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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Subscribing to my blog articles
I’ve been using an RSS feed reader, like GoogleReader, to keep track of my favorite bloggers and the stuff they write about. There’s only one problem…I had two dozen RSS feeds and it quickly became a real chore to slog … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging
Tagged E-mail Subscription, favorite blogs, Feedburner, GoogleReader, internet, iPhone, RSS Feed, subscribe to blog, web
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We didn't know we were poor
Mississippi is my home state. When Mississippians admit their roots, they often hear stereotypical responses that drip with mockery, innuendo and misunderstanding. So we develop certain coping mechanisms, like the self-effacing joke I’ve used for years: “Yeah, I didn’t start … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Featured, Personal
Tagged a framework for understanding poverty, education, hidden rules, ignorance, make poverty history, memories, middle-class, Mississippi, mockingbird, poverty, racism, resources, Ruby K. Payne, shack, slavery, understanding poverty, we didn't know we were poor, wealth
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Is our worship too dependent upon technology?
This past Sunday in Wales, a group of elders gathered at their church building to pray. The ancient stone chapel had been without heating since a group of construction workers shut off the gas supply to the building earlier in … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, The Church, Top 10
Tagged amplified music, camel's hair, chapel, Church Buildings, church musicians, electricity, heating, House Church, instruments, locusts and wild honey, loss of power, mega-church, pipe organ, PowerPoint, praise team, preaching, presence of the Holy Spirit, sound engineers, Technology, true worship, Wales, worship band, worship service
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Drew Marshall: Cultural Christianity is Killing Us!
Until this week, I had never heard of 100 Huntley Street or The Drew Marshall Show. Huntley Street is a daily Christian television show in Canada that describes itself as “a vibrant and authentic, interactive, interview/talk/music program, bringing the Christian … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, The Church
Tagged 100 Huntley Street, Christian radio, Christian television, cultural christianity, Drew Marshall, God Channel, holy hand grenades, I hate Christianity, Jesus TV, Reynold and Kathy Mainse, selling Jesus, spiritually incompetent, sterile Christianity, talk radio, The Drew Marshall Show
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Orchestras Without Conductors
I’m intrigued by the concept of leaderless organizations. Perhaps you have heard of The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom, a book that’s been making the rounds for the past … Continue reading
A Welshman's Testimony: Jesus Never Lets Go!
Yesterday I recorded an interview with Mark Dorey, a really good friend who came to faith relatively late in life as a result of God’s amazing providence. Mark leads one of the house groups with Temple Baptist Church in Pontypridd … Continue reading
Short-Term Mission Teams :: Think Outside the Box!
[See previous article, "Short-term missions in a post-modern culture" in this series on missions.] Apart from short-term mission teams (STMT) parachuting into a foreign mission field for seven to ten days, what are the alternatives for Christians who want to … Continue reading
Short-Term Missions in a Postmodern Culture
In spite of the weaknesses of evangelical Christianity in the United States, it does appear much more healthy and robust when placed alongside the average congregation in Wales, the only principality in the United Kingdom where this author has gained … Continue reading
Posted in Missions
Tagged acts of kindness, choirs, clowns, cross-cultural missions, evangelical Christianity, evangelistic events, holiday Bible clubs, housing, logistics, meals, postmodern culture, puppets, short term mission teams, sports missions, street evangelism, tract distribution, transportation, United States, Wales
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Make room for mavericks, McClung challenges
Today I spent a couple of hours in the Christian bookshop my wife manages, so she could attend an important meeting. Since it was quiet afternoon with very few customers—and I have a weakness for bookstores—I spotted a new book … Continue reading
