Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Gospel on August 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I confess that yesterday as I listened to Michael Vick declare that he’d found Jesus, I groaned.
Vick, an NFL quarterback and now convicted for involvement in dog fighting, did what a lot of people do when facing a situation like this. Said several of the sports radio hosts (or something like it): ‘Why don’t these [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blogging, Don Whitney, Quotations on August 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
From Don Whitney’s “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life”:
“An old adage says that thoughts disentangle themselves when passed through the lips and across the fingertips [Amen! {"Amen!" mine}]. While reading makes a full man, and dialogue makes a ready man, according to Francis Bacon, writing makes and exact man [italics his {obnoxious interjections mine}].”
I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christian disciplines, Ministry on August 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
As I’ve mentioned, lately the learning has been coming fast and furious. It’s all I can do to hold on to as much of it as possible.
Tonight is a good example:
I’ve just sat down from jamming through much more reading than I’m accustomed. The leadership meeting to plan our ministry year for Ikon Youth Ministries [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Book Reviews, Holy Spirit on August 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Oh fun! A book review at Ikonograph!
I just finished “Spirit Empowered Preaching” by Arturo G. Azurdia III. I am a teacher at my church, and I have read a handful of books on the subject of preaching. This is probably my favorite. It does not give any advice about preaching mechanics, though there is certainly [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on August 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Man, it’s been a bit since I posted. Life’s just been too crazy around here to sit down and collect my thoughts. That’s not to say that I haven’t had plenty to think about. It’s been a time for a lot of personal introspection and reflection for me. Over the last twelve months I’ve been [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Humor, Youtube on August 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Having come across this classic Monty Python bit recently, I knew I had to put it up on the site. I think I went fishing after the Reformed Geek put up some Python. This is, I think, my favorite python sketch eve. Now, as a Christian, I find it even funnier because I’ve had meaningful [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Humor, Uncategorized on August 2, 2007 | 4 Comments »
This is my daughter, Madison. She’s three years old. Isn’t she cute?
Just two nights ago, Madison went to being fully potty-trained. She’s been ready for a while, but two nights ago she gave up pull-up diapers and made it through the night. i can tell you I’ve seldom been so proud. We even removed [...]
