Random Theological thoughts…

With all of the things going on in my life, it is easy for me to be blinded to the things that God is trying to show me through my day to day routine.  With the arrival of Remmy Rozaland McNamara, I feel the need to slow down and look at the things around me.
Remmy [...]

Overcoming the Youth Ministry Gap

Adam McLane over at Youth Specialities posed a question about a “youth ministry gap.” That is a gap between the youth ministry that is run by a paid staffer vs. the volunteer, and the differences between the two. He asks a good question about how do we bridge the gap. I left my two cents in [...]

As a Christian, I Dread This Time of Year

Okay, maybe dread is a little strong, but the way we celebrate Christmas in the U. S. to me is just wrong. What I mean is this, the church fights about the wrong stuff with this “War on Christmas,” stuff, instead of the problem that is more insidious. Consumerism.
Henry Neufeld, a United Methodist blogger, makes [...]

Darker Side of Sin City

Nightline – Darker Side of Sin City This was pointed out to me by the XXXChurch people. There is a whole other world under Las Vegas. Wow.

Social Media and Spirituality

The Theology Of Twitter
View more presentations from Steve Knight.
Online Slide shows are a little hard to follow sometimes, since you don’t get the presentor with the presentation. However, I was able to get the gist of the this. Pretty decent.

Loving the Haters

Thought I would pass this one along. We all struggle with this. I do. The problem is that we begin to see the people we despise as not human, so we think we can treat them as something other than what they are…a child of God.
Left with Questions.

Tony Dungy, Michael Vick, and Grace

Someone directed me to the Facebook page to stop Michael Vick from getting into the NFL. I joined. Then another friend chastised me for it. I reconsidered. Deleted the post and un-joined. Then this article came out. Here’s what really got me about this article.
Who knows if Vick will get on the straight and narrow [...]

A Secular View of Teen Sex

I usually read this stuff through XXXChurch.com, but I ran into this through another blog site. This secular view of the trends is what we have been saying has been happening. This is a secular site so I’ll give a warning for some of the language in the article.
HOW INTERNET PORN IS CHANGING TEEN SEX: [...]

Why Church? – Real World Parents

Youth Specialties has a web site that is meant to help parents of teenagers called Real World Parents. As a step parent of a couple of teens and a couple of young adults, I try to read up on these things. I also look into this, so that I can pass along information to other [...]

Here’s a question…

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I found this amusing yet so true. Why do you go to church? Why do you worship God?

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