an experiment in thought
- donuts & smokes
So every wednesday morning, some of my best friends gather at the local donut shop, the Donut Bank (which is more like a local donut dynasty) to discuss the scriptures and partake of the wonders of the fruit fritter. This morning we were wading through Ezekiel and lamenting how people are beholden to their idols [...]
- this week
I’m taking some vacation next week. We’re not going anywhere, but we’re going to enjoy it. The boys are on spring break, we’re going to play hard, and we will also be able to take care of some little projects around the house…..it’s a great thing. Please continue to pray for artists who are preparing pieces for ‘Beginnings’, the [...]
- the really, really free market
I want to know who is going to be the person or group in Evansville to pull this one off….. “The Really, Really Free Market” I’m sure someone will say that there is no benefit in it, or a waste of time, but one thing is for sure, in our consumption driven society, the idea [...]
- cracks and the suffering of the world
I picked up a great new read from the library the other day… How to be an explorer of the world. by Keri Smith. It’s on a near tangent of the book, the Dangerous Books for Boys It contains 59 explorations to take in the world you find yourself in. It is masterful at training [...]
- the power connection
So, for years (literally a decade) our church has published this thing called the power connection. Essentially, it is a printed blog where the staff (pastor, director, and global outreach) can communicate prayer requests and updates to the church body. Since it is essentially a blog on paper, and since I update it every week, [...]
- sunday school musical….seriously
You would have to be living under a rock in the past 5 years to not know something about Disney’s High School Musical franchise and its accompanying craze. There have been 3 films and countless products produced and it seems to keep going. A couple days ago I was browsing the racks of the local [...]
- recent reads
Here’s the booty from a recent trip to the library. I’ve thumbed through most of them. There are some real gems in the stack. Integrity / Henry Cloud The great emergence / Phyllis Tickle Apples are from Kazakhstan / Christopher Robbins BodyPrayer / Doug Pagitt and Kathryn Prill Red letter Christians / Tony Campolo Red [...]
- joseph mccarthy rides again!
If this is to be believed, there is a rumor going around that someone left our church because our current message series is entitled, “live red.” That’s right, we are encouraging people to embrace the atheist marxist, socialist agenda, of the cold war years (heavy sarcasm). I gotta say this makes me sad. I don’t [...]
- gdp and live {red}
Last weekend, I listened to a brother give a message addressing the concerns of a slumping economy. After it was over, people stood up and applauded (this is not a usual occurrence). Some of the message evoked fear, perhaps more than was necessary, but that’s not the point. The point is that for those who [...]
- live red
I’ve been thinking and praying about how to “Live Red.” (this is a series of teachings we are going through in our church examining the “red letter” passages of the scriptures which are attributed to sayings of Jesus) Most of my thoughts have centered around the question, “What would it be like if Jesus took [...]
