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Archive for April, 2008

For Star Wars Fans

Posted in The Funny, tagged , on April 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I know this is my third pop culture/video post in a row.  I swear I’m working on some other stuff.  I’ll be back to commenting on religion shortly…

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Hi, I’m a Professional Golfer.

Posted in Sports, tagged , on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Ladies and Gentlemen, John Daly.

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Too Good to Pass Up…

Posted in Church Ministry on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »

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Are Seminaries Doing a Good Job?

Posted in Church Ministry, Cultural Commentary, Theology, tagged , , , , , , , on April 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Not long ago my friend Andrew reported a conversation he had recently with a seminary faculty member who asked him, “Are we doing a good job?”  Great question.  I’ve thought about this quite commonly in recent weeks.  I’m assuming your response to this question might depend on the extent of your experience with Christian ministers, [...]

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Old News :: Radiohead’s In Rainbows is Phenomenal

Posted in Music, tagged , , on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Some of you may have heard about Radiohead’s move to make their latest album, In Rainbows, available as an online download.  What was unique about this was Radiohead’s decision to make the album available without a set price.  In fact, the person downloading the album could give what they thought the music was worth.   The album was available for [...]

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“Take Up Thy Tools”

Posted in Church Ministry, Cultural Commentary, tagged , on April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Here is a great article from Clive Thompson on getting your hands dirty and becoming more handy.  I’m not too handy myself, but I have enjoyed those occasions being a first time homeowner has provided to build and install stuff myself.  Sometimes it is a disaster.  Sometimes it is great.
I can see his point in saying [...]

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Other Observations :: General Conference Part III

Posted in Church Ministry, Theology, tagged , , , on April 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In the morning I had the opportunity to speak to a couple of African delegates about their perceptions regarding the human sexuality issue.  They too a conservative stance, and clearly could not understand the distance they observed between the first missionaries who taught them about Christianity and the current American church.  One man said, “These [...]

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Legislative Committees :: General Conference Part II

Posted in Church Ministry, tagged , , , on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Well, following the opening plenary worship session I headed over to observe a committee.  I chose to join the General Board of Society 2, as one of their subcommittees would be responsible for the petitions related to human sexuality.
Morning Subcommittee Meeting
Following a welcome for the day and a few brief instructions about proceedings, each subcommittee [...]

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Opening Worship :: General Conference Part I

Posted in Church Ministry, tagged , , , , , on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

What a day.  What follows are my reflections–this will be part 1 of 3.  Today took a lot of energy–particularly the afternoon sessions observing the discussion of the General Board of Society.  I spent the day observing the subcommittee handling the petitions on human sexuality.  You can probably guess where this is going, particularly if [...]

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Today’s Visit :: UMC General Conference 2008 :: Ft. Worth

Posted in Church Ministry, Cultural Commentary, Theology, tagged , , on April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Today I’ll be headed to downtown Ft. Worth as an observer at General Conference ‘08.  Believe it or not, I don’t tote a laptop computer, so my notes today will be handwritten, and I’ll be posting a written update here at the end of the day.  I would ask for continued prayer for UMC leaders [...]

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