I won’t be blogging much over the next week as I transition from Los Angeles to New York. My best friend told me that today a group of witches are having a convention where they will “pray” for satan to control the island.
I think not.
I shouldn’t be surprised that this could happen since Long Island [...]
Archive for October, 2007
31 Oct
In Transit
31 Oct
The State of Church Planting
Todd at MMI posted a link to Leadership Network’s latest offerings on the state of church planting in America. I’ve downloaded the three shorter pieces but take a peak and see what’s up with church planting in America.
Leadership Network link
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29 Oct
I Think My Life Just Changed Forever
Talk about life changing on a dime!
In a nutshell, I’m moving to New York (Long Island to be exact) next week! I can’t believe and this time last NIGHT, I was plotting how I would get through the last month at my current ministry position. It’s so hard to say goodbye to teenagers and to [...]
23 Oct
Pray for Southern California
Please pray for Southern California, which is on fire even as I type this. We have no less than 10 separate fires burning from Malibu to San Diego county. God, hear our prayers.
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23 Oct
That Strange Feeling…
I get this flashed in my heart and spirit of the great things coming once I move to New York. I can’t explain it or give you a biblical proof-text to support the experience. But I just know something good is going to break in The Big Apple and I’m grateful that I get to [...]
20 Oct
A New Blog
http://incarnatechrist.blogspot.com/
I’m not getting rid of this one. No way! But I wanted to give some space to more theological inner churnings that sometimes keep me awake at night.
20 Oct
Am I a Culturally Savvy Christian? A Few Thoughts
I got so excited about Kinnaman and Lyons’ unChristian that I forgot to post some more thoughts on another rim-rocking book that I finished about a month ago. I posted a few powerful quotes from Dick Staub’s The Culturally Savvy Christian, a book I highly recommend to believers, especially those who are really interested in [...]
14 Oct
Of Grasshoppers and Crybabies
I’ve been reading Numbers 13 and 14 and praying to God that I can be like Caleb and Joshua, a woman who will trust and believe God even when all of hell (and close family members) is against you.
The ten cry babies or spies who rejected God were bogged down by what they saw, ignoring [...]
14 Oct
Upset City!
Alright. I’m not the biggest College football fan in the world but WOW! #17 Kentucky UPSET #1 ranked LSU 43-37. The BCS is going to be topsy-turvy with all the early season meltdowns and upsets. I don’t see any chance that the National Champion will finish undefeated. Is it parity or a fluke for the [...]
11 Oct
New York State of Mind
It’s official! I am moving to New York! I am so excited about what God is going to do. Right now, however, the big challenge is working through all the emotional drama of transition.
Leaders, make no mistake: change hurts, even when that change is God-ordained. It’s messy, especially when you work with teens who [...]
10 Oct
Is Maclaren Right?
Just checked my inbox and read a Leadership Weekly article on the potential pitfalls of too much technology in ministry. Maclaren writes:
That loss of “real presence” is bad for the church, no doubt. But I can’t help but think it’s also bad for us as pastors and leaders too. Because if our ministry [...]
8 Oct
Football, Football, and More Football
It was a split for me this weekend with USC losing to Stanford (yeah!) but Notre Dame WINNING their first game over UCLA (un-yeah). Karl Dorrell won’t make it out of this season with a job.
Professionally speaking, much to my chagrin, the NE Patriots won—again.
Colts keep moving along and are also 5-0.
The Patriots-Colts game [...]
3 Oct
What the Flip Is Wrong With Isiah Thomas?
As some of my older relatives back home would say, “Some folks done lost they mind!” So I check out my Google news ticker thingie and read the news that Isiah Thomas and MSG (N.Y. Knicks) were found liable in a sexual harrassment lawsuit brought by a former female employee. The whopping $11.6 million dollar [...]
2 Oct
Psalm 119:49-56 (Zayin)
Walking Through the Darkness, I learn…
1.) It is God who gives me hope
2.) My comfort is sustained by the promises of God
3.) My theme song is the word of God, even in the night.
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2 Oct
unChristian: Final Thoughts
I’m glad I read this book before I ever planted or pastored a church, gotten married or even had a baby.
I have to re-order my life and ministry in a way that honors and preaches Christ. I want to lead a life that is a living epistle of Christ, not some cheap slogan rooted in [...]
