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Archive for December, 2008
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Books of 2008 – Theology
Last year I listed out the books I read in 2007. It was fun to look back over the year and see what books influenced me and shaped my thinking. You can see the list for 2007 here. This post …
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Links for 2008-12-29
Reclaiming the Mission :: The Weblog of David Fitch
End of year missional linkage. Some great blogs on the subject from David Fitch whom I greatly respect.
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Books of 2008 – Leadership
Last year I listed out the books I read in 2007. It was fun to look back over the year and see what books influenced me and shaped my thinking. You can see the list for …
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Resident Aliens in Suburbia
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The Wait is Over
This is a short writing i did as I wrote my sermon for this sunday. I turned this into a reflective slideshow which you can view here.
Immanuel.
God is with us.
Wait.
Stop.
Listen again…
Immanuel.
God is with us.
God. Is. With. Us.
Wait.
God is …
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The Biblical Narrative & the Significance of Christmas
The more I appreciate the narrative of Scripture (to put it simply: creation, fall, jesus, redemption) the more I have grown to appreciate Christmas. It used to be for me that Jesus’ birth was kinda, well, anti-climatic. His …
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links for 2008-12-19
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Use Cash, Spend Less. Boo Credit.
I read this article on CNN.com today. Bascially it was talking about the shopping habits of Americans this Christmas season.
“Most Americans have put themselves on a budget this holiday season and are sticking to it,” said Phil …
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Surprised by Scripture
I never cease to be amazed at how scripture surprises me. Over the last two years we’ve preached through Exodus, Acts and now we’re finishing up Ephesians.
Each of these books (especially Exodus and Acts) have had some …
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links for 2008-12-14
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The Church Informing the Powers…
Sometimes all you need is a little quote from NT Wright to get your blood flowing…
“It is by the Church living as the one believing community, in which barriers of race, class, gender and so forth are irrelevant to membership …
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The Tragedy of Dong Yoon & His Family
Eugene Cho posted details of a story that has not received too much press even though the story is both crazy and tragic. Many of us heard that a US fighter jet had crashed into a neighborhood earlier …
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Design Refresh and New Site Icon
The past month or so I have been working a new design job as a semi-long term contractor for design company. I’ve been working hourly so its easy for me to slip into the temptation to work all the time …
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The Slave Tree in Ndola, Zambia
This summer I went to Zambia to work with a two other pastors from the states and our good friend George Palo who is doing some awesome work there with the Zambian Church. George pastors in Ndola which is about …
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Talking About Money in the Church (Part 3)
Over the last few weeks I’ve been writing a bit on how I have been talking through 2 Corinthians 8 with our community during our offering time. (You can read the others posts here) The last two time we …
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Metavista: The Bible and Culture
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I’m reading a new book called,Metavista: Bible, Church and Mission in an Age of Imagination by Colin Greene …
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Coffeehouse Theology
Give me a living room, with the lights down low, a glowing Christmas tree, a french-press of coffee and a few good books and … -
Leaders, We Need to Get Out of the Way
One of the great things about a church community is the different gifts and callings that individuals have within it.
God has given some people a knack for thinking and academics.
God has given some an intuitive and uncanny ability to lovingly …
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The Consumerism Mob
I’ve written in the past about things people will do when they are part of mobs that htey would never do while they were alone. Like, say “stomp a defenseless 34-year-old man to death, even for a free TV.” …
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Mailing List Subscription Stupidity
