Category: hmm… thoughts
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Paying your dues
This morning in Sunday school we talked about jobs. And this got me thinking about the idea of "paying your dues." On the one hand, paying your dues and earning what you’ve got makes perfect sense. But in light of both Matthew 20 and my own experience I know that sometimes good stuff is handed…
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Little known fact about Moody
I was chatting with a friend online last night. In the course of chatting about women, ministry, and my alma mater, we did a little research and quickly found somet hing interesting. It turns out that Moody wasn’t started (effectually) by DL Moody but by Emma Dryer. That’s right boys and girls, the "name you…
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New church name
My mom sent this to me. This is a real place of worship in Las Vegas. What do think, good name for Romeo? Update: So, it’s my day off and I simply had to find the back story for this "funny named church." I mean, who really names a church Thomas Paines Church of Christ…
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At the Starbucks
I spent most of last night at the Starbucks on Hall Rd since there were a gaggle of high school females at my house. I ended up staying there for about 5 hours. During which time I watched a movie, Omagh, and mostly just chatted online with friends, worked on some stuff for YMX and…
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Student Leaders… How do you “make them?”
I’ve published an article on YMX. I can’t take any pride in getting published since I am the publisher of the site and all… but I thought it was good enough to deserve the billing. [Read the article here] I originally did this as a project for a grad school class… but I always hoped…
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reaching dark kids through a light model
I had this thought as I drove from the church to my house today. As I sat in the turn lane waiting for a green light I looked to my left and there was a clean cut kid sitting on the barbers chair getting primped up. Anyone looking at him would think he was a…
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Interesting article about creation/evolution
Here is an interesting article about those who hold to "theistic evolution" that appeared in the Seatle Times recently. [click here] Despite this scathing article that basically claims that theistic evolution is a viable theory for hte creation of the world, I keep it on my list of acceptable positions. (Let me be clear though,…
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Looking forward and not backwards
This week is a big "looking back" week. It’s in my nature to be reflective on the past. I want to get hung up on what I’ve been up to, what God has done, and what could have gone better. In fact, I tend to worry about yesterday more than I consider right now or…
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Pastor Scrooge?
It’s been well documented around the church that I am not the biggest fan of Christmas. Too much commercialism, bad memories, and not enough Jesus for me. This year it has been amplified by "the megachurches" who have decided to call off church this Sunday because of the holiday. [See story] So, just to prove…
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Does being right make you arrogant?
This morning as my Bible Study group got to Hebrews 11, we came to a very famous bit of Scripture. This has been called "The Hall of Faith" in the Bible. This is a laundry list of people, who at some point in their lives chose to follow God’s way faithfully instead of what made…