Steve McCoy has a great post here which got me thinking: Are we doing it (evangelism) right? Below is an excerpt from Keith Miller’s “Scent of Love”… The early church grew “not because of the [spiritual gifts] of Christians – such as the gift of speaking in tongues – and not because Christianity was such [...]
I was reading this morning about Joshua and Caleb (Numbers 13 and 14). It seems to me that revolutionaries are Dreamers. And sometimes dreamers just get in the way…It reminded me of the first Matrix movie. Remember how Morpheus always seemed to speak to Neo in a ‘dream’? (BTW, Morpheus was name of the Roman [...]
Yup. There are approximately 5,949,632,435 people in the world poorer than me. How do I feel about that? Every year our society gazes enviously at the lists of the rich and famous, wondering what it would be like to have that kind of cash. Get a grip. Go here and find out where you fit [...]
I got a call from my friendly neighborhood SBC rep today. Bad news. Our new house (1. 5 miles away) is out of their DSL coverage area. Even though it’s only 1.5 miles away. As of next week, we’ll be back to ‘high speed’ dial up…whatever that is. Yes, it’s only $9.95/mo. but it will [...]
Tonight we are packing all our worldly possessions. (BTW, we have WAY too much stuff). Tomorrow we begin the process of moving 1.5 miles to our new home. We might as well be moving to Afghanistan–we still have to pack everything. But we still have too much stuff. I’m reminded of the great theologian Tyler [...]
Out of the mouth of Maeghan Bell, came great words of wisdom at The Dive Sunday night. We’re talking about characteristics of a disciple. Things like honesty. Faithfulness. Stuff like that. Maeghan pokes her hand up. She says, “There’s a song we sing in Big Church that goes, ‘Take up your cross and follow me…’. [...]
*WARNING: Rant Ahead* Thank you, Michael Stipe. Just reflecting today on Rita and the powerlessness of man-powered ministry. We give atheists less and less to disbelieve everyday. We are polytheists; our gods are Comfort, Convenience, Prestige, Ego, and Power. We forget we are aliens, for we no longer experience lack, fear, humility, service, weakness, brokenness, [...]
Paul Westerberg is one of my favorite songwriters. While living in the Land of Random, I pulled out his 14 Songs CD this morning and the following tune really grabbed my attention in a new way. Here’s a short excerpt: You don’t blow like the breeze you were born to be You die down in [...]
Before Hurricane Katrina, there was Sarah McLaughlan. And Sarah was good. Organic. Earthy and rootsy. I just realized this morning that many of you may have not seen this video yet. Wow.