Year 2013

The Unfollowfest

I’ve been urged to create lists on Twitter, to assign certain followers to lists so that my Twitter stream doesn’t become unwieldy. In my continuing experimentation with social media over the last two months, I’ve arrived at another conclusion.. I…

The Love Deficit in the Church

On Sunday, I had the privilege of preaching at Valley Bible Church in Radford, Virginia. The message was titled The Love Deficit in the Church. I began with “Bon Jovi had it right when he said, ‘Shot through the heart…

Our hike up McAfee Knob

We didn’t plan to go hiking today. it was a whim because Carolyn wanted to get out of the house. We just “up and left.” The kids both had places to be. Our supplies were two blue water bottles and…

Poet Jackie Hill and “Jigaboo”

Warning. Don’t listen/watch unless you’re ready to be spiritually slapped. P4CM presents Rhetoric 2012, the largest Christian Poetry event. Official P4CM Poet Jackie Hill Perry delivered her poem “Jig-A-Boo” in front of an audience of nearly 3,000 people. (Source)

Courtney Liddle in The New Yorker video

Love seeing friends (and church members) being the church. When people pursue their interests, using their gift and talent in a way that blesses others and glorifies God, it’s the “sweet spot.” Watch this video from The New Yorker about…

The Myth of Proximity

In Christian circles, you often hear the expression of “doing life together.” In the past few years, German pastor and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s book Life Together has become an oft-quoted resource as well. Doing life together is the idea of…

Some blogs to follow

If you’re stopping by more frequently now and are enjoying this thing called blogging, I’m just going to say “I told you so.” Let me offer you a few more enjoyable blogs to follow by people that I know: For…

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