Below are the six songs we have planned for the October 16 jam night. These are not “official” arrangements or anything. They are loose ideas of how the song sound. (And I want to point out that the videos are far from perfect.) We want to really take these songs and do something with them together.… Read More »
Technical fields that deal in the past – such as history and archaeology – have a necessary compression that takes place. It is an unavoidable conceit of convenience. (As far as I know, this is a new term I thought of in the car this morning.) What do I mean by conceit of convenience? When an archaeologist… Read More »
It is always insightful to look back and contemplate how we change over time. Back in 2008 I wrote a post about the regionalization of the local church At the time, we were a congregation of about 50. We were in the midst of planning a renovation, and we were financially strapped. There were all… Read More »
This week, I heard news of yet another local congregation in our region that has been going through difficult times – “falling apart” as it was put to me. Every time I hear about something like this, it grieves my heart. I wonder, often out loud, how this could happen and what Jesus must think.… Read More »
This video illustrates pretty succinctly the difference between Apple and Microsoft’s philosophies. Microsoft is all about specifications and information. Apple is about experience. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k]
Rachel Held Evans writes a lot about her spiritual struggles with the evangelical churches of her youth. Recently, she posted her reasons why she is not a part of a mainstream church (the historical but theologically liberal denominations). I share a lot of her frustrations which much of evangelical Christianity (a very loose category for… Read More »
Yesterday, the carpet installers came to the church facility to lay the carpet on the stage. There’s still one piece to be laid, covering our baptistry, but there is a remarkable difference between what it looked like before and what it looks like now. It is amazing how much a couple of steps and new… Read More »
Steps are pretty important when it comes to getting from one level of a building to another. Otherwise, we’d be jumping and climbing a lot. Our guys are installing new steps on our stage, and as they work on it, it reminds me that every journey takes steps. If the steps are planned out and… Read More »
So, today Tim Cook took the stage to announce the arrival of the “new iPad.” Not surprisingly, it features the ultra-HD Retina display, a more powerful processor, 4G LTE connectivity, and a bunch of other goodies. *YAWN* Let me be honest. I own an iPad 2, and it is awesome. Just ask my wife. I carry… Read More »
This was on glocal.net, and I thought it was worth considering. I’ve been reading Alan Hirsch & Tim Catchim’s Permanent Revolution on my way over to London & then the Middle East. It’s really good. I still think Alan’s Forgotten Ways must be read – it has tons of stuff that can’t be missed. He… Read More »