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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 [...]

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Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Where Have I Been?!?!?

How could I have missed this?

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Sunday, April 9th, 2006

Two-Wheeled Theology

Yesterday, I taught Darien how to ride his bike without training wheels. It was a big day for a 5 year old. (A pretty big day for Dad, too.) I started as I suppose most Dads before me do, by holding the back seat of the bike while he pedaled. I ran along beside him, [...]

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Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Hurry!!! Tonite Only!!

*warning: useless information below…
Tonight at exactly 2 minutes and 3 seconds after 1 a.m. the date and time will be:
01:02:03 04/05/06
…and it will never happen again.
Please return your seats and tray tables to their upright position…we now return to our regularly scheduled programming.

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