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What Would You Put On A Church Door?

On the front page of the Idaho Statesman today was a picture of a beautiful 16 foot by 10 foot by 2 foot door – carved into a master depiction of Revelations 12.

As I stood reading about this door, which is hung in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, a co-worker comes over and asks [...]

A Funny Thing

We three in a house that owns a copy of Ticket to Ride – what do we do?

We three log onto a website and play Ticket to Ride – for why?

We three love to multitask and not to talk or seek human companion.

Tis a funny thing…

 

‘Already-Not Yet’ People

I have a treat for you! It’s an excerpt about the Kingdom of God from Derek Morphew book Breakthrough. I only posted half of the article so you will need to go to the Vineyard South Africa website to read the rest.

Inherent in understanding the relationship between the kingdom and the church is [...]

Kids, Tests, Cats and Whisky

Last night Em was babysitting two young children from the church. Luckily (or sadly – depending on your outlook) I missed most of the evening as I had to work late.

Soon after I arrived at the house and had dinner, Em and the kids took off – leaving me with a pair of [...]

The Church and All Its Screw Ups

I just finished listening to a sermon by Steve Nicholson given in 2007 at The Cause Conference hosted by the Duluth Vineyard (most of you probably could care less where the sermon was given, but I figured I better reference these things… especially since I like knowing those details when I read a post). [...]

Carolina Chocolate Drops – Memphis Shakedown

A friend sent me a link to this YouTube video of the Carolina Chocolate Drops playing a 1934 Memphis Jug Band song. It is amazing!!! You have to listen to it.

 

 

The Changing Roles of Paul

Last night our Perspectives teacher gave an interesting presentation on the role of Paul within the early church. The emphasis of the teaching was about allowing God to change your role within your ministry as He changes the church around you.  

Let’s look at Paul’s roles as shown in Acts: Paul as an [...]

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

This morning was glorious – abet a bit foggy. It’s was like the heavens came down to kiss the earth and it’s inhabitants.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.Psalms 19:1

# of Employees + Government = Large Government?

This morning I listened to an interesting report on the use of private contractors within all areas of government service. (ie. military, IRS, health care, public policy, etc.)

On one level is sound really good – take the IRS for example: they told contractors they could keep 25% of all back taxes they collect. [...]

Papers and Dead Brains…

sigh.  Zombies must of ate my brain as I'm having a very hard time starting my paper…  double sigh.

The dreaded paper: it's a 2 to 3k word critique of two seperate missions books. I read both books already – shoot, I've even wrote out the major themes…

Now I must find my zombie [...]