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What Metrics Do You Use? What Do You Measure
Here's a clip from LifeChurch.tv's Bobbie Gruenewald speaking at SxSW. He has some really interesting things to say about what's… Read…
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Heaven Won’t Look Like Your Sunday Morning
Carlos wrote this statement as the title of a blog post this week. That got me thinking...
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How Do You Use Your “Cognitive Surplus”?
Seth Godin had a great post this week about things you could do rather than watch TV. In fact, he… Read…
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Introducing William Vanderbloemen
If you haven't met William Vanderbloemen, I'd like to introduce you to him. I've had the opportunity to get to… Read…
In Case You Missed It...
- In the Christian Tradition, Another Boycott: Wallis vs. Beck (03/16/10)
It all started last week when Fox News commentator Glenn Beck told people to leave any church that mentioned social or economic justice because they were just trying to preach a socialistic message. Beck, a Mormon, seemingly ticked off Jim Wallis, president of the progressive Christian group Sojourners. And the…
- Agree or Disagree? (03/16/10)
Do you agree or disagree with this statement from Jerry Falwell, Jr. (Jerry's son... now president of Liberty University): "If we all did as Jesus did when he helped the poor, we wouldn't need the government"
- Enjoy (03/12/10)
I don't know what else to say... Enjoy!
- Oh, Davey! (03/12/10)
Poor Davey. Did you ever watch Davey and Goliath when you were growing up? I always did. Seems like they were on every Sunday morning before church. Well, in this episode, Dave learns a great lesson about sharing (and about Mountain Dew)...
- Would You Let this Guy do “Special Music”? (03/12/10)
I've seen my share of 'special music' over the years. But I really doubt I'd let this guy share Amazing Grace. Just sayin'... there's something not just disturbing but wrong about this...
- Ever Do This While You’re Preaching? (03/12/10)
Check out this reporter. Evidently he gets a little frustrated when his words don't come out right. I'm wondering if any of you have ever lost your cool while preaching. Gotten ticked. Lost control. Thrown something. I'd love to hear about YOUR technical difficulties below!
- What Does Elton John Need More: A Woman or Jesus? (03/11/10)
Why am I not surprised? Elton John said in an interview recently: "I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems."
- 15 Minute “Quickie” Church Service is Increasing Attendance (03/11/10)
OK... hows about we open a huge can of worms? In Ireland, a Catholic priest has changed his morning mass from 9 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., taken out the sermon, and reduced the time of the service to just 15 minutes. What if a church in the US did this?
- Contextualization: A Good Thing (03/11/10)
JD Greer posted some great thoughts from Tullian Tchividjian on the subject on contextualization. "For (some) Christians, contextualization means the same thing as compromise. They believe it means giving people what they want and telling people what they want to hear. What they misunderstand, however, is that contextualization means giving…
- Name This Church… (03/11/10)
OK, in my recent travels, I picked up the bulletin of a prominent church in the US. In their Sunday bulletin, they listed their goals for 2010. I'm wondering if you can name this church.
