Common Myths…Yesterday’s News (reprise)

Easily, the most read of these postings, THIS POST  has created about a 50% positive and 50% negative buzz via email, links, comments, etc….which is a pretty good ratio that I aimed for as a columnist and commentary page editor in college.  It’s nice to get people fired up…and it’s nice to here/see people fuming.  We’re a dull [...]

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Current obsessions with academia

About a month ago, THIS got me thinking about something that’s been bugging me over the last few months as I’ve been reading a couple of commentaries for our preaching series in Ecclesiastes.  While the issue in the above article was about a conspiracy theory regarding 9-11, it reminded me of the many hot-button issues that I [...]

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Generational Leaders–Part 3 (older dudes)

So I’ll mark the final chapter of this generational leaders trilogy with the older dudes.  It’s funny…even though I feel somewhat strained in relationship to our boomer counter-parts, I (and many from my gen) seem to find affinity with many of the older leaders within Christianity.  So the difference we have with the boomers probably [...]

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The New “Goatee”?

So…you know how a few years ago it was all the rage that youth pastors and pastors began sporting goatees?  Well…I’m starting to think that horned rim glasses are the new goatee for pastors/youth pastors.  I admit…I sported the facial-foo…but since I don’t really wear glasses (although I should), I’ll be sitting this fad out.  [...]

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Tragedy…Triumph (Lesson I’m Learning)

Eccles. 3:16-17 (NASB-U) 
    “Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. [17] I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed [...]

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