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Sleep on this idea…
Guest post by Chaplain Mike. Yawn… We don’t have too many big snow storms where I live, in central Indiana. We are usually on the line between rain and snow, and therefore happen to miss both the drastic wind-chills and ginormous snowpiles of our northern neighbors and the early spring warmth and colors of thoseContinue reading “Sleep on this idea…”
Circular Reasoning
From the inimitable, irreplaceable, absolutely necessary Naked Pastor, David Hayward:
Guess What Grandpa Bought From Wal-Mart?
UPDATE: Support the monks of St. Meinrad, who make a great wooden casket/urn at a reasonable price. Will look much better under the tree 🙂 Stand by America, Wal-Mart is selling caskets. And urns. I’m not joking. Any of you with a small funeral home in your community might want to consider two things: JustContinue reading “Guess What Grandpa Bought From Wal-Mart?”
I know this doesn’t happen, but….
No snark intended here Catholic and Orthodox friends. Just a story worth telling. I know this doesn’t happen….but this time it did. I’ve been teaching Ethiopian Orthodox students for most of two decades here at our ministry. We have about 20 of them a year and I get all of them who stay through graduationContinue reading “I know this doesn’t happen, but….”
If I become Lutheran, Anglican or Catholic, it will be because I watched this too many times.
Look Ma! I Can Wear This Caricature, Too!
Tim Challies recently reprinted an extended quote from Kevin DeYoung’s writing on the emerging/emergent church. I won’t reprint it here, but if the rest of the post is going to make any sense to you, go read it all. When I first read this, it tipped my already leaning inclination to be highly annoyed atContinue reading “Look Ma! I Can Wear This Caricature, Too!”
Now I’m Surprised This Wasn’t Used As A Worship Song
Stupid Ministry Tricks: The Best of My Bone-Headed Ministry Mistakes
It came to me today that many of you have probably felt that this web site was remiss in offering practical encouragement to those who are laboring in the work of ministry. Here I am, 33+ years into this business, and I haven’t really shared much of the wisdom of my own experiences. I intendContinue reading “Stupid Ministry Tricks: The Best of My Bone-Headed Ministry Mistakes”
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