Monthly Archives: August 2008

Miscellaneous Thoughts on a Labor Day Weekend

August 29th, 2008

Spent most of the week “riding the chair” as I like to say. Misunderstood a timetable point on a project I was working on, so I had to kick it into overdrive. Cerulean Sanctum went on the backburner. Apologies if I felt a bit distant and uninvolved this week. Here’s what I’ve been thinking: I [...]

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Posted in In the News • Miscellany

Tagged Biden, Cousteau, Democrats, DNC, Don Miller, Donald Miller, GOP, Heroes, McCain, Middle Class, Miscellany, Obama, Palin, Politics, Ramblings, Republicans, Rich, Thoughts, Wall Street Journal

To My Brother, MIA

August 27th, 2008

When I was a kid, they built this suburban church near I-275 that rivaled the Colosseum in Rome. It looked like you could fit four of my church inside it. Every time we drove past, my folks would comment on how big it was. In my mind, it was as close as you could get [...]

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Posted in Boldness • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Community • Evangelism • Godly Character • Leadership • Love • Maturity • Oddities

Tagged Brotherhood, Community, Discipleship, Ecumenism, Evangelism, Fellowship, Sharing, Sharing Christ

A Church That Reads the Signs of the Times

August 25th, 2008

Karl Barth supposedly said that preachers should preach with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. Given the sorry state of the prophetic voice in the American Church today, perhaps that’s the wisest approach we can take given the circumstances. Just last week, I read an article in The Wall Street [...]

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Posted in Benevolence • Boldness • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Community • Counterculture • Discernment • Evangelism • Godly Character • Hospitality • In the News • Leadership • Love • Relevance

Tagged Benevolence, Caring, Compassion, Economics, Economy, Government, Love, Mercy, Social Services, Socialism, States, Tax Revolt, Taxes