Lectionary Yr C
Here's a link to the sermon I preached last year titled, "The Palm Sunday Syndrome" from Luke 19:28-40. I don't have the manuscript for this one, but you can watch the video here. The audio is here. This is last year's
Community
I stepped back in time 200-years today. No, I did not go to a museum. I went to a funeral. A friend's father died after an extended illness, and Debbie and I attended the funeral today. Our friend's father was of the Old German Baptist Brethren,
church as abbey
ad·jec·tive /ˈædʒɪktɪv/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[aj-ik-tiv] good, wise, perfectHave you noticed we are now in the age of the "adjective" church? Modifiers like missional or purpose-driven or seeker-sensitive or externally-focused or a dozen others precede the word "church" to define a
Congregation
In the Celtic Christian abbey, the compound was open to all who needed food, lodging, or care. As the monks’ pagan neighbors entered the abbey, they were greeted with many familiar sights — monks or nuns preparing meals in the kitchen, stacking wood for the fire, copying manuscripts, or working in
Congregation
An interesting article by Kevin Kelly got me thinking about church. Church, I believe, wants to be free. Not free, like "Free Willy." I'm not talking about an imprisoned behemoth that wants to leap the channel net into freedom, although that might be another post in
Ezekiel
Can These Bones Live?Ezekiel 37:1-141 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and
Creativity
The community center is coming along nicely, and we are about 75-days away from getting the keys. Which means a lot of work ordering furnishings, contacting utility companies, planning the opening, and so on. All seems to be piling in at once, plus the continuing change-orders, additions, and problem-solving that
bless the world
Last year, several of us in the Fuller DMin Missional Leadership program had dinner with Alan Roxburgh one evening. Alan is one of the DMin adjunct professors, and author of The Sky Is Falling, co-author of The Missional Leader, and contributor to Missional Church, edited by Darrell Guder, the book
John
One Thing I Know John 9:1-41 NIV 1As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so
Sermons
Busy week, as was yours, I am sure. So, I won't bore you with the details, but I'm running behind, again. I'm sure others never do, but for me it seems to be chronic. Anyway, the sermon will be up tomorrow. Which is Saturday,
Congregation
On November 21, I posted If gas hits $4/gal, what will your church do? Comments indicated some thought it was not going to be a problem, others were keeping a close eye on economic developments. This week 5 economic items of interest all converged: 1. Low consumer confidence. According
lifestyle
I just finished reading Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube & the Future of American Politics. The authors, Morley Winograd and Michael Hais, contend that Millennials will reshape American politics, possibly as early as this election in 2008. Millenials are the newest generation, born 1982-2003, and were given their generational name by