Posted in Steve's Sunday Blog on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Wow!!!! Was anybody else blown away by Sunday’s worship time? I thought it was incredible from start to finish.
Mike’s prelude with the scripture scrolling on the wall was very cool.
Even the responsive call to worship (which, isn’t my favorite thing) was awesome. I sensed people were hearing the words they were saying- “When one suffers, we all suffer. When one [...]
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Posted in books on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
My son, Caleb, gave me this book for Christmas. Endo is a novelist and I loved the book he wrote entitled, “Silence.” It made me think seriously about what real commitment and unconditional love really mean. Great stuff.
In this book, without footnote or study helps, Endo writes the life of Jesus in narrative form. Obviously aware [...]
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Posted in Steve's Sunday Blog on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Who knew writing a blog would be so hard?!? Finding the time to write some thoughts down is a challenge. A challenge worth the effort however, especially if we can get some feedback and some good discussion can take place.
We just finished a three week series dedicated to the vision that I have proposed for [...]
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Posted in Steve's Sunday Blog on January 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Worship- what a great day!
Mike’s work on the organ and piano was wonderful. I especially dug the monk stuff during communion and the offertory- “open the eyes of my heart”- very powerful.
Great children’s sermon as always- RuthAnn relates to our kiddos so well.
What did you think of our call to worship? I thought it was [...]
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Posted in books on January 6, 2008 | No Comments »
I have selected 15 books to read this year. I have made the decision based on 1) my preaching and teaching responsibilities and 2) my personal desire to grow in grace. I list them here for your perusal. As I read, I will post my reaction to what I am reading. Your job in all [...]
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