January 2008 - Posts
had some fun with this candidate match thing via usa today. it is a little more thorough than the last one i took. what is cool is that you can scroll over the color coded issues and see what the...
look what the mail brought me today. this was not the primary book i was looking for, but i got sucked into the free shipping deal that amazon gives you. so, figuring i would pick up this book at some...
The Rev. Sam Duree is providing funding to train United Methodist pastors in Russia and other nations in the former Soviet Union, by crafting and selling birdhouses.
United Methodists in Missouri are keeping track of how to help their partner churches in Mozambique who have experienced flooding from heavy rains since late December.
Really, I will soon be reflecting on the Bishop's Convocation, and a million other postponed-posts. But one more question:
What's the best worship experience you remember having? What can you tell me about it? What made the experience 'the best'? Where were you? What was the context?
For my own answer, the first things that come to mind are two worship services where the sermons moved me to tears. I don't remember anything else about the services though, other than the sermon. I think the opening worship the first time I attended
General Conference was very powerful - it was just overwhelming to be with a gathered global community of United Methodists. I remember several worship experiences during a
CCYM retreat in high school that collectively were extremely powerful to me, and hearing Bishop Woodie White preach during
Exploration '98, although I can't tell you much detail about what he said.
What's been your best worship experience?
If the church is diverse merely because distinct groups co-exist within it, that won't help us, says Bishop Woodie White. Diversity only meets its goal when we interact and create community with one another.
a pretty interesting, very informal interview by robert scoble of rick warren at davos or world economic forum. i didn't know to smile or cringe at the 'you can't have catechism without tech' quote.. kinda corny and i don't think...
having a little fun with the kids. threw together this promo video for our ski trip this evening on a whim. 1 minute that i hope will give you a laugh or two.
fun. this group of folks has done up some pictures in the nature of google earth shots, but they go back to biblical times. this one is the parting of the red sea. tip to john
From TalkingPoints memo, re: just one of the ridiculous claims of Georgie Boy last night in his “State of the Illusion” speech last night.
It’s pretty safe to say that before the Bush administration, most Americans had no idea what an earmark was. But Bush, the earmark president, the man who presided over and enabled [...]
i picked up my copy of "the wesley project" by carl thomas gladstone. carl i got to know at the umerging back in kansas city and the emergingumc last fall down here in nashville. before that i knew of some...
hans rosling in his 2007 ted talk presentation on new insights into poverty.
i hear quite a few horror stories from parents and teachers about a number of churches in our area that market to kids during school hours. to these folks, these specific churches get some sort of preferential treatment. i don't...
still more on the slideshare exploration. this one is based off lifeway research on young adult (18-22yrs) dropout from church. | View | Upload your own
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