Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Christians are known as…
In Relevant magazine’s e-newsletter called 850 Words of Relevant (10/22/2007) they interviewed David Kinnaman, president and strategic leader of The Barna Group, and co-author of the book, UnChristian: What a New Generation Thinks About Christianity…and Why It Matters. Kinnaman and the Barna Group had done years of research into America’s current perception of Christianity and [...]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
We Don’t Need More Incognito Christians
This morning I was thinking about how cool it is to have Christians at work in the media. I was thinking about Evan Almighty, and its writer, Steve Oedekerk. It’s fun to discover Christians in the culture - like Tony Dungy in the NFL, Johnny Hart on the comic pages, and others.
But then I started [...]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
God Loves You!
Have you seen the bumper sticker or T-shirt that says, “Jesus loves you, but I’m his favorite.” It’s made me smile more than once - because I take it as just silly. But I wonder how many people live that way.
Seems to me there are some who believe it. I’m God’s favorite. Or maybe more [...]
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Focus
I am still processing my trip to the Leadership Institute of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. Resurrection is the largest UM church in the US, I believe, with a membership of approximately 15,000. It’s an amazing place that offers much to its community.
I was asked the other day what makes [...]
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Ugly Can Be Beautiful
Olevia, a maker of HDTVs, has a commercial I see quite a bit on ESPN that shows a women’s tennis player having a bad call go against her, and a baseball player getting hit by a pitch. The tag line is, “Ugly can be beautiful.”
Seems to me this is a good description of the “ugly” [...]