January 2011
29 posts
Bless someone with this challenge...
Take 1 minute right now to text message, facebook, twitter, or email someone who has been through the ringer this year!  Tell them you are praying for a miraculous turnaround in 2011.  Chances are the words you give are exactly the motivation they need to feed their faith. Romans 15:5-6 5 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord...
Jan 1st
December 2010
25 posts
Jesus Is LORD: My Top Ten Theology and Church... →
christisenough: As the end of the year approaches, we eagerly look forward to 2011 and make resolutions. The challenges of 2010 fade as we dream of new possibilities next year. But it’s also worthwhile to reflect on what’s changed in the last 12 months. The discipline allows us to transcend the constant, daily…
Dec 31st
“Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel...”
– T.S. Eliot
Dec 31st
“God takes what we call a mess and turns it into a message”
– Anonymous
Dec 31st
““One of God’s greatest gifts to us is a fresh start…accept...”
– Me to our church and my closest friends!
Dec 30th
New Thru 30
So, we are starting this brand new series this week at Haviland Friends Church called New Thru 30. I am flat out pumped for this one! Seriously! Our Spiritual Life Board and Administrative Council approved the challenge I presented to them regarding this series. Our entire church, adults, students, children and families, together reading through the New Testament in 30 days! Wow! Are you...
Dec 29th
“The best journeys answer questions you never thought to ask in the first place.”
– Me
Dec 29th
“All great schemes are crazy, that’s what makes them great.”
– Movie: Stone of Destiny
Dec 28th
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When Your With Family
I spent the last two days with my family. In the past, “my family” referred to more of my extended family like parents, brothers and all the kids. These past two days were spent with my family. My wife and my children, that’s it. I realized that God is doing something new in us. New in the sense, that just being together was the best thing we could have done. Don’t...
Dec 28th
Dec 28th
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Dec 24th
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WatchWatch
This is what Christmas is all about.  Check this out, then show it to you family!  Good stuff!
Dec 23rd
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Christmas is Meeting Me Where I Need It Most
So far, this Christmas season has been an amazing time of reflection and concentration on the deep experiences of Christ coming into this world.  It’s easy for me, and maybe for you too to look at the narrative of Jesus’ coming into this world and hear the same story every year and somehow miss out on the true impact.  I personally struggle getting caught in the routine of the story...
Dec 23rd
“This life is the only heaven the unbeliever will ever know. This life is the...”
– Bill Johnson (via christisenough)
Dec 23rd
tumblrbot asked: WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?
Dec 22nd
Presence 3 - Fully Human
Luke 2:12 ESV [12] And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”  Have you ever been captivated by a word in such a way that you find yourself using it all too often?  Maybe the word has some intense meaning to you, and maybe the word just seems to stick to you for no apparent reason.  Human - that’s the word.  You could kind of...
Dec 22nd
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Presence 2 - Balancing Life
“It’s been amazing to see our church step up in practical ways to give to the needy this Christmas.  I have been amazed at how my entire focus in this season has been challenged to reflect in a deep way to find where my passions and joy truly come from.  I’m finding that when I focus on others and their needs, my own life seems to be filled beyond measure.  It goes against our...
Dec 14th
WatchWatch
Be Still…Be Very Still!  
Dec 10th
Rejoice...seriously, you have good reason to!
Zechariah 9:9http://esv.to/Zc9.9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war…
Dec 10th
Dec 10th
Dec 10th
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Presence - Week 2
So the markets, the economy, the future, our security, and seemingly our hope seems all too often to be lost right now in our cultural decline.  There are so many “what if’s” in our world right now. Don’t believe me?  Here are some of today’s news headlines: “Angry Dems Threaten to Sink Tax Cut Deal” “Mullen Warns North Korea” “Fidel...
Dec 8th
Dec 7th
Dec 2nd
Don't know what to write...
So…I was just sitting here trying to come up with something clever to write for my first real post on my new tumblr site.  So I will write simply what I’m thinking and try not to make is sound right.  aka…A.D.D. style “Why am I doing this?  Aren’t there enough social networking sites?  Who will find me here anyway?  I’m totally writing to dead air.   This wool...
Dec 2nd