“Love can free us from all excess.”
— the Submarines, “You, Me, and the Bourguoise”
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Blast From the Past
Shawnda and I are thinking through what to get the kids for Christmas and I started to think about my favorite toys as a child. One of the first things I thought of was Playmobil. Remember those? Hours and hours of fun!
One of my clearest memories was getting a free Playmobil figure with a [...]
To Buy a Starbucks or Not to on World AIDS Day
I saw this the other day on the sidebar of my Facebook page and something struck me a little off. I love Starbucks and I love it when corporations get behind these major causes but I can’t help but think how much of a greater impact could be made if the 248,042 folks who have [...]
Why a multi-ethnic church?
From an interview with Mark DeYmaz in Leadership Journal on ‘Establishing a Multi-Ethic Ministry”:
If your church is not diverse in the next 15-20 years in America, it’s
going to be largely irrelevant. In an increasingly diverse and cynical
society, people are no longer going to buy into the message that God
loves all people when it’s preached [...]
Clean Water
This is a powerful video. 1.1 billion people on the planet don’t have clean water!Most of us have never been without clean water. You can learn more here.
Blogging
Most of my blogging of late has been over here at the ABBA Fund blog.
Celebrating 3 Years
We had a great weekend celebrating the third anniversary of S and K’s adoption. It’ hard to imagine it has only been that long. We spent some time looking through photos of our first weeks together and giving God glory for His goodness to us. It is amazing to see how much they have grown!
We [...]
Free Registration for the Fall 2008 course on Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure
I’m thinking about registering for this. I have been meaning to read Lloyd-Jones book for a long time…maybe this will give me some accountability for it.
Anyone else want to join me?
The Church’s Essence
“Mission” is not something the church does, a part of its total program. No, the church’s essence is missional, for the calling and sending action of God forms its identity. Mission is founded on the mission of God in the world, rather then the churches effort to extend itself.” p. 82 , Missional Church: A [...]
