Archive for January, 2007
Monday, January 29th, 2007
Caffeinated Quotes
Since today is Quotable Monday (which keeps me honest in my reading, knowing that I'll have to post something earth-shattering on Monday)…..here are some things I've run across while reading Leonard Sweet's "The Gospel According To Starbucks".
On art, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680): "Art should create stupor in the beholder."
LOVE it.
On church, T.S. Eliot [...]
No Comments » - Posted in quotable monday by tom cottar
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
My Grande Passion
Yup. My pre-ordered copy of Len Sweet's newest book, The Gospel According to Starbucks, arrived today from Amazon. Sweet, indeed. I'm excited to get into it tomorrow…
Also, Dazzle, our local mom-and-pop coffee shop, has a new thing called a Six-Shooter: a 20oz cup of coffee, six shots of espresso, and a shot of mocha.
Sweet [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in books by tom cottar
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Valentines Gifts–shop early!
It’s never really too early to start shopping for that perfect gift for your sweet thang. Candy? Flowers? Jewelry? A nice romantic night on the town? What’s a guy to do?
Easy. Stop looking at porn.
Consider the facts about porn:
Generates approximately $1 billion annually with growth projections to $5-7 billion over the next 5 years, barring [...]
No Comments » - Posted in theology by tom cottar
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
God (Still) At War
I've just about finished Boyd's God At War …finally. It's been an awesome book. And, although I've already blogged about it here and here , things are seeming to come to a head.
The focus of our mid-week small group last Wednesday was the proverbial question of 'if God is all-powerful and all-loving,why do bad things [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in books, ministry, theology by tom cottar
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
My Favorite Run
Granted, I'm a wuss.
For many people around the country, snow and ice are a part of life. But I live in central Texas. So when we get 'snow' and ice, we freak out: we break out our ski bibs, dig out the gloves and hide under the covers. Any mercury below 32 degrees is too [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in personal by tom cottar
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
20 Inches of Snow in Austin!
I haven't blogged in the past few days because of the crazy weather. As we thaw out and return to some kind of normal routine, I'll begin posting thoughts and ramblings again.
But as proof, here's the pic of the 20 inches of snow we had yesterday in Austin!
2 Comments » - Posted in personal by tom cottar
Monday, January 15th, 2007
Stormy Monday
Here in Central Texas, we're under a Winter Storm Advisory/Watch. There are about 4 days in the year that we have a snowball's chance of …snowballs. So, we've spent our MLK day cooped up from icy roads, freezing precip, and a pretty stiff north wind.
Cool.
Tonite, it's supposed to get worse. Tuesday is forcasted to [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in news, personal by tom cottar
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Lust of the Flesh…
Daddy like…
4 Comments » - Posted in theology by tom cottar
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Restoration?
In the opening of Galatians 6, Paul admonishes 'those who are spiritual' to 'gently restore' another believer who is ensnared by sin. But to watch out, that 'you too may also be tempted.' In doing so, we are carrying each other's burdens…
So, how does that flesh out? If someone in church leadership is 'caught in [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in theology by tom cottar
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Darien Tube…
You can see the video of Darien being baptized over at YouTube.
(If I was cool, I'd learn how to embed it here. But until someone smarter than me can show me how, you'll have to click the little link.)