Google Wants Your Sermons – Will you share? I agree with the assessment at Why I love John Wesley It is a good reminder, Don’t Blame the Technology Excellent thoughts about Reaching the Next Generation If there are any left by now, Free Copies of Blueprint for Discipleship. I signed up for these – State […]
I am preparing to preach the Ash Wednesday service tomorrow at Resurrection. I have been working to pull it together and it will get there, but it is not quite there yet. Would you pray for me today? If you are in the Kansas City area, I invite you to worship with us for Ash […]
Why you shouldn’t copy us or anyone else applies to churches as well. Apple’s design process might have some good things to teach about worship design. Hilarity at this blog post – BabyNamer.com Good insights at Top Ten Differences – Small town to megachurch Adam Hamilton asks the provocative question, In 44 Years U.S. UMC […]
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Big news and an opportunity to get a daily dose of Calvin at Reading the Institutes. A great reminder – The only thing I can control Summary of our Congregational Care retreat at Congregational Care at Resurrection in ’09. A Re-Visioning Prayer that I found to be an inspiration. I found this post to be […]
I picked up the book The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster: 100 Ways to Make Life More Efficient as a Christmas present for myself with a gift card that I received in early December. It is right up my alley. The book consists of 100 short chapters on topics that range from selling your […]
I trust Kevin and have added to my wish list from his Top 10 Books of 2008. Thanks to Dagney for the open, honest and raw expression at A Very Serious Post, Not for the Feint Hearted. Make sure that you are not Swatting at gnats Why not? A UMC Coffee House My Family is […]
I enjoy using Twitter, and wanted to try to state the essence of several parables in the length that would be acceptable as a tweet – 140 characters or less. After reading Luke 15:11-32, I came up with the following tweet: God welcomes you and I no matter what mess we have managed to make […]
I enjoy using Twitter, and wanted to try to state the essence of several parables in the length that would be acceptable as a tweet – 140 characters or less. After reading Luke 10:25-37, I came up with the following tweet: Love God, love your neighbor and know that the people that you least expect […]
I enjoy using Twitter, and wanted to try to state the essence of several parables in the length that would be acceptable as a tweet – 140 characters or less. After reading Luke 8:1-15, I came up with the following tweet: Like when planting seed, sharing God is received in different ways. Be okay with […]
I enjoy using Twitter, and wanted to try to state the essence of several parables in the length that would be acceptable as a tweet – 140 characters or less. I used the TNIV translation to come up with the following tweet of Matthew 25:14-30. Those who are faithful will be rewarded with more opportunity. […]
I found Transformational Architecture: Reshaping Our Lives as Narrative by Ron Martoia to be an excellent book that reaffirms the importance of telling the whole story in scripture when having spiritual conversations with non or nominally religious people. Martoia asserts that a focus on the brokenness of people without telling of the creation of humanity in […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 