Last Sunday, I finished up my “How to Believe in God” series. It turned out to be one of my favorite series of teachings that I’ve done. I’ve had great feedback on it from the church as well. You can listen to it here or at the Garnett Podcast at Itunes. My two favorite messages […]
Angry or joking?
So what do you think, was Faith Hill angry or just joking last night when she didn’t win the award at the CMA’s?
November 7, 2006 by 14 Comments
Spinning Some Tunes
Here’s what’s been spinning on my ipod as of late: 1. The Last Kiss Soundtrack (I didn’t see the movie, but Zach Braff puts together a nice mix. Check out the Garden State Soundtrack if you haven’t already–great movie btw) 2. Snow Patrol–Eyes Open 3. Hall & Oates–Do it for Love (These guys still rock)
November 7, 2006 by 5 Comments
Six Present-Futures
Here are the Six Present-Futures and their accompanying questions from Reggie McNeal. 1. The collapse of the church culture. Wrong question: How do we “do church” better? Tough question: How to we deconvert from churchianity to Christianity? 2. The shift from church growth to Kingdom growth. Wrong question: How do we grow this church? Tough […]
November 2, 2006 by 10 Comments
Reggie McNeal
Last week, our staff went to hear Reggie McNeal speak at a local event. I found him to be excellent. I haven’t read any of his books, but his talks were based on The Present Future. Throughout the day he worked us through six bad questions and their better counterparts. I’ll post those questions tomorrow. […]
November 1, 2006 by 1 Comment
Random Declaration #7
Heather and I are officially addicted to Battlestar Galactica. It just may be the best show on T.V. The plot actually moves forward, unlike another show I’m starting to get tired of.
October 30, 2006 by 10 Comments
Maintenance or Mission?
I found the following on Willimon’s blog. It was written by Harold Percy. I forwarded it to our staff and it’s generated some great conversation. The consensus is that it does a pretty good job of describing the transition (and the pain brought on by such a transition) that we’re experiencing at Garnett. MAINTENANCE OR […]
October 27, 2006 by 23 Comments
Four Views of God
Time magazine has some interesting graphics showing the Four Views of God that came out of the survey results released from Baylor University back in September. What’s really intrigues me is the correlation between a person’s view of God and their political positions. Here is a related article.
October 26, 2006 by 1 Comment
Random Declaration #6
If I could go into hibernation right now and not wake up until the day 24 premieres in January, I would.
October 25, 2006 by 4 Comments
Major League Evangelism
I’m not a huge baseball fan, but I usually tune in for the World Series. I really don’t care who wins this year, but I’ve got more friends pulling for the Cards than for the Tigers. This forces me to root for the Tigers. Besides, if the Tigers are good enough for Thomas Magnum they’re […]
October 24, 2006 by 7 Comments
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