This is my contribution to a group blogging project using Simple Church. Essentially, a blogger writes/reflects on one chapter and hosts the discussion on their blog/website over the course of two weeks. Go to Andy’s website for links to the previous chapters/discussion or the last one (chapter nine). Without further a due my reflections on [...]
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5 Oct
Group Blogging Project: Simple Church
I am participating in a “group blogging project” on Thom Rainer & Eric Geiger’s Simple Church. Essentially, a group diverse group of bloggers will each take turns hosting a discussion on a chapter of the book over the next two weeks. I will be hosting the discussion on chapter nine eight, next Wednesday. To read [...]
21 Jul
Quote: Churchless Christianity
From Ministry Today Magazine: QUOTE: “I see the church derided with mockery and scorn. I see critics exaggerating her weaknesses and incapable of affirming any of her strengths. I see many leaving the church instead of loving her for better or for worse. I see lots of my peers who have 20/20 vision for the [...]
9 Jul
Church Reductionism
I was very happily reading this article on the innovative church Lifechurch.tv and their new “free group chat translation tool” called Bablewith.me. From the article: LifeChurch.tv staff members recently rolled out BabelWith.me, a free group chat translation tool that allows participants to communicate in real-time using up to 45 languages. Developed in-house as a Web-based [...]
1 Jul
2 Posts for Pastors or understanding pastors
First read this post titled Why are pastors so needy? (HT: Matt via facebook) Then go read my friend Ken’s post Every pastor needs a pastor
4 Jun
Maybe it’s me…
I just have trouble getting excited about a pastor’s statement regarding the growth of his church in a difficult locale: Does frozen ground necessarily imply hardened hearts? Not if a charismatic congregation in Connecticut is any indication. This thriving assembly is challenging the notion that churches in New England won’t grow beyond a few hundred [...]
24 Feb
What’s been going on…(Feb 09)
Or why Adam hasn’t been blogging as much recently… I have found that blogging is one of those things that I enjoy doing out of the margins of my life and my thoughts. Sometimes those margins are razor thin, if present at all, and this winter has been one of those times. Thankfully, the reasons [...]
3 Feb
Ugh…church signs
Have I mentioned that I don’t like church signs? Here’s a new one I get to see on my way to the church: The Pastor saw his shadow…another six weeks of lousy sermons. I know this is suppose to be funny, but this kind of stuff drives me crazy.
7 Nov
October Books
As of writing, I need to complete seven more books to reach my goal for completing 52 books this year. Here are the books that I completed reading during the month of October. What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris When gods Die by C.S. Harris: These are the first and second books in a new [...]
3 Nov
Adventues in Church Signs
You may have heard or seen this church sign tomfoolery featuring dueling church signs regarding perspecitves on the eternal salvation of animals. While amusing, the signs were faked/photoshopped using Church Sign Generator. Well, going to church this weekend we passed a Lutheran church that had this sign up: Did you enjoy the warmer weather? Just [...]
4 Sep
August Books
I don’t know why, other than sheer optimism, but I keep taking massive piles of books with me on vacation and touch/read/open very few of them. I suppose it’s not a bad thing to take a break from the reading, especially since a lot of the reading that I do is tied to the church/my [...]
17 Aug
You know you are a mega-church pastor if…
you use a helicopter to get between the various sites where you preach. Unfortunately, the neighbors don’t like it and the city council said to stop. This happened in Virginia Beach: read about it here.
16 Jun
May Books
Sadly I only completed reading two books in May, which is a couple off my pace in earlier months. I do think that I can reach my goal of averaging a book a week in 2008, but is not a big deal if I don’t. Without further ado, I give you May Books: How Soccer [...]
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