Just a reminder that much of what you see today will not be real. Someone is fighting for your attention today; the question is to whom will you give it? Ladies, stop competing with the world. In reality you are competing with someone/something that doesn’t even exist. Set your minds on things that are above, [...]
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While reading Mark Batterson’s book, Wild Goose Chase, I came across a sentence that brought Milli Vanilli to mind. In chapter three of the book Batterson talks about how the routine things of life can keep us from worshiping God. ON page 59 it reads, God doesn’t want to be lip-synced. He wants to [...]
They Like Jesus, But Not Us
Posted: September 12, 2008 in Church, Culture, Ministry & Leadership, MissionsEarlier this year LifeWay Research did a study of 1,402 unchurched adults (see description on chart) in order to understand what they thought about God, Christianity, and the Church. As I read through the study, it confirmed some things I had sensed about our unchurched friends all along. In the study Ed Stetzer explains, “There [...]
My First 100 Friends on Facebook!
Posted: September 8, 2008 in Culture, Friends & Family, TechnologyI know 100 friends on Facebook is not a big deal to you guys who have 500 fb friends, but it’s significant for me. First of all I’d like to thank all of the “friends” who made this possible. If it were not for you I’d be virtually friendless, like those other online losers who [...]
I credited this insightful piece to Dr. Joe McKeever who handed this out in a Seminary class I took at NOBTS a few years back. I’ve taken the liberty to shorten it a bit. Let’s say the in a world of 6 billion humans, there are 50,000 people you could have met and fallen in [...]
Tony Merida will become the interim pastor at our church campus starting June 1st. Can’t wait the hear “the bald headed wonder” on a weekly basis. Watched The Ultimate Gift over the weekend. Great message! You need to buy a copy. The Southern Miss Baseball team is hot. If they win out we could host [...]
Start Your Engines with MARIOKART
Posted: May 2, 2008 in Culture, Family, Friends & Family, TechnologyI picked up the new Mariokart {Wii} for me the kids yesterday afternoon. The game costs $49. After dinner last night we played until 8 PM, they went to bed, and I continued to test out the new game until about 10 PM. It comes with one steering-wheel which is pretty sturdy (remember it’s only [...]
Dr. Kent’s study continued last Wednesday night and here are my notes. (Photo from Lizzy’s School Program last Friday.) Kids recognize our hurried life before we do. This pace robs us of our ability to impart significance to our children. {My take-away} Plan something each week to do with each child that you will not [...]
The Wrong Question -“How many did we have?”
Posted: April 21, 2008 in Culture, Ministry & Leadership, Missions“Does increased attendance in ministry programs automatically equate to spiritual growth? To be brutally honest: it does not.” This quote was taken from the Reveal Study that came out of Willow Creek late last year. Those contributing to the study went on to say, “Attendance numbers help you determine if people like what you are [...]
I’ve always wanted to be able to access any song in my music library, while out and about. Now with my new Zune I can! I’ve have another MP3 player that I use while excerising, but it only has a 1GB capacity which holds around 250 songs. This 80 GB baby holds up to 20,000 [...]
