Some of my biggest blessings comes from email responses to some of my blog posts.
With permission from my friends, take a look at these exchanges:
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Roy I just read your post about the meeting on Tuesday night. I almost posted this comment, but I hope it is okay to share it with you personally:
My father [...]
Archive for May, 2008
30 May
A Father’s Love
29 May
Quick… Get Me Brad Pitt!
Think about this: Life Cycles.
Not The Circle of Life, hakuna matta, but the life expectancy of a certain movement, strategy, or model.
In particular:
From Insight Monday Morning:
“In his blog, marketing guru Seth Godin recently talked about the five steps of a brand life cycle:
1. Who is Brad Pitt? [insert your brand/name here]
2. Get me Brad Pitt!
3. [...]
28 May
Dad, Can I Trust You?
“How can I trust God?”
Go on…
“He’s my father right? Like my Heavenly Father?”
Talk to me…
Through her tears she tells me “My dad doesn’t love me. He says mean things to me. He won’t spend time with me. I shared something with him once and he told others about it. I can never [...]
27 May
Stand-Ins
Are we serious about living out our faith? I mean really serious?
I regularly pray for opportunities to share the love of Jesus – but I’d rather the chances come on my terms. You know, fit my schedule….be nice and neat…and have a happy ending.
But if I am really going to take up my [...]
23 May
Grace Beach
Because some of you asked, here is a pic I shot from my cell phone of the sanctuary converted into a Beach.
What you don’t get are the sounds of surf and sea-guls, or even the bites of sand fleas that somehow came in with the sand. Check out the video HERE – click play [...]
23 May
For You?
Ever get one of those God feelings, the kind where you can’t explain what or why He is prompting you to do something?
I got one this morning at about 9:17 am.
The picture below is for someone…not sure who…but someone.
22 May
Are We The Body?
The above picture is sad but true of many of our faith walks today. Oh sure, the systems are in place, and they look good on the outside. But in a crisis……..
The economic downturn is applying overwhelming pressure to many of us. Undoubtedly you know someone who faces an uncertain future do to [...]
21 May
Square Watermelons? Well I NEVER…
“Japanese grocery stores had a problem. They are much smaller than their US counterparts and don’t have room to waste. Watermelons, big and round, wasted a lot of space. Most people would simply tell the grocery stores that watermelons grow round and there is nothing that can be done about it. That is how the [...]
20 May
Crazy Love .4
To me a good book, just like a good friend, is measured by it’s ability to turn me towards God.
As the pendulum swings…
Legalism vs. Permissiveness
Rules vs. Freedom
Free Will vs. Sovereignty
Law vs. Grace
Perhaps we all spend our lifetime bouncing between the 2 extremes, when in fact the mysterious truth of God’s Crazy Love for you [...]
19 May
Crazy Love .3
Crazy…
Gotta admit – I am perplexed.
There I was, sitting next to the resort pool in Naples, sunning more than my big toe, relaxing with one of my much anticipated reads. The setting could not have been better scripted.
I was cruising through the chapters of Crazy Love by Francis Chan rather uneventfully…that was until chapter [...]
16 May
Crazy Love.2
If you missed it yesterday, I challenge you to take a look at this short video clip called “Aww Factor“. It sets up the first few chapters in a way that just may shake your notions about your Creator (in a good way) and will leave you speechless, amazed, and humbled.
So the following are direct [...]
15 May
Vaca…
Finally, a little vacation…
We are headed to Naples for a long weekend – cheering on Bay’s AAU basketball team in their last tourney.
Unplugging is hard for me…but critical. I’m taking along a few books that I’ve been craving. The first is by Francis Chan, called Crazy Love.
Francis is one of my favorite speakers. [...]
14 May
Too Far?
Taking “relevancy” too far?
Heck NO!
When you are a missional minded church, you must remain true to the Gospel AND culturally relevant. So for the next few weekends we are going to the BEACH !
Or should I say, we are bringing the beach to Grace Family Church. Tons of sand are being shoveled into our [...]
13 May
Ten Largest Sunday Schools
Ahhhh…Sunday School.
Just saying that out loud brings back memories of flannell boards and donuts.
Wiki states that Sunday School had its origins dating back to 1831 with the work of Robert Raikes, editor of the Gloucester Journal, who saw the need to prevent children in the slums descending into crime. The first Sunday School in London [...]
12 May
God IS in the details…
Aesthetics are important.
There, I said it.
Before my highly charged testosterone friends bail on me, let me explain.
Maybe it’s because I live in a household of 5 highly charged estrogen ladies, or maybe it is just how God wired me, but the “fluff” as always appealed to me. While most men are straight vanilla, I [...]
9 May
…and I’m Just Livin’ In It
“In a consumer culture, the customer, not Christ, is King.”
- Skye Jethani, editor of Leadership Journal
While stuffing my face here at Panera Bakery with too much of a good thing, I wondered out loud a dangerous and controversial question:
But first, let me set it up.
My sister Suz challenged me back into regular posts. I’ve [...]
5 May
My Purpose
“Your role may be thankless, but if you are willing to give it your all, you just might bring success to those who outlast you” – Unknown
Seems to be a common question of those of us 40 somethings:
What is my purpose?
Now, I can no more answer that question for you than you could for me, [...]
2 May
Hungry?
From Time.com
Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
Poland: [...]
1 May
AA Advantage?
“Sometimes I wish I was an alcoholic” – Phlip Yancey
Caught my attention too.
That is absurd, right?
Before one can receive help, he must declare that he needs help. Before he declares he needs help, he must be presented with the dire nature of his condition…like when a doctor delivers the bad news. The news [...]
Say What?