At the onset of this project, I had hoped to illuminate the connection between the declining condition of Christian education within the context of the Sunday school, and the emerging church. Not surprisingly, however, there exists very little information that directly discusses the intersection of the emerging church’s upward growth and the Sunday school’s decline. [...]
This morning I hiked up to the top of Queen Anne and went to church at Bethany Presbyterian for the first time. All throughout the service, there was a man sitting next to me, scribbling furiously in a notebook. His handwriting was fast, without regard for form or accuracy. He was writing what appeared to [...]
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Mark had written several articles for secular magazines and had been interviewed a few times on the radio and had gotten this reputation as a pastor who said cusswords. It is true that Mark said alot of cusswords. I don’t know why he did it. He hadn’t become a Christian until he was in college, [...]
Wow… What a terrific letdown. I went to a church here in Seattle… Mars Hill. It’s an 11-year-old church, and I had heard mixed things about it. It has many-thousands of members and four campuses here in the city. And all I can say is that my heart was deeply saddened by what I experienced [...]
Tell me, how would you feel? You’d probably give up too, If nobody believed in you.
As a preface to this post, I’d like to make it known that I think I believe in God. Perhaps I am only as certain of this as anyone can ever be; but regardless, that single ‘fact’ greatly relates to this post. Also, before I even write what I’ve so many times outlined in my [...]
Tonight, I followed the moon for 97.4 miles… The way you saw it convinced me that I’d like the same.
Tomorrow morning if you wake up and the sun does not appear I will be here If in the dark, we lose sight of love Hold my hand, and have no fear ‘Cause I will be here I will be here When you feel like being quiet When you need to speak your mind I [...]
“You’ve got a disease that there is no known cure for. We have run the approprite tests and found alarming conclusions. This is a very troubleing circumstance. But what is more troubling is how you develoled this condition. It seems that due to constant exposure to the dangerous realities around you, this extremely rare virus [...]
Tonight, I was invited by Jeremy Veenema to attend the Unity Christian Music Festival at Heritage Landing. The first complete act we saw was Casting Crowns… … And in true CCM style, the lead singer offered a mini-sermon of sorts… Unlike the near-death story of the act preceding him (Matthew West?), he offered more of [...]