This Weekend
Mar 28, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Amazed
//ITUNES: I Would Drown from the album “With Abandon” by Chasing Furies
This past weekend at Riverview was amazing. I don’t know what else to say about it. We spent time sharing our stories with each other. We remembered what God has done.
One of the things we did was have people write down their stories and we compiled all of these into a bunch of books that we are going to have in the lobby. Just now, I spent some time reading through one of the books. I am blown away at what God is doing in people’s lives.
Here is one of the first stories I flipped to:
God is good, all the time.
About a year ago, my best friend committed suicide. This past summer was the hardest time in my life. I was in daily agony. Christ revealed to me his love through the cross. It was through that simple and beautiful piece of wood that I found a saviour who knew my pain because he had experienced pain. He knew my lonely heart, my tears and my sleepless nights, because he had lived them.
He gave me hope for a future and love for others.
And a purpose for my life.
And JOY!!!
Amazing.
24
Mar 28, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Good
//ITUNES: Darker With The Day from the album “Songs Inspired By The Passion Of The Christ” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Thanks to JR for this amazing link to a 24 parody song. Definitely worth the listen.
Um…
Mar 27, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Wowed
//ITUNES: Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own from the album “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb” by U2
You have got to be kidding me. Thanks to Mark for his link to the BushFish.org: Supporting God and Country:
This reminded me of when I was ranting and raving in a meeting about how “some people should put Focus on the Family on their Jesus fish because they worship them more than him.” My friend Marty went immediately to work and IMed me this a few minutes later from across the room. Click on it for a wallpaper version (yes, he made me a wallpaper version).
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Mark Driscoll Apologizes
Mar 27, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Impressed
//ITUNES: Mary And The baby Elvis from the album “Eighty Eight” by Seventy Sevens
One of the hallmarks of a man or woman of God is how they respond to reproof. That’s why I was super impressed after reading this on Mark Driscoll’s blog today. I love the last paragraph.
Some years ago I was part of a team that traveled around the country speaking about issues pertaining to the truth of the gospel, the condition of the culture, and the mission of the church to incarnate the gospel in the culture. I eventually left that team for a variety of practical and theological reasons. Since that time, much of that team has remained together and has evolved into the Emergent stream of the emerging church. Perhaps the best-known leaders in that network are Brian McLaren and Doug Pagitt.
Since leaving that team I have been increasingly concerned about some of the theological conversations that are taking place, which has led to frustration and anger on my part. The result was an email I fired off in angry haste to the “Out of Ur” blog in response to a piece by Brian Mclaren in Leadership journal on his pastoral response to the homosexual issue. In short, I took some cheap shots at Brian and Doug.
A godly friend once asked me an important question: “What do you want to be known for?” I responded that solid theology and effective church planting were the things that I cared most about and wanted to be known for. He kindly said that my reputation was growing as a guy with good theology, a bad temper, and a foul mouth. This is not what I want to be known for. And after listening to the concerns of the board members of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network that I lead, and of some of the elders and deacons at Mars Hill Church that I pastor, I have come to see that my comments were sinful and in poor taste. Therefore, I am publicly asking for forgiveness from both Brian and Doug because I was wrong for attacking them personally and I was wrong for the way in which I confronted positions with which I still disagree. I also ask forgiveness from those who were justifiably offended at the way I chose to address the disagreement. I pray that you will accept this posting as a genuine act of repentance for my sin.
In the end, I do not want my tone and style to get in the way of important discussions and kingdom work. So, my intention is to lean into God’s empowering grace to become a holy man who demonstrates greater self-control. In the future, my prayer is that I could continue to speak with pithy edginess and candor that is also marked by grace and appropriate words. I obviously failed this time. Please forgive me and pray for me.
For Christians Only
Mar 27, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Thanks to TallSkinnyKiwi for this one. It is a Christian version of My Space. Gag.
It’s called Xianz.com. Wowy wow.
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Quote of the Day
Mar 27, 2006 Quotes
//MOOD: Decent
//NOISE: Almost none
(Via A Cognizant Discourse)
The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and putting your nose in a slicing machine: its dumb, stupid, and no fun. Some individual sins may have pleasure still attached to them because of the residual goodness of the realities they are abusing: adultery can indeed be pleasant and tying one on can amuse. But betrayal, jealousy, love grown cold, and the gray dawn of the morning after are nobody’s idea of a good time.
Robert Farrar Capon
Lobby
Mar 25, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Good
//ITUNES: Star Wars – The Imperial March
Thanks to Jeff for this video from Fellowship Bible Church:
Father and Son Talk
Mar 24, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Middle of the Road
//ITUNES: Love & Hope from the album “Street Signs” by Ozomatli
Disclaimer: I am not endorsing any political candidate or leaning. I just thought this was funny.
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