David’s fight can easily be compared to that of the Church. She leaves behind Saul’s armor when she looks for less structure, less worry over financing her works and buildings; when she frees herself from political support.
We call something lame when it (or he or she) is doing something that really isn’t their thing. Like when your dad says “Wicked” or David Hasselhof sings heavy metal. Moreso than most other things, The Church should NOT be lame.
I have not gone to church on a Sunday morning the same way ever since I moved back to the United States. Granted, there were days in 1996-1999 that I bounced around from church to church, but that was for different reasons. When I was in college, and then after I graduated, I spent a…
The magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; so there were gnats on man and beast. Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said. (Exodus 8:18, 19…
I’m still taking a long, slow read through The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch. It is really good. This week I’ve had several conversations about community, Christian community, koinonia, and church. This quote sounded really good for today as we go out to the YMCA Pancake Days, then play with neighborhood kids at boys group…
Today we went to OneLife West. I’ll post more links to the sermon later. Here are my notes.
Session 13: Gary Schwammlein and Bill Hybels "The local church is the hope of the world, when it's working right. I went to the local church, they don't even have enough hope to share with the people that go there on a weekend, much less the world!" He said that too many people just quote…
Session 4? Liz Wiseman, author of Multipliers Looks like we might get a bunch of business stuff out of this. This intro is pretty cool though. Multipliers: 1. Talent magnets 2. Liberators 3. Challenger 4. Debate Maker 5. Investor Dang, another no podium thing! I hope there is a Momma Maggie event at this conference…
Session 3, Pat Lencioni His favorite talk! How to lose your best people His dad hated his job, but he wanted to fix "that job thing, that's a problem" His first job, propping up targets at a shooting range. When the horn blows, jump in the hole and duck. Now kids go to sports camps,…
