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My Best Friend

Tonight (Saturday Jan. 1, 2011) my parents were kind enough to watch our kids for the evening. I know I’ve said it before, but Kathy and I are truly blessed to have so much family living so close. So Kathy and I are home, just watching TV and chatting. I love my wife. She isContinue reading “My Best Friend”

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers.Continue reading “2010 in review”

Thinking about Salvation

Yesterday after staff meeting Anh, Mike and myself were talking about the series that CSM is going through. The students submitted a bunch of questions and Anh and her team are doing their best to answer them. Great stuff! One of the questions asked was something to the effect of, to be a Christian doContinue reading “Thinking about Salvation”

The real thing

This past Sunday I had the opportunity to speak. My portion of Scripture was 1 Cor 16.5-24. This chunk is Paul’s closing statements to the church in Corinth. It’s kind of a hard type of text to preach from because Paul uses a lot of short ideas, expresses greetings and prayers, and stuff like that.Continue reading “The real thing”

Adam and Eve and Creation from N.T. Wright

Interesting thoughts on the historicity of Adam and Eve from N.T. Wright. I’m not endorsing his view but I think he is right when he says that we in America have politicized these texts too much. thoughts?

First Snow of 2010

I love snowy days. Don’t tell my wife this but I actually don’t mind Michael Buble’ Christmas Album on snowy days. Anyway, this is the first snow day of 2010 and we got some sledding in. The kids are finally old enough to both enjoy sledding. I’ve been mowing our side yard (which is basicallyContinue reading “First Snow of 2010”

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The Power of Stories

One of the best parts of my job is talking to people who are new to faith. Over and over again, the same thing that people say moved them closer to Jesus was when someone shared their story with them. That could be sharing a faith story during a Sunday morning gathering, or it couldContinue reading “The Power of Stories”

Calibrate NW session 8 – Mark Driscoll

Fans and foes Fans idolize you Foes demonize you When it comes to worship we have 2 options 1 – the creator 2 – the creation Interesting stuff with dr. Drew and the mirror effect. Celebrities model and people mirror. The celebrity culture makes people famous for no reason. The celebrityContinue reading “Calibrate NW session 8 – Mark Driscoll”

Calibrate NW session 7 – Judah Smith

Pastor at City Church in Kirkland, WA Talking about Honor Matthew 20:20 If you want to talk about honor you have to start with humility You can do all kinds of things that are nice to the past generation, but still not honor them. Honor comes from the heart. Jesus connects greatness to being aContinue reading “Calibrate NW session 7 – Judah Smith”