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Largest Churches

Wow, Outreach Magazine has released their largest churches list. I cannont even fathom going to a church as large as Lakewood. I wouldn’t go to Lakewood, but that’s for completely different reasons. This is from ChurchRelevance.com Top 18 Largest Churches in America for 2007 Lakewood Church (Houston, TX) :: Joel Osteen >> 07 Attendance =Continue reading “Largest Churches”

Trick-or-Treating is Missional

I love this post from Jonathan Herron about their church’s halloween plans. He clearly talks about their desire to engage their community like Jesus. Here’s a chunk: Catalyst does not have an official position on Halloween. Some who call Catalyst home choose not to celebrate Halloween because of its pagan origins and dark slant. OthersContinue reading “Trick-or-Treating is Missional”

David Crowder Band – O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing

So I have been listening to DCB- Remedy a lot since I got it, and I am really diggin’ “O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing”. This is one of the hymns that I really love. But I love that the chorus that they added to the song. I love hymns, and I love whenContinue reading “David Crowder Band – O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing”

Last Sunday Night at My House

So last night was the last youth gathering at my house. Our next gathering is going to be October 11th, at Esperance Baptist Church. I am really excited for this change, and I am praying, praying, praying that this is a good move, and that we see some real transformation. It has been fun meetingContinue reading “Last Sunday Night at My House”

My Brain Feels Mushy

Last weekend I got a really bad cold from my son, Judah. I was thrown for a loop. And I don’t know what it is but my brain still feels mushy. I think it’s a combination of things, being really busy over the past few months with working from home, watching Judah and not reallyContinue reading “My Brain Feels Mushy”

David Crowder Band – Remedy – review

This week I promptly picked up the latest offering for David Crowder Band – Remedy. I’ve spend a few days listening to it, and I like it. This is a much more straightforward album than A Collission. The theme of Remedy seems to be saying that Jesus wants to heal us and the world aroundContinue reading “David Crowder Band – Remedy – review”

Surfing the Edge of Chaos – Quote

Surfing the Edge of Chaos is my latest discovery from the library. I’ve only read two chapters but so far I am really loving this book. The second chapter title is worth the price of admission – “Equilibrium is Death.” This book looks at evolution theory and applies it to organizations. Now I am aContinue reading “Surfing the Edge of Chaos – Quote”

Seven Woes

Rob Bell at Mars Hill in Grand Rapids is currently going through the seven woes from Jesus. Last week (September 9th) particularly encouraged me. Great Stuff from Rob as always. You can download it here.

Planning ahead for October.

I just started prepping the first sermon for our series in October. the series is called masks. The whole point is to try to take off our masks and live authentic Christ honoring lives. As I was writing my heart broke as I was listing out some reasons that people wear masks. I think theContinue reading “Planning ahead for October.”

Brilliant

So my last post mentions commoncraft.com I had never heard of them before reading about them, but I checked them out and they are really cool. This one is about using RSS to subscribe to feeds. What did I just say? Well watch the video and you can see for yourself. This is a greatContinue reading “Brilliant”