Thanks to my friend Elischa for the vid...
Thursday, September 30, 2010
I know this is for a somewhat limited audience, but my hunch is that several of my friends fall into that audience.Here's the "Footprints in the Sand" poem for those who need a refresher of this over-used but still quite good illustration.I think the image originally comes from portraitoftheartistasayoungman and I found it over at SD Smith's blog.Funny.A tip of the hat to the one who put this...
Image via WikipediaI was merely going out to ask the guy across the street not to park his car directly behind our Suburban. It's hard to see back there. Plus, really, I think it's kind of rude to park at the end of someone's driveway. I was asking nicely, but I just never understood why, when there was ample parking space in front of the house they were renting that he thought...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Image via WikipediaJust found out that it looks like we'll have water (and toilet) by the time our church dedication takes place on October 17th. All along I've (only somewhat jokingly) stated that we should have a "Ceremonial First Flush" since our church hasn't had running water for any of its 59 years and having a flush toilet will be a big plus for parents who are potty-training their kids...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Here's a video of Todd Friel ripping into Adam Hamilton and his work "When Christians Get it Wrong." Take it with a large grain of salt.Please note a couple of things about this attack on Hamilton:The video he uses is taken completely out of context.Adam Hamilton is a believer in the saving grace of God, but as a good Methodist in the Spirit of John Wesley, believes that after being "Justified"...
Monday, September 27, 2010
Had a spirited conversation yesterday with a member of our church about the glory that is Fall. The leaves turning. The smell. The mountains changing color. The smell of wood stoves (don't have one myself and have to live vicariously through others). Fall is a glorious time. And, while I do love the snow, I hope to hold onto the crisp cold mornings and the afternoon...
Image via WikipediaThe following is by Adam Ellis in his review of Rachel Held Evans' Evolving in Monkey Town. I think he defines well the problem of Christian polarization in America and then sees Evans' book as a practical theology in how we deal with this polarization. This truly resonates with a lot that I have going on internally. I struggle with the fences that we put up, the...
Image via WikipediaLet's see. Two weeks ago we introduced our "Good Samaritan" theme to the congregation and told them that we're going to be addressing the plight of some of the world's most needy people. This was not going to be small task. These were going to be big issues. A week ago we talked openly and honestly about AIDS and pandemic disease. We threw out facts...
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Over at The Resurgence, they do a lot with graphics and their posts. Very media & tech savvy. Lots of good (and deep) theology to look through. You'll read a lot of Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church and Justin Holcomb of Mars Hill and The Resurgence. This is from a post called "The Gospel Changes Everything" and focuses on the fact that, at heart, the gospel is the...
Image by Hamed Saber via FlickrAlmighty God, we do not deserve the Promised Land; we deserve endless exile. We say that money does not buy happiness but then live as if money is the chief source of happiness. We are quick to be haughty, thinking ourselves better than others. The poor starve while we supersize our snacks. We place some money in a plate or jar and tell ourselves we've done our...
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Image via WikipediaLast week our local Lions Club went out on the Highways and the Byways...or at least Alyeska Highway...for our last highway cleanup for the year. There weren't many of us and it took a little longer than expected. It's three miles of highway and people can be real slobs. As you're picking up piece after piece of garbage, you can't help but think to yourself..."Really,...
Friday, September 24, 2010
Cover via AmazonThat was a sign I saw while driving on the New Seward Highway in Anchorage this week."Tell Them What Jesus Did"It made me stop...not physically stop the car but stop thinking about what I had been thinking about -- whatever that was--and made me think about the sign.Here's a Scripture verse that points us in that direction. It's Mark 5:18-20 after the healing of the demon-possessed...
Yes, that's right. This happened just recently. We were engaged in a nice conversation about...well...important stuff...and the fact that my MacBook Pro has some "bling."But when we were done and he was headed out of the coffee shop to go about his day's work and I was left to finish the very important business that I was doing (probably updating Facebook!) he said, "See ya, John!" ...
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Image via CrunchBaseThe Street business website has an article entitled: Apple's Jobs: 1,000 No's on Way to Triumph. The article is by Gregg Greenberg. The article is one of thousands that puts Steve Jobs up on a pedestal for all that he's done for Apple computers and the Apple consumers...a club I'm proud to belong to as I type this on my MacBook Pro.And, regardless...
Image via WikipediaOn why Steven Lamb quit going to church after growing up in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church in the South.Frederick Buechner has said that the sermons that have the biggest impact on us are those that we preach to ourselves in between the lines of whatever is being said from the pulpit, and the consequence of being in church every time the doors opened for twenty-eight years meant...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Image by Ron Dauphin via FlickrMost Christians, while thankful for the birth of Christ and the fact that "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, so that whoever believes in him would have eternal life" have understood that the date of Christmas in the calendar is probably not historically accurate. Shepherds in the fields. Census. There are clues. And, I...
Image by Jason A. Samfield via FlickrPrince Raney Rivers (cool name!) has a post over at "Call And Response Blog" entitled "What Makes Pastor's Thrive?"This is not an easy question.See, in the United Methodist Church we're famous for moving our pastors every few years...it used to be fewer than it is now. And, with frequent moves, when the spiritual or intellectual well seems to be drying up,...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Image via WikipediaIt's interesting when you see Scripture so beautifully put into practice in this world.From the "Sermon on the Mount" in Matthew:You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let...
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