Archive for June, 2008
Monday Morning Mind Dump
Monday, June 30th, 2008It was a terrific weekend. Paula and I enjoyed some ‘free -time’. Linley spent the weekend with her grandparents and Paula and I just chilled, spent time with friends and hung out.
Sunday was good. I announced to the church that we are hiring John Martin as our full-time Family Life Pastor. We have been talking [...]
The Shack: don’t go in
Thursday, June 26th, 2008A book on the best-seller list is causing some raised eye-brows among Christian leaders. William Young’s independantly published “The Shack” is called dangerous by some and thought-provoking by others. The book’s popularity is impressive. I have not read it and I don’t plan to either. I just don’t ‘get’ why anyone would read Christian fiction, [...]
Re:Lit
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Resurgence, an arm of Mars Hill Church and Acts 29, has unveiled the new website for Re:Lit. This is the publishing partnership with Crossway Books that is continuing to grow and become more and more productive. This is yet another partnership tool that we have as an Acts 29 church.
Discounted ESV for A29′ers
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008There is a really sweet pre-order discount for the new ESV Study Bible for those of us who are part of the Acts 29 Network. The offer is only good through July 31 so place your order now and 5% will be donated to Acts 29. Details.
Hitting The Sweet Spot
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008From time to time I hit a little white dimpled ball around a nicely landscaped park-like setting. The ultimate goal is that the ball finds it’s way into a small cup within a relatively few hits by a long stick.
I have always enjoyed golf. Which is strange, because I am really bad at it. One [...]
Anticipating The ESV Study Bible
Sunday, June 8th, 2008From time to time I find myself anxiously anticipating something new and improved, something that I must possess. I buy into the hype of pre-release promotions, slick advertising and marketing that has my name on it. For example, there is a new phone coming out that I am looking forward to. And another thing I am really [...]
NYT Article
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Last Sunday’s New York Times had a good article highlighting young evangelicals, politics and faith. The Journey St Louis and Acts 29 are both mentioned in the article.