Got your attention? I wonder how many filters are going to let this post through?? I’ve been reading a couple of blogs religiously – pun intended – that I have to pass on. I’ll update my blog roll later tonight. The first one – nakedreligion.com Today’s topic – church membership. I love IT!!!!! He argues read more
I will now put on my uniform czar title and hat. Mainly because the update on the NFL uniform ranks is coming…it is a playoff tradition on G’s Rants. But first – a litte warm up for us all. This junk here on the right. This photo shows 2 of the most hideous football uniform read more
One week of blog fasting…didn’t know if it was Grantly possible. It is. Now I don’t have to prove that again. What I got out of the time —- Spent more time reading and writing in journal. Never a bad investment there.Spent more time in thin places/God moments. I also got a yearning for a read more
What a great capstone to our Missions Month! Shack really did an outstanding job challenging us. Here is the sermon to download, here it is for iTunes. My notes from Shack’s sermon: In order for God to do what He wants to do in us and through us, He needs to know we love Him. read more
We’re in Grove Hill – here’s a link to a satellite picture of where we are. It’s a little blurry…I guess south Alabama doesn’t deserve a sharp picture. Couple of housekeeping comments… Nixon – man, you honor me. Thanks for the nomination. I won’t win but it’s a honor to even be nominated…right? hahaha… And read more
We (Grace Church) will be “journeying” through Narnia this December – coinciding with the motion picture release on December 9th. I love the idea. I love the books. There are some major theological issues that we get to unpack with this series. The rub is – the movie has to be good. If it is read more
In an article that I don’t think could have been better written, the man-ability of handwarmers are discussed. I emailed Paul Lukas – as it appears that we have a kindred spirit. Other questions that I feel need to be addressed: 1. towels for anyone other than the center.2. hand whistles for the refs…what the read more
Well, I think I’ve seen about the 3 ugliest quarters of football in Alabama history. The last two of the LSU game and the first one of the Auburn game. Is it a coincidence that those are the same quarters that Mike Shula forgot how to run the ball? I think not. Good night – read more
Gary’s talk centered around two passages of scripture, Matthew 16 – where Jesus says that He will build his church and the gates of hell will not prevail – and Matthew 9 – where Jesus says whatever measure of faith you have it will be done to you. Gary said that Jesus is building his read more
I’d just thought I would tell you all that. Inquiring minds wanted to know, I’m sure. Other thoughts I am having… I’m finally recovered from Alabama’s loss to LSU. Ready to destroy Auburn. The only real metric measurement I’d like to see the US switch to is temperature. Okay – maybe kilometers as well. I’d read more
Watched the movie Crash last night, with Don Cheadle – who I think is the best actor you’ve never heard of. It’s rated R for a reason – language, violence, brief nudity – but the themes it deals with and the twists in the story are incredible. If they had removed the brief nudity and read more
Here we go again… Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire opens this weekend…just in case you’ve been in a lockdown unit. And the “Ban the Potter” messages are coming. It’s too bad about that really. The books are incredibly written and the movies are decent. Great stories – and it’s impossible to keep the read more
Had a good friend email this to me yesterday. It’s been a long time since I read the whole prayer. Here it is. God, grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a read more
Here’s the deal Jeremy – we like Canada. We really do. See here for confirmation. It’s just that the rest of world is just wrong using metric instead of inches, feet, pounds, and miles. And that’s all I got to say about that.
