Archive for October, 2008
I have been observing Twitter as an option for quite sometime. I have heard all of the positive angles on how it helps people connect and stay updated on people’s lives. Yet, with all of that my main struggle is how it can come off narcissistic. Do I think I have such value that people really [ READ MORE ]
The family continues to be fighting various viruses. I’ve had this chest, throat, cough, ache thingy on and off for two weeks now. Toby has been fighting it for a week after finally recovering from some aweful stuff on his bottom that he got from Lydia and now Jenny seems to be coming down with [ READ MORE ]
I am a huge fan of the Revolutionary War. I try and read at least one biography of one person from that time period each year. My favorite thus far is the one written by Williard Randall on Benedict Arnold. However, I have not read what is probably the most well know biography of recent [ READ MORE ]
For those looking for something profound, you may want to look elsewhere. First, why would you want to be President of the United States at this time in history? Second thought (and more profound because it is a quote from Greg Boyd and not me), “If Christians would make the kingdom of God their first priority, politics [ READ MORE ]
I traveled to Pella yesterday with my friend Gary to attend a one day workshop put on by the Vermeer Charitable Foundation (here). The day was led by Tim Brown (here) who is the president of Western Theological Seminary. Tim is one of the most captivating pastors I’ve ever met. His primary gift is his ability [ READ MORE ]
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Alpha (if you don’t know who Alpha is read here) has met his Omega (see picture below). At least that is how my Father-in-law refered to it which I thought was hilarious or herilious or something. [ READ MORE ]
This is what my twitter would say today. 8:00am – Lydia has had diareha for 5 straight days – time for a visit to the doc. 9:40 – Sarah is rocking the Sleep Out details. Huge help! 10:00am – Just punched out 13 e-mails of follow up. 10:08 – Fired an e-mail off to numerous Central College peeps trying to persuade [ READ MORE ]
The below are my top three surprising discoveries as a Church Plant Pastor. 1. The Amount Of Spiritual Warfare In no way do I want to minimize the amount of Spiritual Warfare that is present for all people. The enemy is bent on destruction and we are all targets. Yet it has been my experience that the [ READ MORE ]
I have a few posts that are currently in process and I thought I would let you decide which one you want me to finish first by using this new poll feature they have here on wordpress (at least it is new to me and I wanted to try it.) Book review of “the One Life [ READ MORE ]