The English is clear enough to lorry drivers – but the Welsh reads:
“I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated.”
Archive for October, 2008
31 Oct
E-mail error ends up on road sign
31 Oct
MY church vs. the CHURCH
I gotta tell you – I am really struggling with “church”. And this struggle originates from the inside, out.
My heart beats for the local church. Thank you mom and dad for instilling into the core of who I am a love to serve the local church. And for this season of my life, I get [...]
30 Oct
Perhaps Greatest Dilemma of our Time
At lunch with a friend when it happened.
He orders his beverage of choice without ice – a drink that didn’t qualify for the free refill. His frugality was on full display. I had to question his strategy, he knew his stuff. Said he recently came across a science fair project begging to happen. Cold hard [...]
29 Oct
Don’t Give Up…
The pressure of life got the best of her. It just wasn’t worth fighting anymore.
It was a call that no one ever wants to receive…
Work long enough in the pit of life and you’re gonna get dirty. Ministry has a way of doing that.
Work long enough with young people and you are sure to come [...]
27 Oct
Hulu – The Evolution of Limitless Choices
Hulu.
Means “snoring” in Chinese.
“Cease and desist” in Swahili”
For this generation and those that follow, Hulu gives us a peek into the future.
Hulu’s tagline – watch your favorites. Anytime. For free.
In a world of limitless choices, 10 year olds aren’t going to run home to catch a TV show.
What the VCR did to TV….and TIVO did [...]
24 Oct
“We’re All In This Together…”
In (tongue in cheek) honor of the release of the new High School Musical, maybe we all ARE really in this thing together.
Thank you Stephen:
In The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky tells the story of the elder Zosima who says, “Truly each of us is guilty before everyone and for everyone, only people do not know it, [...]
21 Oct
My Heart…
The world tells me to follow my heart, but if I’m not leading it, then someone or something else will.
The Bible reminded me this morning that “the heart is more deceitful than all else” (Jeremiah 17:9), and it will always pursue that which feels right at the moment.
I must choose to lead my heart toward [...]
20 Oct
Uprising – Bell rings in 30 minutes….
One of my most favorite things I do is to hang out with our 8 church interns and talk Christian Literature. Today we wrap up Foster’s Celebration of Discipline. Here’s what I’m hitting them with this morning:
Simplicity: Frees us for the tyranny of the self, the tyranny of things, and the tyranny of people.
1. Poser. [...]
18 Oct
Moving Day
OK, the new digs are ready – today is moving day!
Head over to the new site:
www.HookedOnGrace.com
By purchasing the domain, it gives me a few more options to follow those strange instructions of the Holy Spirit.
See you over there!
- Roy
17 Oct
Me Too…
If it’s true that others identify more with our failures than our successes, then consider the following:
How can death produce life?
Our church will serve communion (Lord’s Supper, the Eucharist) this weekend. Rob Bell has challenged me in ways I have never been challenged in his new book “Jesus Wants To Save Christians”.
“This is how the [...]
17 Oct
Me Too…
If it’s true that others identify more with our failures than our successes, then consider the following:
How can death produce life?
Our church will serve communion (Lord’s Supper, the Eucharist) this weekend. Rob Bell has challenged me in ways I have never been challenged in his new book “Jesus Wants To Save Christians”.
“This is how the [...]
16 Oct
Hooked…
Here’s a question I get from time to time: “What’s up with the name of your site – Hooked On Grace?”
It’s an intentional word play -
1. Hooked – play on my last name (Lord knows that’s easy to do)
2. Grace – because the more I fall in love with Jesus, the more I fall in [...]
15 Oct
Tell ‘Em 4 Things…
Re-Imagining…
My role as daddy to my 4 girls.
As I tried to practice one of the points from yesterday – listening to God – REALLY listening, a thought popped into my head.
Origin – Me? God?
How do I know?
I asked Him. It was Him. It felt like Him. It aligned with His Word. It just felt “right”.
OK [...]
14 Oct
4 Questions I’m Asking Today…
How do I fall in love with you all over again Jesus?
These questions may help me…
From the Catalyst conference last week – Perry Noble, pastor at NewSpring Church in South Carolina:
1. How much time do I spend listening to you God? I mean daily uninterrupted consistent time…
2. Am I more concerned with being recognized or [...]
13 Oct
Re-Imagine
Father, I love you.
Forgive me for taking you for granted. All I want to do this morning is to fall in love with you, all over again. My heart is to begin this romance today. Right now.
Re-imagine.
What has your relationship with Christ looked like at its best? What does it look like now? Is there [...]
9 Oct
Forgotten Comma
A comma ( , ) is a punctuation mark. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline of the text. Some typefaces render it as a small line, slightly curved or straight, or as a small [...]
8 Oct
First Step
OK, I admit it.
Church work can be…well…work. Peering from the outside in through the ornate stained glass windows, one would think that those that work inside the holy of holies spend their days lost within 8 hour worship sets. Hardly.
Some days are no better than your average corporate workday – in fact, they are worse.
I [...]
6 Oct
Keep Us Safe?
I first came across this line of thinking when I heard Louie Giglio speak on Prayer. It challenged me then, and it challenged me again this morning when I read Todd’s MMI post:
Haven’t we all prayed the following prayer? Lord, we pray for safety as we travel. We ask that no one gets hurt on [...]
3 Oct
Friday Quote…
“The number one issue in church leadership today? Pastors are given significant power, but with no maturity or experience in how to use it.” – John Eldridge
Fortunately he didn’t specifically mention your church or mine.
Say What?