sheesh. It’s been just shy of 60 days since my last post.
What started out as a temporary layover in Downtime, turned into a hectic flurry of projects, family crises, ministry urgencies, and a side trip into the the land of ….rest.
It began as a critical need to unplug. I was way overstressed. Over-committed to the [...]