Category: Church Stuff
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P is for Praise
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host! Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he commanded and they were…
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Ding Dong, The Flip is Back!
I was posting sermons for family back home and then–*BAM!*–our apartment got broken into and our video recorder was stolen. Thanks in no small part to the generosity of my grandparents who visited last week, we are now in possession of a new flip video, which means that Alex has been taping sermons again (or…
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2/14 Sermon: Shine
Sermon preached at Belvidere for Transfiguration Day. Alex thought it would be fun to tape the Children’s sermon too, so here it is.
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Discipleship and Haiti
When he finally arrives, blazing in beauty and all his angels with him, the Son of Man will take his place on his glorious throne. Then all the nations will be arranged before him and he will sort the people out, much as a shepherd sorts out sheep and goats, putting sheep to his right…
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Gratitude: A Christmas Eve Reflection on the Lukan Story
It doesn’t start off sounding like a particularly special or noteworthy story—“In those days, a decree went out from Emperor Augustus, that all the world should be registered.” No warning that this story is THE story, just information, a setting, a time and a place. A map, if you will, of the various pieces and…
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A blog about (not) blogging, and other experiences that take my breath away
I posted the following to presbymergent‘s website and it should, pending review, show up sometime over the course of the next week. I spent a little time working on it, so I didn’t quite have the time to write something for here this week, so I thought I would post it here as well. Enjoy!…
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What does your Calvin Look Like?
The NYTimes posted an article this week about Mark Driscoll and his church, Mar’s Hill, which they conveniently entitled, “Who Would Jesus Smack Down?” Actually, the article is just as much about Calvinism as it is about Driscoll, in particular what the author calls “New Calvinism.” She writes of Driscoll: What is new about Driscoll…
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Defining the indefinable
So this dude facebooked me today with the following message: Hi Sarah, I was hoping to find out more about what the term Emergent Church means. I’ve done some Internet research, but have, so far, been unable to clearly grasp this concept. I checked out the blogger and facebook emergent church cohort, and I thought…
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Ministries of Misery
So I finished my Ord exam today (whoopeee!) and am now back in that blissful state known as pure summer… which means that i finally have time to write a bit of substance. So what has been on my mind? Lots of things, actually. Due to exegesis exam, for starters, my mind is focused quite…
Deeper in me than I 