RE: Disconnect

Disconnected

When a blog post begins with the following quote: Many Christians have grown up in the church on moralistic preaching; that is, preaching that calls for obedience without connecting the commands of God to the cross of Christ. …let’s just say you have grabbed my attention. Obedience for Obedience’s Sake How many times, growing up,…

Vanity, Vapor & Smoke

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Vanity – August 8th, 2011 Here is the screen cap of Drudge this morning: And here is a screen cap of the closing bell on Wall Street this afternoon: These kinds of headlines and news events seem to put everyone on edge. There’s a palpable sense of hopelessness throughout a day when news like this…

Dat’lldo

Kentucky-Morning

This past week, my family took part in a missions trip to Eastern Kentucky. Specifically, we rebuilt portions of folks’ homes in Frenchburg, held a week long education program for the area children and helped organize the area food and clothing pantry for those in greatest need. My family was tasked with helping a few…

Willful Ignorance, You Are Arrogance

Ignorance-&-Arrogance

From a recent Seth Godin post: People have come before us, failed, learned, written it down. Scientists have figured out what works, and proven it. Economists have gained significant understanding about the long-term impacts of short-term decisions. And historians have seen it all before. Seth goes on to explain that simply showing up and “winging…

Building Community?

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Want to build a community? Aim yourselves at mission…