Earth Hour
Tonight the lights go out. People from across the globe are participating in Earth Hour, a global cooperative program designed to shed awareness on climate change. Major cities from across the world, from Sydney to New York, from Los Angeles to Dubai, have planned to participate. A complete blackout of those major cities would be … Read more
the dirty word of evangelism
Evangelism might as well be labeled a four letter word. It has become, in many circles, synonymous with televangelist marketing that seems to care more for the pocketbook than the heart. It had gotten to a point with me that I had begun trying to develop a new vocabulary to talk about the work of … Read more
Sermon Notes March 15
It was requested that I post today’s sermon notes, so here they are. If you need any help deciphering them, just let me know! John is the “maverick” gospel – stories are different from the other gospels, as John’s stories are usually more concerned about Jesus’ divinity. An exception is the story of Jesus overturning the tables in the … Read more
Why I remain a United Methodist
Jenny Smith started a whole series of young United Methodists offering reasons why they are still United Methodists with her blog. I like her list, and mine will be similar in scope and fashion. Let me begin by making clear that I am first and foremost a follower of Jesus. To borrow Rob Bell’s metaphor, … Read more
Lent Devotions Week 3
Celebration and Worship Day 1 Read the Verse Exodus 20:4-6 (New International Version) 4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD … Read more
A prayer for Winnenden
15 people have been killed in a school-shooting spree in Winnenden, Germany. Even though it is a world away, I feel as though it might as well have been much closer. In the past week, the professions that both my wife and I find myself in have experienced gun violence – a church and a … Read more
One Laptop per child
I was first introduced to the one laptop per child initiative by Suzanne Buchele, who is a professor at Southwestern University in Georgetown. It is a program that hopes to make the world a little more accessible by offering laptops to children across the world who would otherwise have little access to a computer. It … Read more
Lent Week 2
Part of the Lenten Journey, we are going through some of the spiritual disciplines in some small groups. We meet once a week to go over the concept and then we’ll be using the rest of the days of the week to spend some time practicing the discipline. If you would like to join along, … Read more
A close encounter of the rock kind
CNN.com reports today that an “Asteroid passed within 38,000 miles of Earth on Monday,” but “the 40-yard-wide rock was nothing to be worried about.” 38,000 miles is nothing in terms of space, and in fact, is just over twice the distance of some of the satelites orbiting the earth that help control our communications ability. … Read more
