Added Facebook Functions

Well I think I have anyway.

You can go to the facebook page page by following the links in the right sidebar or by clicking here.

Here is a ultimate sad plea, “please like us, please…” But seriously, click the like button for the St. Mark Lutheran application. We get to five users/likes we . . . → Read More: Added Facebook Functions

Some Hard Earned Wisdom

A pastor always hesitates before he adds something like this. But this post by Gordon Atkinson (aka Real Live Preacher) has a lot of wisdom in it.

Two virtues are at the root of it I think. A great humility and a sense of the corporate. American Christianity places a huge emphasis on the personal . . . → Read More: Some Hard Earned Wisdom

Todd Wilken meets Brian McLaren or Modern meets Post-Modern

I’m going to post two links. The first is an interview done by Scott McKnight with Brian McLaren. The second is a link to the Issues, Etc. archives regarding an interview Todd Wilken did with Brian McLaren. The background is this. Brian McLaren is an “emerging church” guy. He is an evangelical. He’s younger, and . . . → Read More: Todd Wilken meets Brian McLaren or Modern meets Post-Modern

God’s Word is ______ – the VBS Litergy

comfortable

Full Text of Sermon

Text: Luke 12:49-53

One of the VBS kids said something profound in the way only children can. The second day’s bible point was: God’s Word is Comforting. In quizzing the kids the next day what that main point was, one stood up, emphatically waving his hand in the air saying . . . → Read More: God’s Word is ______ – the VBS Litergy

3 minutes that can frame your next step

Wondering what to do? Watch this…

Warning – This Man Has No Ecclesiology

Here is a fun site to check in on every once in a while. Three women with a bunch of kids. Our three are put to shame. The particular post is trying to think about where church ends and politics begins. That is where the title of this post comes from. It is a reference . . . → Read More: Warning – This Man Has No Ecclesiology

VBS

VBS concluded this week. We had a great time and a great group of kids. He is a little of the week in pictures…

Suffering & A “Good” God

This link has a Sullivan reader giving his logic on why suffering should lead to atheism.

Here is the simple Christian answer. We have done something terribly wrong and its fouled up this entire existence. To our relative way of thinking our petty sins aren’t that bad. But to the absolute standard of holiness. We . . . → Read More: Suffering & A “Good” God

A Virtual Life

Took the kids (7,4) to the local summer youth presentation of Beauty and the Beast tonight. The kids performing did a great job. And I suppose it shouldn’t shock me, but it still does. How many people choose to live their life, to live the great moments of that life, behind a screen or in . . . → Read More: A Virtual Life

Struggling with Words

Its been a while since I put something up. The main reason is that I’ve been struggling with the format vs. the intent. The format of the web or specifically a blog really is an off the cuff give and take medium. Nobody enjoys a good ironic line or scathing bit of satire more than . . . → Read More: Struggling with Words