May 2007
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End of Self, Beginning of God
It seems like every preacher has a story about the time God changed up the sermon at the last minute. I always hoped it would never happen to me. It did–my first Sunday at my new post. All week long I’d had a stinky attitude. All sorts of little things were going wrong, and the… Continue reading
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All You Need is Love
Tomorrow is my first Sunday as the lead pastor of a church. We’re talking about love. In preparing for my first sermon at this church, I was all ready to talk about planting the Gospel, keeping pure motives, and all that kind of charge-the-hill stuff. But then God really pressed on my heart that the… Continue reading
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Podcasting & Stuff
By the way, it might take a couple weeks, but I’m hoping to start podcasting our services as soon as possible. We’re also in the process of searching for a new name for the church. Any ideas? Once we get that settled, we’re going for a new sign and can get going on a new… Continue reading
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Who’s That?
The church I started pastoring this week has a preschool called the Training Station. I have a feeling it’s going to be a great source of inspiration and entertainment. A few minutes ago I got to sit in on the Bible story that Ms. Grace taught. It was great! She really has a gift for… Continue reading
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Whew
Cyberspace. I totally do NOT want to be a cyberastronaut. I’ve been out there for a week or two and have been without cyberoxygen. I attempted to switch over to GoDaddy.com without messing up this blog, so I could set up email there. It didn’t work. Nothing there worked. I think I’ll lie down here… Continue reading
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Day 2: Warwick Castle
Below is the second journal entry recording the events of the trip Carolyn and I took to England and France in July of 2006: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 London, England This morning we had breakfast again with the opera people, who told us the very interesting story of how they met. There was also a… Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 