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He is Risen!

He is risen! He is risen indeed! These words often fall on deaf ears inside the walls of the church. They have fallen into the bucket of overused Sunday School clichés. It’s said many times around the Easter season, but rarely said with the truth and power that lies behind. Bad[...]

by Unknown ~ Saturday, April 04, 2015 0 comments

Don't Overreact

Don't Overreact I've never been one to overreact. I remember watching the 2006 AFC Championship game between the Colts and Patriots. Growing up in Indiana made me a pretty big Colts fan. Going into halftime the Colts were losing 21-6. The Patriots had scored three touchdowns and the Colts hadn't[...]

by Unknown ~ Thursday, November 22, 2012 0 comments

Notes on a Page

My entire life has been surrounded by music. My mother loved music and played it all the time, in the car, in the house and on a crappy tape player whenever we'd be outside. I'm thankful for that. I love music too and can really appreciate all kinds. I started singing in church when[...]

by Unknown ~ Tuesday, September 28, 2010 0 comments

American Mythology

I came across this term recently in a post at www.jesusmanifesto.com. In this post, the author makes the point that Christians should consider whether or not it is appropriate, as believers in Christ and His Kingdom, to celebrate American holidays. He actually calls them America's "holy days." He is trying to make the point that[...]

by Unknown ~ Wednesday, June 02, 2010 0 comments

Looking ahead

So I was driving home tonight from work and I immediately turned my radio to 720 AM to see if the Cubs were still playing. Ahh, the comforting voices of Pat and Ron telling me that Ryan Theriot was coming up to bat.I love listening to Cubs games. Really I enjoy listening to just about any baseball game on the radio. There's just[...]

by Unknown ~ Monday, August 31, 2009 0 comments

Are we the new Pharisees?

I wrote this in response to a blog that I read giving ideas for revisions to allow for the drinking of "de-alcoholized wine." These would've been revisions for the manual in the Church of the Nazarene. If you're not Nazarene don't think that this can't apply to you. Many American Protestants hold on to the same beliefs about alcohol.[...]

by Unknown ~ Saturday, July 25, 2009 3 comments

What Matters More???

Wow! For those of you who followed the Derek Webb fiasco to the end... Congrats are in order. I did the best I could and was there compiling music at the very end of it. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, it's ok. Please keep reading!One of my favorite Singer Songwriters is Derek Webb. He recently released[...]

by Unknown ~ Friday, July 24, 2009 5 comments