Lectionary Yr C
Faith Puts You In Your Place (mp3) Luke 18:9-14 The Great Dizzy Dean When I was a kid, which was a long time ago, our little TV set picked up three channels -- NBC, CBS, and ABC. On Saturday afternoon, in addition to the Army's Big Picture,
Congregation
The ground has just shifted under the evangelical world. Willow Creek, that combination mega-church and mini-denomination, has just discovered that church programs don't work. Here's their conclusion -- ...increasing levels of participation in these sets of activities [church programs] does NOT predict whether someone’s becoming
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
Community
Today's New York Times features an article about families eating together. Multiple research over many years indicates that eating a family meal together several times a week -- * Connects family members to each other; * Results in healthier food choices than when eating alone; * Helps prevent eating disorders among
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.
Congregation
"Why buy the cow if the milk is free?" I actually heard a song with those lyrics on the radio today. Okay, it was a spoof on country songs, but it reminded me of what our adult leaders said to us as teens when they talked to us
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.... ;-)
Sermon Illustrations
I just posted, You Don't Need More Faith, my sermon for Sunday, Oct 7, 2007, taken from Luke 17:5-10. Click here to go to my sermon blog. Have a great day tomorrow! -- Chuck
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
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