Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Rush Songs

At church this past Sunday, I saw a high school senior in our congregation who had a Rush book bag.  I thought maybe it was a different "Rush" (Limbaugh, maybe?) or that it was a joke.So I asked her about it.  Sure enough, she's a fan.  Someone born in...

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Not A Fan, Week 5 — Mission Drift

Throughout the Not A Fan series, we've tried to give the people of the church some concrete, tangible ways to follow up on the Sunday morning conversations.That's why we offered the Reveal class.  People are now pursuing Jesus by digging into his Word.It's why we...

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It’s Bob Dylan, Not Nostradamus

Many of you are familiar with the books of the bible known as the prophets.Located in the Old Testament, these texts are a mix of what we call the major prophets --  Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel -- and the minor prophets -- Amos, Micah, Joel, Habbakkuk...

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K Club Update

A few weeks ago, I posted on the launch of our K-Club Pilot Project -- a way of moving Children's Ministry out of the church building and into the neighborhood.  You can read that report here.Anyway, at last week's K-Club, children were asked to name one thing...

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What “One With Them” Was All About . . .

I am so glad we did what we did yesterday.Instead of a more typical "music-video-solo-sermon" format to reinforce the Not A Fan series, we turned everything upside down on behalf of the persecuted church.We had a multi-movement, multi-sensory, and multi-cultural...

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Not A Fan, Week 4 — One With Them

I don't want to give away all the surprises about this coming Sunday's worship experience.Except to let you know it will be unlike anything we've ever done on a Sunday morning.You'll be challenged.You'll be enlightened.You'll be angered.You'll be moved.You'll be...

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A Morning Benefit

One of the benefits of listening to music instead of talking heads on the way to work is that I get to hear this guy sing:

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