Announcements as Chinese water torture

Ouch, ouch, and ha! That was my reaction to reading a recent diatribe about church growth from one website. His initial thought was: If church sucks, people don’t invite others. They don’t think “Man, my friends have got to be…

On missing Q…

I love being forced to think outside the box by others. There are some conferences and gatherings where you just know that’s going to happen. As one attempts to be used by God to shepherd His people, I think it’s…

Oh, to be a cartoonist

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert has an entry about his normal day’s routine. I’m inspired and hope to create something similar soon. Check it out. His conclusion? To be a cartoonist, you need: Banana Diet Coke Cat Computer with Wacom…

Review: Boxer Rebellion (rated 4 stars)

Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China’s War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 by Diana Preston So few believers today are aware of what shook Christendom in the year 1900. It was a shocking…

Country music and picking ticks

Just a quick smile… Carolyn is on her way to Little Rock for Adelyn’s fashion show. (Adelyn’s been at my parents all week, and has been attending some sort of fashion camp at Pulaski Academy. Obviously, you can tell I…

Epiphany Fellowship

Primarily an African-American led, multi-ethnic congregation, Epiphany Fellowship is an Acts29 church in Philadelphia which has a vision for church planting in that megacity. I loved the video on the entry page, and the website overall is very organized and…

Update on The Simple Way

You may recall my review of Irresistible Influence a week or so ago. Well, Shane Claiborne’s Christian community in Philadelphia suffered a devastating fire yesterday (June 20). Read about it at their site. Please be in prayer for them, and…

Have a problem being a creature?

I’ve been reading through Romans, chapter by chapter, savoring every line, verse and thought explosion. I can’t imagine a skeptic of Christianity reading this ancient document and not being at the very least deeply intrigued by it. It is sheer…

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