Sermons
I just posted my sermon for Sunday, October 21, 2007 -- Faithful Prayer for Justice. I'm not wild about the title, but found this entire passage of Luke 18:1-10 fascinating. It's the story of the persistent widow who is granted justice by the unjust judge
Lectionary Yr C
Faithful Prayer for Justice (mp3) Text: Luke 18:1-8 The Parable of the Persistent Widow 1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared
Sermons
I'm not preaching this week because we have a missions speaker this Sunday. But, here's a sermon I enjoyed preaching last year on the story of "blind Bartimaeus." It's titled, Jesus, Help! from Mark 10:46-52.
Missional Church
Ran across some helpful stuff you might like -- * Tim Bednar has a cool blog on using tech stuff in practical ways in ministry. * For those into charts, Kevin Kelly has the mother of all charts. * Church of the Customer blog has new data on WOM (word-of-mouth) as the best
Congregation
This week I'm attending two conferences. On Monday, I am going to a conference about staffing in the small church. On Tuesday, I am attending a conference on conflict resolution. Coincidence? Hmmm.... ;-)
Lectionary Yr C
You Don't Need More Faith - mp3 Luke 17:5-10 (background Luke 17:1-4) The Backstory Here's the scene: Jesus has just told the story of the rich man and Lazarus. You remember that story, we talked about it last week. A selfish, self-centered rich man
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
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!
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'
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