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Someone asked me how we do video and post it to our website. Our "minister of media" Scott Chafee has prepared a crash course in what we do. The best part is, Scott put this all together for zero dollars! Now, the quality could be better, and we&
Missional Church
The I-Mess, as media-types are calling the controversy surrounding Don Imus and his racist/sexist comments about the Rutger's women's basketball team, has really gotten under my skin. I have followed the story and posted my opinions at my other blog, Amicus Dei -- here, here,
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Okay, I'm about out of my Easter post-paschal letdown. Here's some fun stuff that I found fascinating while reviewing my daily blogline: * Seth Godin, marketing guru, always has some interesting stuff. Read about the dabbawallas -- it's a great illustration. * Chris Erdman, former marketing
Journey
Maybe I'm an oddball, but today's the Monday after Easter, and I'm a little depressed. Okay, maybe depressed is too clinical, but I feel like somebody let the air out of my tires, spiritually-speaking. Not that Easter Sunday wasn't good -- it
Journey
1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4While they
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"It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.
Congregation
The Big Sunday is coming up and if you're like me, you're anticipating some new faces at your church on Easter Sunday. Here are my 6 Easter Do's and Don'ts for your service this Sunday: 1. Don't say, "I&
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I'm reading Larry Witham's Who Shall Lead Them? The Future of Ministry in America. Witham, former reporter and award-winning religion writer, "takes the pulse of both the Protestant and Catholic ministry in America and provides a mixed diagnosis of the calling's health,"
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Mark Kelly and Rick Warren have pulled together a list of Christian bloggers and I'm on it! As members of this new virtual community, we're posting the entire list of bloggers on each of our blogs. Here's the list of folks you might want
Congregation
I just got my March/April Outreach magazine today. I have looked at some of the online version, but I missed the article, Shaping Generations by Alicia Kazsuk. Trinity Lutheran Church in Pembroke Pines, Florida, has an IGSS -- intergenerational group Sunday School, and Alicia writes about their experience and
Community
I've put up two new categories -- "Sermon Illustrations" and "Missional Church." I love good stories and that's what "Sermon Illustrations" is -- good stories you can use in sermons or your blogs, or wherever. Most of the stories are
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In early 1863, at the mid-point in the Civil War, the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia were camped on opposite sides of the Rappahannock River, the dividing line between the north and the south. One late afternoon, brigade bands from the Union army