I did a bad thing by starting off my quiet time reading ‚ÄúThe ABC‚Äôs of Financial Freedom‚Äù this morning. It is a book on Christian Stewardship. It immediately put me into a critical mode when I read a few quotes: You and I should do some Christ-centered vision casting of our own and start thinking…
When you preach, do not teach interesting things. Do not preach great information to help people’s lives be better/happier/fuller/richer/stable or anything! PREACH as if you are speaking of LIFE and DEATH. Preach as if your message MUST be heard and lived out or they’ll die. We have had enough good speaches to improve our quality…
This is a funny video of some outtakes that were a part of Bethel’s video goodies found here
I turned on the radio long enough to hear an advertisement for a tape series on how to live a Biblically based world view, and I thought wow! Is that the goal now? And, turned off my radio. Isn’t that what the Pharisees that crucified Jesus were working on?!
These both appear earlier in my blog from a talk at the Well, but I just came across them on a search and thought they were so good it was worth repeating. They are from Considering what I represent to that city, it would be wrong for me to focus on the darkness. I don’t…
I did not buy you a $300 bike so you could strap a big bucket of kitty litter to the back of it. My wife, after seeing my latest bicycle rack hack.
During the most important part of the church service, the background music played is an anthem to their country. Pictures of their military are shown, some even with guns in hand, while the congregation meditates on the Eucharist-the body and blood of Jesus who said “blessed are the peacemakers.” At the end, the men’s choir…
In thinking about Burma and China rejecting foreign aid for their disasters, I just wonder what New Orleans would have thought if a lot of Iranians would have shown up to help them after hurricane Catrina.
On the 20080412 Mars Hill Podcast, Rob Bell was talking about burmese monks and democracy, and some of it is a good thing to say and his point is good, but all I can remember is those monks walking around saying “give money to Buddha, give money to Buddha” and the worlds largest Buddhist temple…
I say millions of words everyday. Hillary Clinton, on her excuse as to why she changed her story about her trip to Bosnia.
