September 2009
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My Vast Wealth of Knowledge
Yesterday on the playground I found a dead, dried out bug in a spider’s web on the playground at the preschool. There was a four-year-old girl standing there, so I asked her if she knew what happens to a bug that gets caught in a spider web. She shook her head, so I told her… Continue reading
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The Christ of Daniel
I never thought I would find myself sympathizing at all with the religious leaders of ancient Palestine who opposed Jesus. But today I read a study note in my Bible that really helped me to see some things from their perspective. In the Book of Daniel, the Bible teaches that the Babylonian Empire would be… Continue reading
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Revealed
Beginning in October at CrossWay Church we’re doing a seven-week series on the Book of Revelation. It’s called “Revealed” and will use seven powerful images from Revelation to see what this book about the last days can teach us about living in this day. I’ve been looking forward to this one for months! Continue reading
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Return of the Podcast
Woo hoo! After being out of commission for several months, the CrossWay Church Sermon Podcast is now back in action. I’m trying to catch up on uploading the backlog. Unfortunately some recordings didn’t turn out. But at least now we can start getting the weekly messages back online. However, this did present me with a… Continue reading
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And On the Fifth Day, God Made the Itsy Bitsy Spider
Kids are great. Yesterday morning at the Training Station, Ms. Grace led the first Bible Story time for the new school year. A couple highlights: Ms. Grace: Today I’m going to tell you the story about how God made the world. Three-year-old boy: ‘Cause He’s magic! Ms. Grace (near end of Bible Story time): Okay… Continue reading
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Community
Last night our church started a new community group. A community group is where a lot of church really happens. Rather than a larger, impersonal setting with lots of people, it’s a smaller, more personal setting. It’s where life-on-life relationships can really happen. Community groups have played such an enormous role in my own life… Continue reading
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The First 100 Days
Laura Marie turned 100 days old yesterday. She celebrated by rolling over and laughing. She had kind of done both before, but yesterday was different. The baby rolled completely over from back to front and then, for good measure, from front to back. And she kept doing it. Later she was sitting on her mom’s… Continue reading
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Coaching…But At What Cost?
The apostle Paul was imprisoned in a dungeon a short time before he was to be executed. He sat down to write one last letter. He’d written many letters to many churches and individuals over his long ministry. This final letter was written to Timothy, a younger man that Paul had coached as Timothy began… Continue reading
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New
Today marks the start of a new year: preschool begins at the Training Station and Carolyn starts her new teaching job. She’s teaching three-year-olds three afternoons a week. A new school year also means more time in the office and more interaction with preschool families. It’s always exciting to enter a new season! This morning… Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 