Archive for May, 2007
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Dirty and Left Out
While my iPod was running through some background music at work yesterday, my ears picked up on a little gem I didn't know I had. And it (gasp!) made me cry like a 14-year-old girl watching the last episode of Gilmore Girls.
Once in a while, I run across art that moves me to tears. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in music, theology by tom cottar
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
The Gospel of St. Arbucks
"Overpriced."
That was the response in a conversation I had last week when I mentioned my love of Starbucks.
"It's just snobby, overpriced coffee. Why would I ever go there?"
"Because they don't sell coffee", I replied, "They sell an experience. They sell connection."
"Yeah…whatever…" was the response. But that's a pretty typical response from someone who is [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in theology by tom cottar
Monday, May 21st, 2007
“I Don’t Feel Tardy…”
Sorry for the lack of blog activity lately. Last Tuesday, my wife began having some pretty hefty dizzy spells out of nowhere. We've been running from doctor to doctor, lab to lab, trying to figure out what in the wide, wide world of sports in going on. But, to no avail. After a couple of [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in personal by tom cottar
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Quotable Monday: 5.21.2007
Holy smokes…it's been a week already since my last post…ugh. That'll change beginning today.
For now, this week's QM comes from my longtime friend, mentor, and coffee junkie, Dr. JD Brooks.
"The Bible is like your car windshield. Look at it long enough and you'll surely crash. We should look through it in order to see [...]
No Comments » - Posted in theology by tom cottar
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Quotable Monday, 5.14.2007
Today's quote is officially blognapped from my brother's site exactly one month and one day ago. I've been hanging on to this little gem, and today it becomes glaringly obvious that now is the day it is destined to be posted here (all you Calvinists will be pleased… )
No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in music, theology by tom cottar
Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Will it never end?
I will be out for a couple of days on our annual staff retreat this week….but before I go, you gotta see the new Christian energy drink. Yup. Thats not a typo…evidently its "fused with the Holy Spirit". Ugh.
Praise the Lord and pass the Red Bull.
No Comments » - Posted in theology by tom cottar
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
Site Problems
I'm having some problems getting email notifications when someone comments on a post…I'll work on figuring it out, but in the meantime, please be patient. It's not that I'm not interested in the discussion, it's just that Mr. Wizard jacked something up…
Sorry for the inconvenience!
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by tom cottar
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
The Banned Church (Planting) Video
Love him or hate him, Marky-Mark Driscoll (and the Funky Seattle Bunch) have put together a great video designed for church planters. But it's got some great thoughts in it for all of us who are 'shepherds'–which I'm pretty sure is all of us on some level. Since Mark couldn't be at a conference [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in theology by tom cottar
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Ergun Caner Doll
…that's just funny…
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2 Comments » - Posted in fun, stupid christian stuff by tom cottar
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
What is Missional Living?
For some time now, there's been lots of discussion about being 'missional'. And for a blog that calls itself 'Missional Living' what does that mean? What does that look like? There have been lots of thoughts bouncing around my head as I've dined on Scripture and on several men more Godly and wiser than I, [...]