In my Meaning of Christian Community class we are reading Life Together by Bonhoeffer – This is a book of pure Christian Ninja-ry. There are loads of great quotes and here are a few “Only those who give thanks for little things receive the great things well.” “Pastors should not complain about their congregation,Continue reading “Deitrich Bonhoeffer – Life Together Quote”
Monthly Archives: September 2008
We talked about this a little
Alan Hirsch has a great post here. We discussed false prophets/success and idolatry in class last night.
Am I the lamest blogger ever?
Well maybe not, but I feel like I’ve been dropping the ball on the whole blog-o-sphere-a-verse lately. It’s been a pretty busy couple of weeks. Jocelyn was born a little early, I started my masters degree, and I am reading like a maniac. So when I do have free time to blog, I don’t reallyContinue reading “Am I the lamest blogger ever?”
Yip-EEE
I have a new macbook. This is how it makes me feel.
Free Book
Who wants a free book? I love free stuff, and I bet you do too. Go here to download a free e-book of essential church by Thom S. Rainer.
Even at Saddleback
Media mistakes happen. Read this post from Josh and take comfort from Josh’s experience. We are not alone.
Jocelyn Bella is here
Jocelyn was born yesterday at 1:45ish. She weighed 7lbs 11 oz and she was 20 inches long. She’s amazing and she slept really well last night.
The business brickyard
I just finished reading the business brickyard by Howard Mann. (I would get all kinky right there but I’m writing from my phone so google it.) This a I great little books on the fundamentals of running a business. There are a lot of applicable point for church leadership as well. I would recommend it.Continue reading “The business brickyard”
Great Worship Music
One of my current projects that I’ve been working on is updating our website. So part of what I’ve been doing is looking at some of the top church websites, features, content, and all that. And I was clicking around at marshillchurch.org, which is one of the multi-site churches in the puget sound area. TheyContinue reading “Great Worship Music”
Momentous Moment
this past weekend was pretty momentous for our ministry. We moved the last vestiges of >>beyond>> out of the storage room at our Northgate Campus. So why is that momentous? Because we will never have another youth group activity in that room. It’s a pretty big deal. We haven’t been using it for a whileContinue reading “Momentous Moment”