Archive for July, 2006
Monday, July 31st, 2006
Carrie and I watched Match Point last night, written and directed by Woody Allen. It wasn’t a bad film but it was quite painful. I have found in the last couple of years that movies with people making bad choices related to their families really bothers me, I mean to the point of […]
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Sunday, July 30th, 2006
The rest of our team gets back from NYC on Monday. For those who are unaware they have been there since June 1 working with Urban Impact for the last 2 months. God has been doing some very cool things during their time.
Check these out:
My NYC postsÂÂ
Chris Beggs’ posts
Alison Shelby’s postsÂÂ
Megan Mathew’s posts
Urban Impact SiteÂÂ
Urban […]
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
I just found Oliver Stone’s new movie, World Trade Center, that comes out August 9. The trailer looks absolutely stunning. Check it out here.
Nicholas Cage is starring in it alongside Michael Pena (the locksmith-dad from Crash).
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Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
Check out this short video interview with Tim Keller about the characteristics of a missional church. And this one discussing the difference between missional and evangelistic.
What do you think about what he has to say?
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Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
You can check out Rob Bell’s newest Nooma film at google video.
(HT: Ben Arment)
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Friday, July 21st, 2006
Well, slowly but surely I’m getting my books catalogued. I am a little over halfway there I’d say. Anyway, if you are interested you can find my library here. You can also set up your own too.
Posted in Books: Thoughts & Remarks, Update | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
This, my friends, is good stuff.
Posted in Humor, Video | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
I found this about a year and a half ago and just ran across it in my email. It’s very funny (and short), check it out.
“Injured Bad”
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Monday, July 17th, 2006
The 2006 list of the 50 most influential churches recently came out. We have much to learn from churches around our country. And churches don’t make their way to this list for no reason.
Here’s what I’m curious about. Which of these churches have you benefited from? Maybe you are a part of that community. Maybe […]
Posted in Church, Leadership | 4 Comments »
Saturday, July 15th, 2006
Okay, so here is an honest to goodness question I have that I would like someone to answer for me.
Why is it that some churches plaster the mug of the lead pastor everywhere? I get the impression that for these churches it is mainly about some bigger-than-life personality that is leading the church. […]
Posted in Church, Community, Insanity, Leadership | 11 Comments »