Journey
Last year we bought a Roomba. If you've never heard of Roomba, i t's a robot vacuum cleaner made by iRobot. It's actually quite ingenious, and like having a pet that cleans up after itself. To vacuum a room, you put Roomba down in
Missional Church
FREE BURMA In solidarity with those struggling for freedom in Burma, bloggers around the world are posting this banner on October 4, 2007. Pray for the faith community -- both Buddhist and Christian -- in Burma. www.free-burma.org
Lectionary Yr C
Can You Hear Me Now? mp3 file Luke 16:19-31 Verizon Asks Can You Hear Me Now? In 2004, Verizon launched a new ad campaign aimed at a recurring problem in the cell phone industry -- the inability to actually hear the person you're talking to. The ad
Sermons
I have just posted my sermon, Can You Hear Me Now?, for Sep 30, 2007, to my sermon blog. This is my reflection on the lectionary reading, Luke 16:19-31, the story of the rich man and Lazarus. Have a great day tomorrow!
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Resources
We're rolling over 30,000 page views by this weekend! That's right! We're going over 30,000 sometime in the next couple of days. And to celebrate this milestone in the digital world, here's what I'm gonna do -- Add
Community
I read yet another article today on "How You Can Make Worship More....Something." I forget exactly what the author said, but it amounted to doing better music, preaching better sermons, screening better videos, and so on. Which is really not reinventing worship at all. Frankly, there'
Missional life
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver RelinThree Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, is a book you must read. Without knowing that it was already a bestseller, I ordered Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One
Lectionary Yr C
Eternal Economics Download mp3 of Eternal Economics. Luke 16:1-13 The Way Things Really Work In the best-selling book, Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, the authors examine several interesting economic problems, like "Why do drug dealers live with their mothers?" The conventional wisdom is that drug
Sermon Illustrations
My sermon for Sep 23, 2007, Eternal Economics from Luke 16:1-13, is posted on my sermon blog. I'm following the lectionary using the Gospel readings for my sermon texts, so let me know what you think. Have a great day tomorrow! -- Chuck
Congregation
I announced in our September newsletter that Debbie and I would be visiting each family in our church in the coming months. A frequent complaint in small churches is "the pastor doesn't visit enough." Which usually means, "the pastor doesn't visit me enough.
Sermon Illustrations
A rare photo of Smiley snapped by the paparazzi. CNN reports today that Mr. Smiley, better known as :-), turns 25 today. When asked to what he attributed his long life in the rather short-lived digital world, Smiley said, "Keyboards." So, there you have it -- the secret