Resources
Here's the first of our "Friday is for freebies!" giveaways! I'm posting thie early because of New Year's. This week's freebie is the DVD and participant's guide of the Where Faith and Culture Meet series that I reviewed
Uncategorized
The elves have been working overtime to bring you great new features just in time for the New Year! Are you ready? Here they are:1. Interviews with leading church influencers. I'll be talking with some of the best people in the churchworld today on a variety of
Resources
The more I learn about LifeChurch.tv, the more I like those folks. I told you about the mobile edition for YouVersion.com -- an online Bible, journal, commentary, and community. But wait, there's more! LifeChurch.tv also offers churchmetrics.com. This is a free cloud site for
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The Privilege of Seeing the Future December 28, 2008 – First Sunday of Christmastide Luke 2:22-40 22When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in
Luke
The Birth of Jesus - Luke 2:1-20 NIV 1In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)3And everyone went to his own town
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Well, we did it! Two years ago Outreach magazine gave me the opportunity to blog under their banner. It took a while to pick up momentum, but, we've hit the big time now. As of today, we have crossed 150,000 page views in only two years! Thank
Culture
The Wizard of Oz is on tonight for the gazillionth time, and it reminded me of a funny story I heard a couple of years ago. We were in Nashville for a sad occasion -- the funeral of a family member. Debbie was responsible for the arrangements, and we got
2 Samuel
Here's the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow from 2 Samuel 7:1-16. Not the usual Christmas text, but I think you'll see the connection. I hope your final Advent Sunday in a blessed one. David and the Subprime Housing Crisis 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16
Congregation
I can't get Julie Clawson's words out of my head -- We couldn’t attract enough people willing to give enough money to pay our salary and so the church failed. Julie was responding to Dan Kimball's critique of missional churches as opposed to
humor
With apologies to whomever wrote the original. On the first day of Christmas my ministry assistant gave to me, one cup of coffee, and a broken chrismon off the chrismon tree. On the second day of Christmas my VBS director gave to me, two nice craft projects, her resignation, and
Culture
A funeral home in Hollywood, California reports that under-40s are taking their Blackberries with them when they go. I mean really go, as in dead. Sort of gives new meaning to the word mobile. One guy even had his GameBoy put in his casket. This trend apparently started in the
Community
I'm starting to get into Facebook. Debbie and I have connected with old friends, our own family, former church members, and lots of new "friends" that we would not have met anywhere else. As experienced Facebookers know, not only can you find friends online, but you