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Another False Premise of Short-Term Missions
2008-01-30 11:52:00 “It will Change Their Lives” The book I recently read, Serving with Eyes Wide Open, discusses at length some of the shortcomings of short term missions (no pun intended), one of which is the false premise that our missions work will change the lives of the people we go to serve. The book highlights a lot ... More About: Missions , Short-term , Short , Term , Missi
YouTubesday: Music Makes the World Go Around
2008-01-29 10:46:00 I’ve accumulated a lot of music videos of varying kinds in my YouTube favorites folder, so I figured I should post them. They don’t necessarily relate to each other in any way. Enjoy. Hey Ya! Cover song (4:31) This Too Shall Be Made Right - Video to Derek Webb’s song (3:47) Tonya Watts “Cumberland Angels” [I came across ... More About: Music , World , Blog , The World
Short-term Missions as Wanderlust Adventure
2008-01-28 16:20:00 This is a quote from Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Read the letters and listen to the reports before and after mission trips, and those who go on trips tend to emphasize the so-called spiritual things: the number of souls saved, the lessons learned about prayer and materialism, and the impact made up the church visited. ... More About: Adventure , Missions , Short-term , Short , Wanderlust
What Carrying Out the ?Go? Command Looks Like
2008-01-27 10:57:00 The church I attended in Nashville took a group on a short term missions trip to Brazil this past November. In discussing the topic of ‘Missions’ I was trying to think about the biblical precedent for ‘missions’ work as we consider it. I wrote this post on the church forum… The oft referenced verse for Christian ... More About: Command , Carrying , Looks
Book Review: Serving With Eyes Wide Open
2008-01-26 10:16:00 This past week I read the book, Serving With Eyes Wide Open , by David A. Livermore. I had picked up this book at the suggestion of some people I attend church with in Nashville. We had been having a discussion about what ‘missions’ looked like for the church and about the decision to take ... More About: Book Review , Review , Book
Help Me Pick a Book Cover
2008-01-25 14:50:00 Okay, nothing fancy this time, just wanted to ask for you to do me a favor and take a quick survey. I wrote a novel back in November and I’m working on self-publishing it. My brother is doing the cover design and I’ve picked three I like to have you choose from. Take a minute ... More About: Blog , Book , Cover , Pick
Links: Diapers, Adventures, Politics, Whores, and Business
2008-01-24 11:55:00 This is What I’ve read: Agent B ponders what Christians in Business should look like. Jaded Optimist has info for diapering missionaries. One take on Gender and Politics from Julie. Just the title makes me want to read this book. Food Whores Someone else takes on the Wealth, family and security questions. If Huckabee really wants to amend the constitution then… [via] Choose-Your-Own-Adventure ... More About: Links , Adventures , Diapers
Faulty Logic Leads to Lapse in Judgment
2008-01-23 10:17:00 You ever get upset and do something completely irrational? I’ve gone almost an entire year without eating any chocolate (that wasn’t fair trade), but Saturday I almost broke that commitment. As I mentioned the other day, we were having a bad day with car trouble and all, and I was really struggling with how frustrating ... More About: Leads , Judgment , Logic
YouTubesday: Art, Ideas and Warming
2008-01-22 11:01:00 I hope you all don’t mind that my Youtubesdays haven’t had much of a theme. I’ve just been finding, via different blogs, a lot of random videos I’ve found quite interesting and thought you would enjoy. I’ll try to give a brief enough description for you to not have to waste your time watching something, ... More About: Ideas , Armin
This is The Embodiement of Dr. King?s Dream
2008-01-21 17:49:00 Barack Obama’s Speech at Dr. King ’s Church (34:00) (ht. Keane) No TagsShare This More About: Dream
Dead Car - No Community = Trouble
2008-01-21 02:05:00 If there is ever a time you’ve longed for community, it’s in times of need. We’ve been having those a lot lately, no drastic, but frustrating. Ours has particularly been related to car trouble. Our amazing and wonderful Honda Civic 1995 coupe, with an engine swap, that has gotten 36mpg on average for the life of ... More About: Community , Dead
Book Report: Slaughterhouse Five
2008-01-19 11:20:00 Seeing as Saturday’s don’t usually get much viewership (which is good, you should be out enjoying the weekend), I figured I’d use it as a time to catch up on a little homework. As a current full-time parent, I’ve tried to find ways to keep myself motivated toward certain goals, one of which is reading ... More About: Book , Report , Slaughter
What If $30 a Year Could Help Eliminate Slavery?
2008-01-18 10:58:00 I don’t often talk about donating to organizations (maybe I do in your opinion), and I’m not suggesting that here. We currently live in a world that creates problems, and then creates organizations and campaigns to fix those problems. It seems a bit backwards to me. About one year ago I decided to stop eating ... More About: Slavery , Year , Avery
Links: Anarchist, Toys, Kanakuk, Hypocrites, Air Travel
2008-01-17 10:06:00 A collection of links I found interesting this week: Those ‘Educational’ Toys aren’t what they say they are. Greg Boyd is an Anarchist. Go Greg! [via] Shaun talks about Dollar (Creflo that is) and Kanakuk. You might be interested in reading about Harlem Children’s Zone Project. No Impact Man tackles The Problem with Air Travel And Today’s Quote [via]: A new survey ... More About: Air Travel , Links , Hypocrites
How I Budget For Our Mortgage
2008-01-16 14:44:00 I’ve been talking about the house and budgeting a bit and I wanted to get into some discussion about budgeting and housing. This will be more about how I ‘think’ about it it terms of my budget more then anything, you’ll find it will kind of pan out the same. I’m not doing anything magical, ... More About: Money , Mortgage , Budget , Mort
YouTubesday: A Collection of Shorts
2008-01-15 20:38:00 Again, no set cohesive theme, but I had a lot of short snippets I thought I’d share, that you might find interesting. I’ll try and give a brief description of each. (the numbers in parenthesis are about how long each clip is. i.e. 1:00 is one minute) “Kill’em with Kindness”, a short photo montage with some ... More About: Shorts
The Revolving Door Of Washington
2008-01-14 18:27:00 Not to get too political on you, but I participated in a cool little project by Sunlight Foundation today that I thought I’d tell you about. Sunlight Foundation is all about bringing transparency to Washington (the government) and they are doing some very innovative things to do it. The project I helped with is called ‘Where ... More About: Transparency , Door
An Excerpt from ?Giving Up?
