Now what?

A mishmash of thoughts on religion, life, technology, and whatnot.

Rob’s God

I've been ordering some new resources for camp/worship planning and one that I'm looking forward to perusing for use this summer at camp is Spoken Worship by Gerard Kelly. One poem in it is called Rob's God and while I don't know exactly the inspiration for it, I know how ...

So I have this other posting

So, I have this other posting to finish, but I'm just not there yet, it's all about how I feel like my time in the wilderness spiritually is coming to an end, but I don't quite know that I've actually arrived anywhere. Maybe I'll finish that posting, and maybe I ...

April Fools? I wish

Some serious Jesus junk

Cutting Back; Encounter

Interesting post over on Church Marketing Sucks that talks about LifeChurch.tv cutting back on church programs and ministries "We stopped doing church sponsored sports. Why take believers out of corporate leagues to put them together in Christian leagues? We stopped VBS because we reached more kids for Christ each weekend than we ...

It’s a bricks/springs kind of day

So the news is out that they may have found the tomb of Jesus' family. And that it seems to imply that Mary Magdalene was married to Jesus (her burial box is inscribed Mariamne e Mara or "Mary, known as Master") and that Jesus had a son named Judah. A ...

Dichotomy: Modern/Postmodern

Over on The Ooze, there's a great article which originally appeared in Relevant entitled STRANGER THAN CHRISTIANS: A Tale of Two Movies that is a commentary on Facing the Giants vs Stranger Than Fiction. Be sure and read the 1 comment that has been posted, it nails the real message ...

The New Exodus

"What if God is trying to move us out of Egypt, so to speak and into the wilderness, because it's time for the next chapter in our adventure? What if it's time for a new phase in the unfolding mission God intends for the people (or at least some of ...

Running with Jesus

You know, if I were ever to help start a church, I don't know that I could ever support having a gym (read Christian Lifestyle Center). It just seems to be doing everything the wrong way. The whole idea is either: 1) let's sit back and build something that will ...

Now What?

That’s it? The best we can do is some other life? Is this really just fire insurance? Is this our message to the world? That’s despair. No wonder we have to use words like relevant, the message is all about another world. Rob Bell Now what? Why have I given my blog that ...

Image and Video Resource for Ministry

Wow... I haven't been to to the lifechurch.tv website in a long time, but they have made some major enhancements. First off, the site is impressive. More impressive is that they're sharing the videos and imagery they create for their teaching series. You can register for a free account and ...

May 27th 2010
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Apple Passes Microsoft

The New York Times posted a graph showing the stock price of Apple and Microsoft over the last 20 years. It was announced a couple of days ago that Apple's market capitalization put it ahead of Microsoft, making it America's largest tech company. I've been an Apple fan since our Elementary school ...
May 5th 2010
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The single best month for music….ever?

There's a lot of good music out this month, there's more good stuff coming out this month than usually comes out in a year. They say that in economic downturns, creativity goes up. Maybe that's what's going on, regardless... I'm listening to all of this stuff: I didn't count MGMT's new ...
April 18th 2010
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The iPad After 2 Weeks

So, it's been couple of weeks, and I've gotten used to using the iPad, and I'm addict to it. I purposely set out to only uses my iPad for home tasks when possible for the first few days. After the first couple of days of that, I don't reach for my ...
April 6th 2010
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The iPad After a Few Days

My impressions of the iPad after a couple of days of using it. First off, this thing is a little heavier than it should be. I wouldn't mind having just one battery, with the ability to add on our snap in the additional battery. I think the limitation of only having ...
February 23rd 2010
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Ron Paul 2012?

I think that the neoconservative pundits underestimated the Ron Paul Revolution's staying power. Over the weekend, while I was working at a retreat, I walked in front of a tv screen and was pleasantly surprised to see that Dr. Paul won the CPAC straw poll. Immediately, the neocons in the Hannity and ...