Posted in Uncategorized on March 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After three weeks, I finally got tired of my Chrome window being full of tabs with good things that I wanted to read again and share. So, I decided to share them with you on Fridays over the next three weeks.
-This video cracks me up.
-Looking for a great gift idea? This [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I pity the Christians and especially pastors who only read or study or preach out of the New Testament. The Old Testament is OVERFLOWING with powerful stories of men and women like you and me whom encountered or witnessed the movement of God personally. I have blogged and spoken extensively about Joshua (if you missed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Mark Batterson, a pastor and blogger that I follow, has a great summary of St. Patrick’s life here.
I was profoundly impacted by the life and influence of St. Patrick and his followers during the spring of 2008. I was taking Basic Evangelism, a required course for my seminary degree program. A class I entered with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Gratitude produces generosity.
I became convinced of this reality last November as I reflected on what the season of Thanksgiving does to people. I believe Thanksgiving remains one of the least commercialized holidays in our culture and I think it is one of the few moments where we recognize the blessings we have in our [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, Maxie shared about love and suffering, as a part of a 2-part mini-series within our larger series, What a Waste.
His big idea – “In the midst of suffering, the decision to love or not love changes us forever” – is another step in our effort to ground this conversation about suffering in the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As Maxie shared tonight, here are the two quotes from his talk. Check the blog tomorrow for a review of the talk’s content and share the parts that were most impactful for you. For our team at Crash, context is king in understanding meaning and perspective. So, make sure and check out the podcast for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Certain questions are put to human beings, not so much that they should answer them, but that they should spend their lives wrestling with them.”
-Leo Tolstoy
I feel this away about questions like the one Maxie posed in his talk at Crash on a Sunday a few weeks ago.
What did you think it would mean [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
But it is so tempting!!!
My friend told me not to long ago that the image above and my repeated mention of it was about to hit “cliche” territory. Oops, guess I mention it too much! But for me, the options morph from “fear or hope” to “cynicism or hope” at times. While talking with a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I haven’t blogged in a long time, because, frankly, I’ve had nothing of value to say. Presupposing I have something of value for someone, here I am.
My wife and I gave up visual entertainment for Lent–no movies, television, YouTube, Hulu, Netflix–all of it gone. There were a few pre-agreed exceptions, but, basically, nothing. For a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, I had the privilege of speaking from a passage that I have never heard spoken from before in a church setting. For some reason, I made it through two academic programs related to Biblical Studies (one on a bachelors level and one on a masters level), without even really knowing this passage existed. [...]
