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you need to turn the volume up and pay attention, but its worth it!thanks Marko
View ArticleJesus Wants to Save Christians 3
We are continuing our discussion of the new book Jesus Wants to Save Christians. Chapter 3 starts with the Israelites back in Jerusalem, but things are not well. The current superpower, the Rome Empire...
View ArticleChamber of Commerce Business Expo
Last night St. Matthew's had a table at the Goochland County Chamber of Commerce Business Expo. I went to this event last year and i thought what a cool thing it would be for us to be represented....
View ArticleUpdate on Neighbors Food Pantry
Eight days ago we hit double digits for our food pantry as we servered 10 families. Last night we served 23 families! Say Amen if you can!
View ArticleJesus Wants to Save Christians 4
One of the things I love about Rob Bell’s preaching is how he connects dots where you did not even know there were dots to be connect to, particularly dots from the Old Testament to the New Testament....
View ArticleJesus Wants to Save Christians 5
Chapter 5 of Jesus Wants to Save Christians is not the feel good chapter of the book. Rob and Don start off reminding us of the disciples on the Road to Emmaus who were with Jesus everyday but still...
View ArticleNovember Book Discussion, The Blue Parakeet
Our November book discussion will be Scot McKnight's new book, The Blue Parakeet. Scot is one of my favorite theologians and also the author of my favorite blog. We will do a few chapters a week...
View ArticleJesus Wants to Save Christians 6
Chapter 6 and the Epilogue of Jesus Wants to Save Christians closes out the book as any Christian book should, with hope. The title of this chapter is Blood on the Doorposts of the Universe, an obvious...
View ArticleBrian's got editing skills
My good friend Brian Greene has had a little too much free time lately but the results are very cool!
View ArticleThe Blue Parakeet 1
You know you are a lame blogger when you blog a record amount of times in October and follow that up with a single blog post in November. The good news is that it is now December! The December book of...
View ArticleThe Blue Parakeet 2
In chapter 2 of Scot McKnight's the Blue Parakeet, Scot suggests that there are 3 ways to approach the Bible. 1. Reading to Retrieve. "We return to the times of the Bible in order to retrieve biblical...
View ArticleSt. Matthew's Food Pantry in the Washington Post!
Just kidding. But we are in the equally circulated Goochland Gazette!Check it out!
View ArticleThis is why i haven't been blogging
i've been reading instead! These were the books i had to read for my dr. of ministry classes that just ended. I plan to get back to blogging in the next couple of days.
View ArticleOperation Sharehouse Event
On March 22nd we had one of the best days that we have had at St. Matthew's in the 4 years that I have been here, when we hosted a Stop Hunger Now, Operation Sharehouse packaging event. It rocked! Here...
View ArticleTenth Avenue North can sing but can't ball
I just heard that Tenth Avenue North won the best new artist award at the Dove awards. I was fortunate to be part of an event with them and got to spend some time with them, including lots of...
View ArticleWesley Junia Pruitt
Wesley Junia Pruitt born May 6 at 4:14 PM.7 pounds 9 ounces20 inches long
View ArticleChurch Statistics 1
I was watching 60 Minutes on Sunday night and they had a great story about a guy named Bill James, (view video here). Bill James is a former security guard whose love of baseball and statistics helped...
View ArticleSin
Read a great article byJohn Ortberg in Leadership Journal titled The Sin Tamer (don't think the article is online yet). Here are a few quotes.Sin is both the overstepping of a line and the failure to...
View ArticleRemembering Jesus
A few weeks ago we had a new family attend our church. I sent a thank you for coming email and below is part of the response I received.Also, my children are still growing from their communion...
View ArticleKingdom Possibilities
Rereading a Devotional guide to Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard and the first chapter is titled Kingdom Possibilities. When we read certain parts of scripture its as if we are looking into...
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