Tuesday Trips

Yesterday included two events not normally on my ministry schedule:  1) a pre-school celebration for our 2s & 3s classes and 2) a high school girls' softball game, cheering on a couple of young women from our church.So why do I label today's post "Tuesday...

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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Songs Named After Females

Rock music is full of songs named after . . . females.(Note: I almost titled the post "Named After Girls" but that's politically incorrect and I then almost opted for "Named After Women" but that's less-than-accurate, so I opted for the non-offensive and...

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Mother’s Day & Church: The Annual Conundrum

Back when I was in seminary and serving an internship in a small church in central Kentucky, the pastor let me preach on the second Sunday in May.  So I did.  I have no idea what I preached about.Except that I didn't preach about mothers.Afterwards, I was...

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The Power Of Ambient Sound

Our church recently installed what could be called, for better or worse, Christian Muzak.Which means that throughout our hallways and lobbies and bathrooms there is a continual stream of contemporary Christian pop music.  Subtle yet unmistakable.Whether it's the...

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Preaching Like Seinfeld

Behold Jerry Seinfeld's observations on winning a silver medal at the Olympics:And that's his genius: he sees deeply into the absurdities that most people barely notice, much less take time to reflect on.  Then he says what he sees.Really, what he gives...

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Just How Big “The Heavens & The Earth” Really Are

To help people grasp the scope of creation during yesterday's service on "I Believe In God The Father Almighty, Maker Of Heaven & Earth,"  we showed this video:It helped (I think!) to reinforce yesterday's bottom line:  God the Father Almighty is the...

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Old School Launch

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker Of Heaven And Earth . . .  So begins one of the oldest compilations of the church’s beliefs, a bold declaration known asThe Apostles’ Creed.Some of you grew up reciting it in church every week. Others had more...

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Sometimes

Sometimes . . . . . . . I have two Nutrageouses after lunch. . . . I wonder if anyone will show up for church on Sunday. . . . I wish I could still have Frosted Mini-Wheats for breakfast. . . . when I'm driving alone and I see yet another of those...

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