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risk

“The riskiest thing you can do is be safe”Seth Godin

So I thought since these were random in nature I would just combine them into one post This is a pretty clever website. This is a pretty interesting article. I recently switched over to using more online apps. I was driven to this decision because I don’t have a regular office and I need somethingContinue reading “Two seemingly random posts”

Sex God – Review

So I just finished Sex God by Rob Bell. This is a very deep book. I really didn’t know what to expect when I started reading it. But Bell has a way of taking life and examining it from angles that I would never have thought of and saying that “This is really about that”Continue reading “Sex God – Review”

Wisdom from Rob Bell

In Sex God, Rob Bell talks about heart break and suffering and the cross, and I thought this passage might be insightful in the midst of the VA Tech tragedy Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky andContinue reading “Wisdom from Rob Bell”

Tragic

The shooting at VA Tech today is a tragic reminder of how broken our world really is. There is so much pain, and so much anger, and so much sin. This horrific event is heart breaking and it is bringing up feelings that I haven’t experienced since April 20, 1999 – the Columbine shooting. AllContinue reading “Tragic”

Critical Passage in the New Testament

Man I am excited for this Wednesday night. Transit has been going through the book of Acts which is just an amazing book full of all kinds of insights and encouragement for what it means to be on mission. This week we are going to look at one of the most important and in myContinue reading “Critical Passage in the New Testament”

Monday’s W/ Mitch

This shirt is “dry-clean only,” which means it’s dirty.” -M. Hedberg

Little Experiment – Squidoo

So I heard about this thing called Squidoo. Basically you can start a page (or lense) Based on any subject you want to. And you use that lense as a way to promote your subject, share resources, sell stuff. Whatever. It’s kind of like an organizational blog. So i started two yesterday. Here’s the CreeksideContinue reading “Little Experiment – Squidoo”

This Beautiful Mess – Review

I just finished reading This Beautiful Mess by Rick McKinley. This is a great reminder that the Jesus said the Kingdom of God is at hand. We really can make a difference in this world for the Kingdom. Rick tells some incredible stories about how people have taken on the mission of building theContinue reading “This Beautiful Mess – Review”

What we’ve been working on

For all you creeksiders who might be interested to know what we’ve been working working on, here’s the 411. We have been developing ministry teams that are organized around our 6 purposes. We are shifting from a program based model of ministry to a purpose based model. If you were at vision day then youContinue reading “What we’ve been working on”