Well, yesterday we woke up to rain pelting our windows rather than gentle snow covering our lawn. I checked the temperature and found out that it was below freezing outside. The temperature didn’t match up with the preciipation that was hitting our windows so I opened our front door to see if my fears would…
Tag: Church
I Pastor People Who are Nuts
Believe me, I mean that as a compliment! I got this drawing for Christmas from one of our members. She like drawing little ants in all sorts of odd places and having interesting conversations. In this particular drawing the ants are raiding a Christmas tree for supplies. It takes a strange sort of mind to…
A Response to DA Carson and Technology
I’m responding to this post over at the Internet Monk. My thoughts got long-winded so I went the trackback route. Dr. Carson brings up some good points. The dearth of trivial information on the ‘net is staggering – as is the problem that in a democratic medium EVERYONE can post their opinion on their own…
Advent Conspiracy
I’ve been trying to introduce the concept of Advent to Central for the last couple of years. Admittedly, I’m doing this because I hate the month of December in this culture. Everyone is runs around like an angry bunch of lunatics – leaving a wake of tension and stress in their wake. I dislike venturing…
Kingdom Collision – Reflections
This past Sunday marked the end of the “Kingdom Collision” sermon series at Central. For folks who weren’t reading my blog back when I was prepping Kingdom Collision, this series took a look at the Gospel narrative and then looked at the political impact Jesus’ teachings would have had in the first century. This series…
Noisy Night
OK, I have a confession. Actually, I think I’ve made this confession before but I’ll make it again just in case folks weren’t reading my blog the last time I made it. I can’t stand the hymn, “Silent Night.” I don’t mind the tune, it’s actually rather beautiful. What I mind is that the song…
