Entries from March 2008

March 31, 2008

Buildings

Tonight, Arborlawn votes on moving forward on the new building plans. If you’re the praying type, please pray that God’s will be done. Nothing more, nothing less.
Here are two computer renderings on the architect’s vision of the proposed new worship spaces (disclaimer: these are subject to change):
The “contemporary space”:

The “traditional space”

March 27, 2008

20 Years from now

In 20 years, I will be 47 (I know, there are some assumptions made about me living 20 years from now). Church in 2008 looks different than it did in 1988. For example, music opportunities are much different. Not many churches had electric guitars. Buildings have changed. Find a church [...]

March 26, 2008

J. Wright

I am not wholly sure what to make of the whole Jeremiah Wright situation. One part of me is completely offended. The other part of me thinks that he serves a prophetic role. The issue has hit particularly close to home because the church that I serve is less than 3 miles [...]

March 23, 2008

Easter

At one point I was asked to philosophically argue God’s existence. To be precise, I was asked to prove God exists. So, I thought about it for a while, because at the core of who I am, I believe that God exists. I believe in a particular God – the Trinity. [...]

March 17, 2008

March Madness Brackets

I created a bracket for Arborlawn, but I realized that I should create one for other people who want to play too. It’s on Yahoo’s site (because not everyone has a facebook).
Click here for the link.
Or if you prefer, copy and paste this:http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=107196&P=luke
If you need a password, it’s luke

March 14, 2008

Keys

It happens about once a month.  I lose my keys and can’t find them for a while.  They are usually in a pair of pants that I was wearing earlier or on my dresser.  It takes me about 5 minutes to find them most of the time.
On Tuesday, however, I lost my keys at church [...]

March 9, 2008

“How are the Children?”

This is an illustration that I used in my sermon this morning. It was passed on to me from my wife. She found it researching for her graduate school classes where she is studying educational administration. I think it’s a phenomenal illustration that asks better questions than the ones we are asking [...]

March 6, 2008

Debate and me

Today began the state high school debate tournament in Coppell.  Debate is, I believe, one of the single most important activities that I participated in as a high school student. I believe it prepared me for my vocation as a pastor. Here are some reasons why:

It forced me to evaluate both [...]

March 3, 2008

Sick Kid. Funny Cartoons.

My boy’s sick. He was running a pretty high temperature last night (over 102). With some Tylenol, it has gone back down to under 100. That’s good news. Dr.’s appointment is in an hour, so I better get going. I’ll keep you posted.In the meantime, check out these cartoons that [...]