490 years ago on October 31, 1517 a movement began. Martin Luther was a tough nut German monk. It was on that day that he nailed a list to a church door in Wittenberg. What was on the list? 95 problems he had with the church at the time. This event was the beginning of [...]
I caught up with the big boss today and talked through delegation. Good times. Here is a summary of 10 levels of delegation:
“Wait to be told.” or “Do exactly what I say.” or “Follow these instructions precisely.”
“Look into this and tell me the situation. I’ll decide.”
“Look into this and tell me the situation. We’ll decide [...]
The nite church crew just launched a new website. Not much there yet - but go check it out… and leave a comment.
I'm about to go and have an interview for a Bible college. I'm thinking of buying some glasses on the way to look more smarterer…
Went with some peeps to see the Brendan Berlach Trio (+ some other local bands) at Lizotte’s tonight (Wed). Check some of his music over at myspace.
Good jazz. Good food. Good friends. Good times.
I read the whole of Galatians yesterday with Dale. Super-encouraging time. One of the things that stood out to me while we were reading were the number of contrasts in the book. It would be easy to have a series on Galatians contrasting the different ideas. Here’s a few (in no particular order) that I [...]
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:2It's taken a week to work out what to write for my 500th post. I couldn't go do any better than the above verse.
Do you read this blog? Thanks for reading. If you've never [...]
Dan has some great reflections on visual art within Christianity. Here’s a snippet:
All of that being said, Best argues that artifacts should be part of the christian life, not as a way of explaining the gospel, but as offerings of worship to the creator God. I draw a picture as an expression of the creativity [...]
Shout out to Ivan Harris. This is his entry from this year’s ignite short film comp.
Greg Stier has written a great article over at youthministry.com Here’s a snippet:
Let’s face it. Most of us look at the clean cut Mormon missionaries that peddle the streets of our city and knock on the doors of our houses as somewhat out of date. Although they are kind and well spoken young men, when [...]
Parade Magazine has two articles on Brad Pitt in their latest issue (here and here). Brad grew up in a Southern Baptist family but turned away from God in his late teens. Check out this quote on some of his thinking about God:
“Religion works,” he goes on. “I know there’s comfort there, a crash pad. [...]
