Monthly Archives: August 2010
Some Guitar Songs in G-Tuning
I started playing in G tuning to spice things up a bit… not that I ever played that well in E, being a hack. For G tuning, strings are tuned to DGDGBD, except “Daughter” which is GGDGBD (The E string is … Continue reading
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Sermon Branding
(Please read the comments after you read this post. A friend brought up some good points, and I actually agree with him that the term “branding” may not be the wisest choice for sermon planning. I do believe that pastors … Continue reading
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Sermon Delivery Tips II
The Sermon Writing and Delivery Tips entries (February 2010) have gotten a lot of hits on my blog, so I’ll add to them from time to time. If you have tips, feel free to click “Leave a Comment” and share … Continue reading
More Teens Are Fake Christians
By John Blake, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS More teenagers embracing watered-down Christianity, author argues in new book Teenagers see God as “divine therapist,” author says Teenager: “They don’t want to make sacrifices” Who’s responsible for inspiring teens? Parents and pastors are, … Continue reading
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The Level 5 Leader
Jim Collins on Level 5 Leadership (Thanks to Jeff Greenway, pastor of Reynoldsburg United Methodist Church, for some good convos about Level 5 Leaders)… Jim Collins video- http://www.jimcollins.com/media_topics/level-5.html#audio=81 Level 1 Leaders are “highly capable people” who can produce results of some kind … Continue reading
Was Jesus a Christian?
It’s taken 2,000 years for us to realize that Jesus was a good Jew who was probably not trying to start a new religion (although His claim to be the One sent from God demands a decision about whether to … Continue reading
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Cell Phone Ettiquette from Tim Stevens
This is entirely a re-post of a blog entry by Tim Stevens at http://www.leadingsmart.com/. Wherever You Are…Be Fully There July 22, 2010 – 7:19 am Teens get a lot of grief about how much time they spend on their phones. … Continue reading
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The Shrinking 40%
Thanks to Jim Hall for this link from Granger. After we visited Granger this past Saturday, we discussed how Granger may be the end of an era, the era of the big-box Disneyworld churches. It seems like unchurched people who … Continue reading
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Granger Community Church
The children’s ministry at Granger is a kid’s paradise. Once the kids are registered by their parents upstairs, they slide down into the children’s ministry room. This slide spits them out of a whale’s mouth. The pic below is the … Continue reading
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Avatar
I recently gave a teaching on the connection between the themes in Avatar and the “eastern-ness” of Christianity. Listen or download the mp3 at http://www.stonybrookumc.org/sermons. I referenced M. Robert Mulholland’s book, The Deeper Journey: The Spirituality of Discovering Your True Self. … Continue reading
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