With all the hype about the world cup (and rightfully so) Major League Baseball has taken a backseat in the media and to our detriment because some amazing baseball is being played by the American League and particularly four teams: Detroit, Chicago, Minnesota, and Boston. It is hard to believe that the American […]
I just got off the phone with Carrie. She had to take Carter to the eye doctor today because for about the last 3 or 4 weeks he has had his right eye crossing (not a good sign). It was funny at times when Caleb would say, “Hey Carter, do that weird thing […]
This past weekend our pastor had a good sermon on the issue of priorities (you can find it here). He spoke about the need to not only have priorities that will set the direction for how you live but to have the right priorities.
He concluded by challenging us to write out our top 5 priorities […]
As I think about language in every day life I am painfully reminded of its immense power. The old adage, ‘sticks and stones might break my bones but words will never hurt me,’ is simply untrue. It is a saying we have developed to try and gloss over the incredible wounds that words […]
Some have asked what this campus church network will look like here at CMSU. As I said in a comment the specifics will be determined by the individual campus church but there is an underlying value system that will describe all the churches in the network.
So here is a brief description:
I began working through the Redeemer Pres Church Planting Manual tonight and it is phenomenal. I have really grown to appreciate Tim Keller and what God has done under his leadership in Manhattan. This resource is extremely gospel driven, focused on cultural relevancy, and is very hands on with projects, case studies, etc.
Though […]
Well we are going to move ahead with plans to start a house church on campus this fall with the idea that this initial church will reproduce another house church by October (you can see more about what this will look like here). This is exciting for us and I have no idea where […]
Well it’s official; I’m now a fan of Andy Stanley. Not that I was ever against him or anything. I have listened to him speak (via cds) before, I’ve even read some pieces of his books. But after last night I have become a fan.
You see, I’ve been home all weekend with […]
So I have begun to notice in the last few months that some people are really into their fancy pens. I’m not going to list all the links to posts I have found in this regard but just off the top of my head I have seen at least 7 references in the last […]
So I was studying tonight and went to look some stuff up online and ran across The Visual Thesaurus. Basically you type in a word and it will visually link the word to other words giving definitions at axis points on the diagram. I have only looked up one word but the visual […]
