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20 August 2009 19 Comments

Tornado Hits Near ELCA Assembly Hall During Vote

I ain’t sayin‘, I’m just sayin‘. I appreciate his take and agree with Justin on this. I’m not saying it means anything, but I also can’t dismiss it as pure coincidence. Was God trying to get our attention? If so, what was he trying to say? What should we be hearing? Take a look at [...]

14 August 2009 0 Comments

My Thoughts on The Noticer – by Andy Andrews

It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life’s next peak. – Jones, The Noticer The situation in which you find yourself is fraught with difficulty, yes. It is also piled high with benefits. – Jones, The Noticer Remember, whatever [...]

27 July 2009 0 Comments

Church's radical act: Sell building, use money for outreach | ajc.com

This may be the best example of putting your money where your mouth is. Saw this on 11Alive news last night and have seen many blog posts and tweets about this today as well. Church’s radical act: Sell building, use money for outreach “I’m afraid if we become a church of bricks and mortar, we’ll [...]

15 July 2009 0 Comments

Creation '09. On iTunes

How cool is this… You can click on the graphic to see it in iTunes.

29 May 2009 0 Comments

County Trying To Stop Home Bible Studies

SAN DIEGO — A local pastor and his wife claim they were interrogated by a San Diego County official, who then threatened them with escalating fines if they continued to hold bible studies in their home, 10News reported. via Couple: County Trying To Stop Home Bible Studies – San Diego News Story – KGTV San [...]

22 May 2009 0 Comments

Judge Rules Family Can't Refuse Chemo for Boy

Daniel’s court-appointed attorney, Philip Elbert, called the decision unfotunate. “I feel it’s a blow to families,” he said. “It marginalizes the decisions that parents face every day in regard to their children’s medical care. It really affirms the role that big government is better at making our decisions for us.” via Judge Rules Family Can’t [...]

22 May 2009 1 Comment

Orange County Church Dumps Building for Houses

The Christian Post fielded an article recently about a church whose membership dwindled to the point where they had to give-up their building and meet in homes. Heres what they found interesting about meeting in homes: via Orange County Church Dumps Building for Houses | Catalyst. Interesting. And kind of poetic and right. Take a [...]

11 May 2009 0 Comments

The New Traditional Church: Community

What would happen if we put less attention on organizing relationships and more attention on giving people something to organize around? For example, what if we focused on serving opportunities? Would people naturally gather around those initiatives to serve others? What if we focused on the content we were generating to help people better understand [...]

31 March 2009 0 Comments

The Ultimate Guide for Everything Twitter

Twitter Basics If you had no idea what Twitter was walking into this article, we’re going to start you off at the very beginning. To sign up for Twitter, go to twitter.com and click on “Get Started – Join!”. Fill out the information and voila – you have your own Twitter account. I set up [...]

30 March 2009 0 Comments

The Tragedy of the Commons | Krypted

The market is not free if it is not free to fail via The Tragedy of the Commons | Krypted. Excellent words and valuable insight by a colleague. I once heard, during the Clinton administration, from a Cuban immigrant, that he saw America “slouching towards Communism”. If we were slouching then, we’ve downright laid ourselves [...]