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Thanks to Matt over at his blog for the heads up on this YouTube video. I love some of Hillsong worship and we actually do some of it here, but we must hear the indictments this satire presents: Read more
Thanks to Matt over at his blog for the heads up on this YouTube video. I love some of Hillsong worship and we actually do some of it here, but we must hear the indictments this satire presents: Read more
I watched The Sketches of Frank Gehry, a documentary on one of the most radical and unconventional architects of our time. He describes the turning point in his life. At a party, a friend asked him why he designed and built a certain building. “Because I needed to pay the bills!” His friend remarked, “I don’t like it!” Gehry said, “I don’t either!” His friend responded, “Well, never do it again! Stop doing that!” They shook hands and Gehry agreed... Read more
The Wikiklesia project has been birthed! I was invited by John La Grou over at microclesia to contribute a chapter to an online cooperative book that will be available for download in just a matter of weeks from Amazon. It is going to be a virtual, self-organizing, and participatory attempt to address the impact of technology on the church, community, theology, spirituality, etc. Several other authors have been selected. I am honored, humbled and nervous to be among them. You... Read more
I spoke with a very successful business man the other day. He makes millions. He is a spiritual man, a Christian, and we talked about living in the moment, being free of the shame of the past and free of the fear of the future. So I asked him, “How do you, a business man, take literally Jesus’ saying, ‘Take no thought for tomorrow’?” He said that he’s thought a great deal about that and decided that when he implements... Read more
This is a song I wrote but asked Ellen to sing. One of my more theological songs. MP3 File Read more
This morning church was crazy. The kids were especially wild. They love the music. Announcements took longer than usual because there’s lots going on in our community right now. Worship went on longer because people were really into it. Break took longer because people felt like hanging out. So I put my sermon aside. I was planning on teaching on the principalities and the powers. I had a gut feeling I wouldn’t get to it this week, and I was... Read more
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