Posted in Personal on December 24th, 2006 5 Comments »
o all of you who read and comment, may your Christmas time be one of rich blessing, and may the peace of Christ dwell in your hearts. I appreciate all of you who have come into my life through this blog, and wish you joy. I likely will not post again until 2007, so…
Until next […]
any of you are probably familiar with George Barna. For years, church leaders turned to Barna’s research polls as a barometer of the culture around them and within their own churches. Many of the church growth principles that drove the megachurch model since the late 80’s and early 90’s found their support in […]
Posted in Personal on December 17th, 2006 14 Comments »
his is a rather unique type of post for this blog, but I wanted to share about a blessing today. We had the distinct joy and privilege of meeting one of my loyal readers and dear friends in person today! It took a very long drive to Cairo, GA (pronounced KAY-ro, not like […]
s we discussed in my recent post and comments, there sometimes is a point where we have to look for what might be standing in the way of following biblical patterns. One can tell from the comments that there is disagreement as to what models and patterns even exist in the New Testament for […]
ast year, I wrote a post questioning the whole concept of a “War on Christmas“. I had hoped that this year, things would be a bit calmer. But it appears that some still want to hold to the idea that Christmas is threatened. And others are feeling the same frustration I did […]