Ramblings On. . .

Here Ya Go

I’m processing some video and podcast stuff from this weekend, and listening to Ben Harper.  Holy Hot Dogs, where have I been?  Ben Harper is an amazing musician.  If it weren’t for the Public Library I never would have tried to find this music.  It’s really, really good.
By the way.  Even though I have mocked [...]

So I’m speaking tomorrow, super excited.  I’m looking forward to it.  It’s going to be pretty heavy.
But my closing thought for the evening is this:
Jesus is pretty Terrific.  I can’t get enough of him.
good night

Great post from Tim Schmoyer today. Read the Whole thing.
“. . . our fundamental approach to giving students ownership must change nevertheless. Otherwise, we die and pass on a church system that is incredibly broken, disconnected and outdated.”
I love youth worship, I love youth group, but in the end, I think we too often [...]

Great post from Church Communications Pro.  Read it.
Realationships are the key - because they tell the story.  People can ignore all kinds of things, with on-demand entertainment, web browsing by RSS, keeping your recycling bin right by your mail box.  People ignore advertising.  It Doesn’t work.
People cannot ignore relationships, and they cannot ignore their friends [...]

On April 5th I was invited to facilitate a break out session of EVOKE 08.
As a thank you, last week I received a Barnes & Noble gift card.  I feel very loved.
these are the books I purchased

The Reason for God - Tim Keller
Ready for Anything - David Allen
Jesus for President - Shane Claiborne and Chris [...]

So it took me awhile to get this edited and then I forgot to post it.  But here it is.

read the article here.
10. There weren’t as many Osmonds as I thought.
9. I got tired of corkscrew landings under sniper fire.
8. As a lifelong hunter, I didn’t want to miss the start of the varmint season.
7. There wasn’t room for two Christian leaders.
6. I was upset that no one had bothered to search my passport [...]