Posts from ‘December, 2006’

This morning, we attended Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan. This church was started in 1999 by Rob Bell, author of Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith.
It was an interesting experience. On the positive side, it was a welcoming environment with a lot of friendly people. In a church with over 10,000 attending each [...]

Yesterday’s highlight was a trip to the Meijer Gardens, an amazing Grand Rapids area attraction that boasts, among other things, the largest tropical conservatory in the state, at 15,000 square feet. We enjoyed seeing the many different species of cactus, and the carnivorous plant exhibit was a lot of fun.
The special attraction was a display [...]

In light of the fact that my family’s home, where I am spending my vacation, is within a well-struck three wood of Calvin College, I thought it might be fun to share with you “Five Points” of interest as I come across them during my time away.
The first point of “interest” I want to share [...]

As is so often the case, unanimity in our contest has once again proven to be the kiss of death, as the only winner on which we all agreed this week was the Colts. So much for that.
“Tank” McPheeters is the winner in week sixteen, his 12-4 performance edging out Joe Kennedy and Robin Foster, [...]

Tonight, we will celebrate Christmas with our church family in a candlelight service. I’m looking forward to a very special and meaningful time of worship with a wonderful bunch of folks whom I have grown to love over the past fourteen months in which God has allowed me to serve as their pastor.
Immediately that service [...]

I’m a big fan of the phrase, “There’s no need to re-invent the wheel.” As a youth minister, I kept every promotional flyer, sign-up list, permission form and camp rules list I made; I could tweak and re-use them again and again.
I’m finding that in our many ongoing Southern Baptist conversations, there are plenty of [...]

In a week that saw some ugly blowouts, including my Upset Special Pick of the Week in which the Texans got pantsed by the Patriots, our picks certainly could have been worse. Sure, a couple of guys were 8-8, but that keeps us well above .500 as a group, and that’s not too shabby.
Our unanimous [...]

Regular readers of this blog may remember that I have shared before how a good portion of my misspent youth (when I should have been in school) was consumed with my dream of becoming a major league baseball umpire. Obviously, I never achieved this dream, as God had other plans for me. But I had [...]

I had promised two weeks ago to post chapter two of The Lamentations of the Father. Click here for chapter one.
Enjoy, and have a great weekend.

On Screaming
1Do not scream; for it is as if you scream all the time. 2If you are given a plate on which two foods you do not wish to [...]

I know that the frequency of posting is a major factor in how much traffic any given blog receives, so it’s entirely possible you’ve missed the return of my good friend Jeff Richard Young to the world of active blogging (and in Jeff’s case, “active” has always been a relative term). Speaking of traffic, a [...]