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May 2011
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Contemporary discussions of the function of worship in the life of the church tend to focus on the ways in which worship serves as a means to reach out to the unchurched, as a tool...
This is part 1 of a series of entries that will invite conversation around theological issues critical to Methodism, as least as John Wesley presented it, that seem to be increasin...
DNA is the genetic material that determines physical traits and characteristics. For example, the composition of your DNA determines if you have brown or blue or green eyes, dark o...
In the U.S. in particular, we live in a distracted and distracting world. Multitasking seems required of us all the time, but what we know is that our brains are simply not set up ...
Well, that's one way to talk about Fast Food (or in this case, Junk Food, plus a healthy dose of consumerism!) at the Table of the Lord. But we have another way, don't we. We may a...
I attended the Exponential Conference that was held at First Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida April 26-29. I went for two reasons: I wanted to hang out with missional-minded peop...
As most folks do their confirmations during the Easter Season or on Pentecost, it seemed a post about confirmations might be appropriate. It has been my practice during my ministry...
April 2011
Apr
This is part 5 of a seven part miniseries. Part 1, introducing this miniseries, is here. The rest of the series is listed in the links below the conclusion of this post....
This is part 4 of a seven part miniseries. Part 1, introducing this miniseries, is here....
This is part 3 of a seven part miniseries. Part 1, introducing this miniseries, is here....
All ye that seek the Lord who died, Your God for sinners crucified, Now, now let all your grief be o’er! Believe, and ye shall weep no more. The Lord of life is risen indeed, To de...
Good Friday 2011 Today I pray the words of a great Charles Wesley hymn, O Love divine, what hast thou done!The immortal God hath died for me!The Father’s co-eternal SonBore all my ...
Holy Thursday marks the beginning of the Great Three Days in which Jesus was betrayed, tried, beaten, tortured to death on a cross, and raised from the dead. That night Jesus share...
A blog article at Christian Century ("Against Passion Sunday")in 2011 prompted a variety of responses to the current practice of celebrating the last Sunday in Lent as Palm/Passion...
A Twitter discussion early yesterday morning regarding what color it would be appropriate to wear for Palm Sunday got me thinking about the way we treat liturgical seasons, and esp...
As we come to Holy Week and the beginning of Easter I am thinking about the meaning of these seasons and their importance to leadership. They focus Christians on the person and wor...
August 1-3 Mercy Center Event to Highlight Making Disciples Burlingame, California, August 1-3, 2011 congregational leaders will gather around the conference theme, “Unleashing Spi...
March 2011
Mar
They're coming. And in some places, they're already here. Dashboards. Dashboards have been used in industry and some time-critical service businesses for a decade or so now to prov...
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