Posts Tagged ‘reflections’

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 [...]

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Bad Blogger!

I’m a bad blogger… If you know us, you know the past few months have been interesting to say the least as we work on transitioning down to Huntsville, Alabama so that I can begin a new position (sr. pastor) at North Hills Church (PCA) in Meridianville, Alabama.  Here are some of the highlights and [...]

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Good to Great to Gone

This is a post I started to write, but got bogged down with life, so I am posting this in process… A few years ago, Jim Collins book Good To Great (subtitle:  Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t) was a bestselling business book filled with many ideas that resonated with those in church [...]

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December Books

These are the books that I completed reading in December. In the Shadow of Memory by Floyd Skloot: This is one of those books that caught my attention while I was browsing through the library one day.  This book is a collection of essays telling Skloot’s story of living life after a virus had attacked [...]

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Help My Unbelief – Year in Review

At  the 4 month mark of blogging, I posted my reflections on blogging (I started blogging in April)  At that time, I gave some stats on the blog and thought I would do the same here at the end of the year for the sake of  posterity (or something): 231 posts 4 pages 21 Categories [...]

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Reflections upon the Election

Here are a few random thoughts on the Election from the perspective of this Christian First and foremost, Obama is our new president because the Lord has placed him in this position (Daniel 4:17,25,32; Proverbs 8:15; Romans 13:1-2 to name a few).  This does not mean that I  understand God’s purposes, but I do take [...]

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Ultimate Worship Leader?

As I was running an errand, I was listening to one of the Christian radio stations that we have in our area (yes, I do this form time to time).  I have a on-again, off-again relationship with “Christian radio”.  On one hand, sometimes I enjoy listening to some of the music, especially if it leads [...]

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Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic America

For some reason, I just finished reading two different books set in America after a cataclysmic event of some sort.  Both books were engaging and caused me to think about the world we live in and the future that I foresee.  First, my reflections on the books themselves, in the order I read them: World [...]

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Vacation: the good, the bad, & the ugly

We got back into town late last night from our two week vacation time of visiting family and friends.  It felt great to get away from things here, but it also feels great to be home again.  I think that is one of the biggest blessings of the time that we get to take off…feeling [...]

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A few early Olympics reflections

Like many of you, I have enjoyed watching some of the olympics, most especially the swimming competitions at this point.  Here are a few random thoughts/reflections Last night’s 4 x 100 relay had to be one of the most exciting 3+ minutes of sporting competition that I have seen in some time.  Incredible finish! Question:  [...]

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Nothing wrong with that?

Maybe you’ve seen this commercial from Discover – I actually laughed the first time I saw it.  While there is nothing wrong with a company promoting their product and services, the message at the center of this commercial really jumped out at me.  It starts out:  “We’re a nation of consumers…and there’s nothing wrong with [...]

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Reflections on Blogging (4 months later)

I meant to type this up a month ago and here I am.  This is a good time to pause, however, and reflect as my first blog post on this blog was exactly four months ago (April 3rd).  Here are some reflections on blogging – the blessings and the dangers (as I perceive them in [...]

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