5 worst reasons to give to a local church

I have heard, or seen in action, each of these bad reasons for giving in my time as a Christian, and every time I have head one of them I’m cringed inwardly.  I still do here these at Central occasionally, but over the six years I’ve been here they’ve become rarer and rarer.  So much…

Why Wiiâ„¢ Bowling?

As soon as I played Wiiâ„¢ Bowling for the first time I thought, “We absolutely need to have a Church league.”  So we had one last year and it was quite successful.  So successful, as a matter of fact that the league has nearly doubled in size and now has two divisions in it’s second…

Facing the Wind – Introduction

Below is a rough draft of my introduction to the devotional study I’m writing on the Holy Spirit, entitled Facing the Wind.  I share it with you, my readers, for two reasons.  First, to spark interest among the folks from Central Baptist who will be going through the study at some point in the coming…

Outdated Education

A couple of weeks ago I read a blog post over on ShellyPalmer.com entitled, “What if your dream job does’t exist anymore?”  It was all about a several conversations that Shelly had with people trying to break into the news media business – looking for dream jobs that either no longer exist, or will soon…

Oh Communion, Communion, Where Art Thou?

I don’t want to make lite of the whole Swine Flu thing.  The CDC can’t be blamed for handling the situation the way that they are.  It’s not their fault that a potentially dangerous strain of flu has sprung up at the same time news media seems to be dropping like flies.  The papers and…

Go Ahead, Pass Your Notes

One of the most interesting things going on during the BibleTech09 conference was the undercurrent of conversation going via twitter during the sessions.  It was at that time that I thought Twitter could be an incredible tool for encouraging conversation during a learning event like a class or seminar.  I’m already hoping to encourage people…