Church Stuff
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Your Tough Questions: Podcast Edition
Just so ya know, the podcast from “Your Tough Questions” on Sunday is now available. You can access it using one of the CrossWay Sermon Podcast links on the right side of this screen. Continue reading
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Embarrassing Typo
As someone who has earned the reputation of being something of a typo sniper, I guess it’s my duty to publicly confess my own embarrassing typos. The elders at CrossWay are working on overhauling our church’s Constitution & By-Laws. At a meeting a couple weeks ago I gave our elders a current copy with proposed… Continue reading
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Your Tough Questions About God
At CrossWay yesterday we wrapped up the “Tough Questions About God” series by fielding questions that people submitted. Two of our elders (as in church leaders, not just old guys) joined with me in attempting to tackle some of the questions. The questions we received covered topics like the origin of God, what happens to… Continue reading
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Don’t All Religions Lead to God?
At CrossWay Church yesterday we had the fourth week in our series “Tough Questions About God.” The question for the week: Don’t all religions lead to God? This is actually a strange question because it defies all logic, and we don’t apply this line of thinking to any other area of our lives, yet so… Continue reading
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Weekend Stuff
Stuff from the weekend: On Friday and Saturday I took a class in the Lancaster, PA area. The course is called Anabaptist Leadership, Polity, and Effectiveness. I’m still not sure exactly what polity is, but it sounds pretty complicated. Our instructor is very good–knowledgeable, funny, personable, and good at both imparting information and facilitating discussion.… Continue reading
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Kickin’ a Phat Beat
After the teachers left the Training Station yesterday afternoon and I had the building all to myself, I practiced on the drumset. Josh recorded the songs for this Sunday so I could practice. It worked pretty well. He recorded the guitar and vocals, so I put them on my iPod along with recordings that other… Continue reading
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Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Tough question. But for this five-week series, tough questions are what we’re about here at CrossWay Church. Yesterday’s question was: Why do bad things happen to good people? A disclaimer I made up front in the message yesterday: This question is not only tough, but also quite complicated. I refuse to pretend that I’ve got… Continue reading
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Drumming
Yesterday the worship band practiced again. It’s only week two, and I’ve already hit the ceiling for my skill level! I simply couldn’t keep up. We’re doing several upbeat songs this week, and I was slowing them all down by the time we were halfway through it. I definitely need some training! And LOTS of… Continue reading
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WOO HOO!!!!!!
The new sign is up! YES!!!! (Okay, so we need to fix the panel inside–but who cares? It’s up!) Here’s John taking the plastic off the top of the sign. Either that, or he’s just playing. Here’s the spot in the grass where the sign was lying (or laying or whatever) for three months: Continue reading
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Easter Weekend Review
(Warning to reader: I haven’t blogged much these past few days, but I’m more than making up for it today!) Work hard. Play hard. That’s the way to live, and that’s how it’s been this past week. A review of events since last week’s Maundy Thursday service: On Friday morning I got a call from… Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 