2008-01-13 18:57:00 I’m getting quite close to having a completed novel. I’m not set, but I believe the title is going to be “Giving Up.” I thought, as a devotional today, that I would post an excerpt from the book. Obviously, you don’t know the characters or context, but this dialog about the teachings of Christ should ...
30 Sermons You?d Never Hear in Church
2008-01-12 08:51:00 The pews are filled, the preacher is out of town, and the pulpit is all yours. You step up to the old wooden bulwark. Everyone is quiet. You’ve been rehearsing this in your mind for years. You pause, steady your voice, let a slight smirk spread across your lips, and begin. . . . Here’s your ... More About: Church , Blog , Hear , Sermons , Mons
Friday Frugal Food Meme
2008-01-12 00:21:00 I’ve rarely done these ‘Meme ’ things, so I hope I’m even using the term right. I wanted to do one today because I was curious of the input of others into the category of ‘Frugal ’ Food , as in cheap cooking. So, I’ll just jump right into the list (I’m making this up as I go ... More About: Blog , Friday
Random Linkage
2008-01-10 10:45:00 Don’t know if I’ll make this a regular Thursday thing, but I’ve got to throw a post in every once in a while with an assortment of random links for your enjoyment. Here you are: Miller takes on the ethical shopping dilemma. Compassion in Politics predicts 2008 the Year of the Editor. Josh Brown tackles our wayward patriotism. You ... More About: Random , Linkage
Equity, Shmequity, I?ll Just Take the House, Thank You Very Much
2008-01-09 11:29:00 My post about what they didn’t tell me when buying a house had some good dialog. One of the things that came up, because I mentioned it off handedly in my post, was about equity. I figured I mentioned it, so I might as well share a little of my thoughts concerning it too. First of ... More About: House , Money , The House , Equity
YouTubesday: Challenging The Shopping World
2008-01-08 12:25:00 There are several ways to challenging the shopping world. Here’s a few… First of all, information is a start. Do you know some Crucifixes are made in sweatshops? Shopdropping is one creative way to challenge the machine What’s a world without outdoor advertising? consumerism, shopdropping, shopping, sweatshops, videoShare This More About: Shopping , World , Halle
What They Don?t Tell You When You Buy a House
2008-01-07 14:28:00 We’ve been moved into our new home for about one month now. I’m sorry I haven’t done well at keeping you up to date on how things have been going here, but you can tell from the lack of updating that it has been busy. I’ve discussed our decision to buy on the blog a ... More About: House , Money , A House
On Attending A Church
2008-01-06 17:57:00 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord?s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity. (Acts 2:44-46) I was reading Derek’s post on Josh’s blog about the Consumptive Church and it got me interested and longing to find a house church group to meet with in my ...
Why Don?t People Read or Write Blogs on Weekends?
2008-01-05 10:39:00 I’ve always found this a curious phenomenon. You would think that since people usually have much more free time on the weekends, that they would be more likely to check blogs, comment, write, etc. But, surprisingly to me, that’s not the case. Many big blogs take breaks on the weekends, which makes sense since they ... More About: People , Write , Blogs , Blog , Read
What If What We Eat Really Is Important?
2008-01-04 14:47:00 It’s an every changing world in my house. Each month the kiddo grows, and I’m learning new things about being a parent. This month we embark into solid foods. That means I’m purchasing food and nutrition that is going straight to her digestive system, sans the mom. Like any parent, I want what’s best for ...
Writing to a Better 2008
2008-01-03 10:55:00 I have one encompassing New Year’s Resolution I think is worth sharing, as it will affect this blog. No, I’m not leaving the blog, I hope to write a post a day as I have for about a year now. What I do plan on doing is writing more from my heart and mind, rather ... More About: Writing , Blog , 2008
Confessions of 2007
2008-01-02 10:33:00 It’s interesting that many of us start our year’s off with resolutions. In many ways I think it is a good idea, it being a very productive way to set our minds on the year ahead and what we hope to accomplish. At the same time, we all know the reputation of New Year’s Resolutions, ... More About: Confessions , Fess
YouTubesday: Welcome to 2008!
More articles from this author:2008-01-01 18:12:00 There’s a lot to look forward to in 2008 . Here are a collection of shorts you might enjoy: COMEDY (As in smooth-talking politicians): VOTING (Let’s be serious about democracy this election): Watch a 25 minute video about Election Fraud. GOOD MUSIC: Inspiring Religious Movements: Crazy Viral Videos: I’m sure there will be many more exciting videos coming in 2008. videoShare This 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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