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We have been getting a bit of snow here in Kansas City, so thought I would add some here at Thoughts of Resurrection as well. Enjoy!

I am going to take a blogging break for a few days as Nicole and I travel to be with my family for Christmas and a celebration of life. On another note, Adam Hamilton, senior pastor at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, started a blog at http://adamhamilton.cor.org/ I hope that you have a […]

Lucas Baerg has great thoughts on movements at Old School Church Growth. Dan Elmore writes about appointments in the United Methodist Church at To guarantee, or not to guarantee… The Problem of Buildings – Great thoughts from Michael. Dave Pullin asks if the church is too comfortable at What Not to Wear – Comfortable is […]

Another great video explanation from Common Craft… What other simple explanations would be helpful in the church? If you are interested, you can use RSS to read Thoughts of Resurrection by using this link – http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThoughtsOfResurrection

Wakeup Clothing looks like they have some good stuff. Thanks to CatalystSpace for the link. My Priority: Capitalizing on These 2008 Trends – an analysis of marketing trends that will be important in 2008 from Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog. Matt Judkins highlights an astute connection between Gregory of Nyssa and the appointive system in A […]

From time to time you will find a post titled Speedlinking. (Like the one below) This is a collection of blog posts from various sources that I have found to be valuable and think that you might also find valuable or enjoy. Often these are posts on which I have commented. In the each bullet […]

Seven Expectations for a healthy staff culture from Mark Batterson at Evotional. Parallels between Cars and the United Methodist Church? Find out at Thanksgiving Eve, Nintendogs and Cars from Matt Judkins at Catching Meddlers. Joseph writes about Young Adult Ministry and asks a great question about the spiritual depth of teaching and preaching. Always on […]

Welcome to Thoughts of Resurrection! If you are visiting this blog for the first time or are a repeat visitor, I want to welcome you. Here you will find my thoughts about faith, life and ministry. I invite you to check out the About Me page. If you have any questions about faith, Resurrection, life, […]

Allen writes about Storing up Treasures (and Trash) – It is a story of an old and new congregation and what do with stuff. Highly recommended. Google Church? – thoughts on recruiting young leaders at E-merging in Indiana. Blogging Pastor Gives Blogging Pastors Advice – Good tips and resources from digital.leadnet.org. Reaching Young Adults – […]

Leadership tips from Mark Batterson at 10 Things I’ve Learned in 10 years. How do you measure missional effectiveness? Quality response at Wesleyan Missional Metric, Part II. Matt has a great comment at deeply committed about the interaction between the Book of Discipline and creativity at Friday Shout Out to Matt Judkins. Michael writes Real […]