A few months ago – I learned that I am cooler than 92% of the world. Proof is here. Then Wayne responded with this. Then of course – I had to respond with this. Do any of you remember this? At any rate – Wayne’s final comment here might just have me beat. I mean, read more
Wayne and I are having a little…well, a little discussion over my use of 2k5 to give the year instead of 2005. Wayne wrote: Just so you know – the 2k5 stuff drives me nuts – technically you should be typing 2.005k at which point it’s just easier to type 2005. Grant wrote: wait a read more
December 9th, Narnia will be released in theatres across the country. It is THE MOVIE of the Christmas season (well, King Kong is coming out too but to do a sermon series on that was going to be really, really, really, hard). Mainly because the same folks that did the effects for Lord of the read more
What a challenging book – Jonah. What’s up with Jonah’s death wish thing? I mean, instead of asking God to stop the storm so that he can obey – he’d rather drown at sea. Then he’d rather see the entire city destroyed than repent. Then he’d rather die under the withered plant than accept the read more
We had a missionary from Frontiers talk this morning at Grace. He had some pretty challenging statements. He said that the terrorist attacks against the United States are not over. There will be more. Then he asked would the Christians of the US still love them? How do you respond to that? He noted that read more
G: Hey, C – can you email me the updated Life Group Leader list with phone numbers, emails, and addresses? C: I put a hard copy in your box. Our database is unable to email out that information. G: I’m sure there is a perfectly logical explanation as to why we have a database program read more
It’s dangerous to brag on students. The line between incredible faith and incredible stupidity is such a fine one. But it’s one I love to walk myself. I wanna brag on Z. He’s a junior in high school. He’s also a high school boys life group leader. He’s starting a clothes drive for the BBP. read more
This Saturday, the Missions Team is hosting David Goldmann. If you are planning to go, be sure to drop the Missions team a note at deb.618ATcomcast.net. You might get a door prize or something…(not really). You can get a glimpse of frontiers ministry here.
Here is the full story from Heath’s perspective. Here it is from Ann’s. Bottom line – Little One’s future, from a human perspective is not good. But Heath has said it best – this circumstance has increased our faith, proven our community, and demanded our dependence. Glory to God.
I lead worship this weekend at Grace. I like leading worship. It’s fun – especially with the musicians we have at Grace…gosh, we’ve got some talented ones. But it does come with some ….’problems.’ Should I rock out on my Gretsch hollow body then shift to the acoustic or vice versa?Chorus pedal – with or read more
I think Cuba Gooding, Jr. is one of the most talented actors on the planet. Ever. Look at his resume‘! But where the heck has he been?? Just flippin’ channels and ran across As Good As It Gets, saw his performance there and was just wondering….
I hate hospitals. Hate ‘em. Had a mentor/pastor used to say that hospitals were where Christ does His best work. I hate to disagree with a mentor…but it’s also the site of some of the most intense pain. It’s in the hospital that the 15 second sound-bite theology that says “God is in control” or read more
“I can promise you at this game there will be no wardrobe malfunction.”Sheryl Crow, the singer, upon being introduced as the halftime entertainment for the Dallas-Denver Thanksgiving Day game to benefit the Salvation Army. Well, I don’t know if that is good news or not.
Thank you Zack for your comment but someone who updates their blog yearly should NOT critique one that is off for a weekend…ha hah… I took the weekend – went to Memphis on Thursday and Friday to see the in-laws who were working a conference. Watched Alabama stay undefeated, Miami dismantle Virginia Tech, took the read more
This is just classic SBC in the states… The short of it is this: The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention has unanimously passed a resolution encouraging Christian parents to look into whether their local public schools are involved in homosexual activism and, where this is the case, to pursue alternative choices for their children’s education. read more
Great discussion here about the nobility of ministry versus the reality of it. I resonate with Mile20 on many points – the attrition rate for other professions may be just as high, at least what we do matters. I also think that some churches just don’t get how to treat people in general, let alone read more
If you have an iPod, you already know the coolness that is called Podcasting. Below are my favorite Podcasts (links are to iTunes subscription site)…what are yours? Mosaic, Erwin McManus…Philippians series right nowLegacy Church, Gene Wilkes – The Barbarian Way series nowDanube International Tom & Jerry‘s church in Budapest. Mike Shula Press Conference – Alabama read more
Here is the full post complete with comments if you want to read it. The premise is that a whole generation of leaders are leaving the church for these reasons. 1. The discontinuity between what they imagined ministry to be and what it actually is is too great. 2. A life without weekends sucks. 3. read more
I just got this email from Debbie Schellhause concerning the speaking calendar for November. Here it is gang – hope this helps you lead your LIFE Group. I’d say that if you have any questions, give me a call but…I don’t know much of anything either. ha hah.. November 6th: Rowland and Mark Tedder will read more
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