Ramblings On. . .

I’m preaching today.  I’m excited, as I usually am.  It’s a great privelege to share what God has been talking to me about with our church.  I’ll post the link to the podcast on this here blog when it’s done.I went to my Bloglines this morning and I read this post.  Great reminder. Have a great Sunday 

I will be taking the next several days off, so I will try not to blog during that time as well.  So I wanted to be sure to send out a Merry Christmas to everyone (in the world).  One of the reasons that I love blogging is that I really do get to send my [...]

Today I read a great post from Tim Schmoyer.  You can read it here. I think it is so important to lead from your strengths.  I have found that I am happier and I am doing more, and better when I lead from my strengths.  This post is written to youth workers but really it can be applied [...]

I don’t like labels and I don’t like personality tests, but this is pretty much me.INTJ:  Crazy, Here are some things about INTJ’s

“…approach reality as they would a giant chess board, always seeking strategies that have a high payoff, and always devisingcontingency plans in case of error or adversity.”
- The Portrait of the Mastermind Rational (iNTj) (Keirsey)
“…observer, values solitude, perfectionist, [...]

Perhaps you have seen this commercialThis is brilliant marketing showing that these folks really love the whopper.  Maybe too much.  But I’ve got to ask, what if the church just picked up and moved?  What if we said we were going to stop talking about Jesus?  What if we tried to give something other than [...]

Interesting Article from Time Magazine on Rob Bell and Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, MI. I really enjoy listening to Rob Bell speak and I have read both of his books.  I think he truly is speaking the language of my generation.  Many have questioned his theology on some points but generally those folks are not nice so [...]

Read the full article here.This is a great idea for an entire church to get together, to learn, to train and most importantly to celebrate.hmmm 

I have the privilege of speaking on Sunday December 30th.  I have the general idea of what I am going to talk about, but I need to have my outline done super early because we have essential 4 services that we need to be done before next wednesday due to the christmas break that our office and [...]

this is from seth’s blog.  priceless.