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Entries from October 2009

Free Music on Amazon

October 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Just discovered some free music on Amazon courtesy of Lifehacker.com. It’s Philip Glass Sampler and it’s classical music. And I love it. Great music to read or write to or just chill out. Can’t believe it’s free.

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Tags: movies & music

whyChurch Series Starts Sunday

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments

I have a love-hate relationship about my time in the Army. Hated the 18-20 hour days. Hated being in the woods 20 to 30 days at a time. Hated the cold, wet marches with 45lbs of gear on my back. Hated the food for the most part. We had a lot of different meanings for [...]

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Tags: church & emergent musings · theological ramblings · weekly evos

E-cards for iPhones

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments

I was about to send Amy an e-card today and realized…she can’t open it on her iPhone. What to do? Go to ecardlets.com. It’s pretty cool, pretty basic. Looks like you can even design your own card and send if you have the time.

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Tags: blogs & xbox

The Q & A From Sunday Last

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments

A few of you have asked for the questions… Here’s the link for the audio. It’s a bit long to go through all of the questions here but I want to hit a couple of highlights. It’s always fun to read Song of Songs…always…especially in church. That’s all I’ll say about that. Amy is a [...]

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Tags: church & emergent musings · spiritual formation

Harvest Report

October 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The journey of the Harvest thus far: The Past 30, The Next 30 A Little Sacrifice Now… Why The Debt And Why Now Exodus 36:5 A Gentle Rebuke So what happened Sunday? We had over 17k dollars come in towards the debt…which means there is 19k left…which means in the span of 9 months we’ve [...]

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Tags: church & emergent musings · journal of a new lead pastor

The McDonaldization of YS?

October 22nd, 2009 · 9 Comments

If you haven’t heard by now, let me help you get the rock that you’re living under off of you. Mark Oestreicher – lovingly referred to as “Marko” – was ‘released’ by Youth Specialties on Monday by Zondervan. I’ll pause a minute and let that sink in. There’s much that isn’t known at this point. [...]

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Tags: leadership · youth ministry

A Gentle Rebuke

October 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

This Sunday is Harvest Sunday and as of right now, we have 42k on the debt. What does it mean if the debt is gone after this Sunday? It means we’ll spend 78,000 more dollars on ministry next year than we did this year without increasing our budget. Part of that will be for a [...]

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Tags: journal of a new lead pastor · leadership

Crow Never Tasted So Good

October 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

So the Broncos are 6-0 after smashing the Chargers in the mouth. Can I say for the record that Shawn Merriman is an overrated airbag? For the life of me, I don’t understand the hype. He’s got ZERO sacks this year and didn’t make a tackle for loss all game. In fact, since his injury [...]

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Tags: sports

why church? next series..

October 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Here’s a sneak peak at our next series….which starts on November 1.

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Tags: journal of a new lead pastor

You Version Live Basics

October 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments

LifeChurch has just recently published one of the coolest little things for the mobile phones. It’s called YouVersion Live. Basically, it’s going to allow those who have a web-enabled phone to read the bible, answer survey questions, respond to questions, take notes, get the speaker’s notes, and much more all from their phone. Sounds great [...]

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Tags: blogs & xbox · journal of a new lead pastor