This Sunday, Carolyn, a member at Resurrection asked if I knew about the following sites: IslamicTube JewTube.com GodTube.com Tere are probably other sites focused on video distribution for a particular faith tradition outside of these three. I had previously known about GodTube, but did not know about the others within different faith traditions. Seeing these […]
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What is RSS?
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
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What is a blog?
A great video explanation of blogs from Common Craft. Thanks to a post from Church 2.0 for making me aware of this video. I think it would be great if we would contact Common Craft to explain some things about the church. Here are some questions that I think could use a short simple explanation. […]
Alright, so I know I just posted about the text from which I am going to be preaching on December 29 / 30 at Resurrection. However, the text has changed – the passage from Matthew 25 will be heavily utilized in the sermon series in January and it was suggested that a different be used […]
Matthew 25:31-46 (TNIV) 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He […]
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Speedlinking – December 12, 2007
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 […]
I finished reading Ten Provocative Questions Inspired by the 2007 State of the Church Report (PDF Document) by Lovett Weems. This is a 6 page response to An Invitation: A Summary of the State of the Church (PDF Document). I recommend reading each of these if you are interested in the current and future state […]
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I cannot quite imagine…
I can barely believe it. News tonight about a shooting at New Life Church and Youth With a Mission Denver breaks my heart – (CNN articles – New Life Church and YWAM) I see the photo of the police officer outside New Life Church and try to imagine what it would be like if this […]
Last week, I received an email and several questions from Trish, a woman from the Resurrection community. She was responding to the post Will you start a new church? Trish, thank you for your interest and your questions! I hope that you find these responses helpful. Who decides / what is the process to start […]
I invite you to read the article Leaders share best practices to attract young clergy by the United Methodist News Service. After you have read it, I want to hear what you think. I am glad to hear that the denomination is concerned with the lack of young clergy. I believe that this is an […]
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Speedlinking – What is it?
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 […]
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Speedlinking – December 6, 2007
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 […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 