It’s a requirement.
November 13, 2009
March 5, 2009
More coming soon. Stay tuned.
February 2, 2009
This afternoon I’m going to go talk to the good people at Chick-Fil-A about using their building as a meeting place for our church. The idea came to me about a week and a half ago, but then we had the power outage thing and we ended up staying out of town at my in-laws and it just messed the whole week up… But it makes sense to me. Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sundays. And their corporate purpose is, “to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us (and) to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.”
So it seems like a win-win to me. We get a place to meet. They get an opportunity to fulfill their corporate purpose. Sounds like a good idea. I just hope it’s a God idea.
So if you read this, please pray that God will open up this door for Evolution Church.
January 25, 2009
This morning at Church we sang “Famous One” by Chris Tomlin.
You are the Lord
The famous one
Famous one
Great is your name
In all the earth
It made me think. Is God really the “famous one?” 2008’s top Google searches were:
- sarah palin
- beijing 2008
- facebook login
- tuenti
- heath ledger
- obama
- nasza klasa
- wer kennt wen
- euro 2008
- jonas brothers
And if I had to venture a guess, the amount of time spent in conversation about those topics probably pretty closely correlates.
Webster’s defines famous as “Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; much talked of; distinguished in story…”
So, it begs the question: is God really famous? And if not, how does the church go about making God famous again? (or is that even the church’s job?)
December 3, 2008
This post is dedicated to my friend ST, since it’s her birthday week…
Katy Perry’s newest song has been stuck in my head for a while. The tune’s catchy, but I think they lyrics strike a lot of girls on a deeper level.
You change your mind
Like a girl changes clothes
Yeah, you PMS like a bitch
I would know
And you always think
Always speak cryptically
I should know
That you’re no good for me
‘Cause you’re hot then you’re cold
You’re yes then you’re no
You’re in and you’re out
You’re up and you’re down
You’re wrong when it’s right
It’s black and it’s white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
You, you don’t really wanna stay, no
You, but you don’t really wanna go, oh
When I hear this song, a lot of guys I know come to mind (including me up until a couple of years ago). Too many guys (especially Christian guys, it seems) are way too passive when it comes to relationships. Way too non-committal. They speak way too cryptically (“hey, some of us are going to supper, and, umm, if you aren’t doing anything, and you’re going to eat supper anyway, maybe you’d want to eat supper with me, I mean, umm, us… that is, if you’re not doing anything else for supper that would interfere with going to supper with us”).
A lot of girls have had their hearts ripped to shreds by guys who won’t commit. I’m not saying you have to ask a girl to marry her the first time you meet her, but if you like a girl, act like it! Respect the girl’s heart (and respect her intelligence – she’s smart enough to tell when you like her, so quit pretending like you don’t like her to give yourself an out from being embarassed if she doesn’t reciprocate), and ask her out. Tell her you like her. Tell her you’d like to get to know her better (and not because you want to be “just friends”). Let your yes be yes and your no be no.
I’m not saying that the editors of the NIV pee sitting down or anything, but sometimes I have to agree with this guy, that a man needs to be a man (not a male)!
