My son has decided he is going to be a musician. His instrument of choice…a toy ukulele. The other day he decided he was going to “practice”. He’s been “practicing” a lot since then. There’s a few problems, though.
1) It’s a toy ukulele. It does tune up, but it doesn’t hold it’s tune. It’s not [...]
Archive for January, 2009
The Ukulele
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Love Your Enemy…Even on the Fooball Field?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I picked up this ESPN article from Letters from Kamp Krusty. Thanks to Rick Reilly for sharing this with us.
Warning…If you’re soft like me, you may want to get the Kleenex handy before clicking on the link to read the article.
Brother Maynard…Where are the Doors to the Church?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most of the talk about the doors of the church that I’ve been a part of has centred around asking “should we replace the big wooden doors with glass doors?” or “How can we close the ‘back door’ of the church?” (e.g. stop people from leaving).
Canadian blogger Brother Maynard has a great post asking, “Where [...]
Culture vs. Program vs. Process
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some call it discipleship. Others call it spiritual formation. I like discipleship because of it’s N.T. roots. (That’s New Testament, not a reference to Bishop Tom Wright.)
I believe the Bible is clear that the church’s mandate is to make disciples. The questions that follow are then a) What is a disciple? b) How do you [...]
Top 25 Bushisms
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve never seen Slate Magazine before, but I got linked to it through some work I was doing today. I found this rather entertaining collection of the authors favourite 25 Bushisms from George W.’s time in the oval office. Enjoy!
W.’s Greatest HitsThe top 25 Bushisms of all time.
By Jacob WeisbergPosted Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, at [...]
A Belated Christmas Gift
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My five year old son came home from school today with what he called, “A very late Christmas gift” for me. It was a Cleveland Browns “Album” that he made just for me. Enjoy!
What Do I Believe About The Church
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was raised in a strongly evangelical Christian church context. In the days of my childhood and youth it could probably have been accurately described as fundamentalist and (at the risk of offending some people I dearly love and respect) somewhat legalistic. I have been out of that church context for more than a dozen [...]
Introductions
Posted in Uncategorized on January 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Okay…I posted a question on facebook that got only a little bit of response, but far more than I’m used to. I think its a genuine issue that I would love to have some discussion on in the comments section of this blog.
Here’s the, uh, “hypothetical” situation. I know several great, single women who would [...]
Missional Tribe
Posted in Uncategorized on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most of you who look at this aren’t overly familiar with the idea of “missional church”. I’m not going to get into what makes a church truly “missional” right now except to share this one definition:
…to be missional requires the adoption of two central tenets.
1. The church’s purpose is to be mission-shaped, meaning that all [...]
Forgotten lyrics can be the best lyrics
Posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So our family is driving to church yesterday…
It was a beautiful morning so for fun I started singing the chorus of Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’ from Oklahoma. My five year old has heard us sing parts of it so I thought I’d leave the last word of each line for him to fill in. [...]
