…biblical Christianity without conservative idolatry…
In our new church effort in Lafayette, I set as a goal from very early on that we would attempt to do everything we could with excellence, and though we have had some hiccups with our children's programming and with our music, we have been consistently high quality with our printed materials and …
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I just wanted to post something quickly to say that our time in Crown Point went really well on Sunday. Jen, the kids, and I all went up there Sunday morning and had a good time at the service. Afterward, Pastor Tony and his wife treated us to lunch at Portillo’s. It was a great meal and a …
A new website has recently been created by Justin Carboneau called sharemytestimony.org with the primary purpose of giving people a place to share their personal testimonies online. It's an interesting concept, and his web design isn't half bad, but I'm personally unsure of the value such a site …
All I can say is that God must like it when I'm working on the computer (sometimes) because tonight at the Skylight, I found out that one of the computers had a virus on it. I've worked on those computers before, so Kim told me I could take a look at it. …
Online Print Companies (Updated in 2017) Here are some other online print companies that I have discovered and/or tried along with my brief comments. Personal Recommendations nextdayflyers.com (My number 1 choice) overnightprints.com (My number 2 choice) churchink.com (Was my number 1 …
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It has been a while since my last post here, but that's been for a good reason. For the past month, I've been working on getting ready for Southside Church's first public information meeting. We held it last Sunday evening at McCutcheon High School here in Lafayette. For the past month, we have …
I recently discovered this website that claims to "love church planters." To prove it, they have provided free resources, and all you have to do is send them an email. I've sent the email, but haven't downloaded my stuff yet. Here's the link for …
This past week, Jen and I had the privilege to attend the Willow Creek Leadership Summit via satellite. Over the past five years, I have been able to attend four of these events live at the South Barrington campus, and they have been remarkably impacting for me. This year, though, it was a little …
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While reading The Purpose Driven Life tonight, I had the thoughts run through my mind that went something like this: If I really want this book to affect me, I need to ponder it through my day. If I want to ponder it, I need to have it condensed into ponderable form. I really appreciate the small …
Colossians 4:5 says this: Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. As a pastor who's got a blog, I've been thinking about how this verse relates to blogging. I've been blogging for over a year, and I don't yet have a "manifesto" like this guy on what my …
How do you collaborate with teams through the Internet? Web-based applications are the answer. I've found some killer web applications. Read on to find out more! …
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Prompted by an article on pastorhacks.net I've been a Palm Pilot PDA user since my mom bought me one when I graduated from seminary. (Palm Vx, and awesome tool!) The best feature of the Palm is the ability to have my contacts and calendar on my computer at home and also on a device in my pocket. …
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Today, Jen and I took the kids to the Mall of America because our conference doesn't start until tomorrow and what else do you do in St. Paul, Minnesota? (Actually, I think St. Paul and Minneapolis are really cool, and I have seriously thought about moving here at times.) Have you heard about the …
Since I'm spending today as a "Sabbath" to focus on some spiritual things, I've spent some time this morning looking at some church plant websites, and here are a few that I've come across. jonathan herron of catalyst.church LifeChurch Acts 29 Network --- specifically, be sure to check out this …
I don't know if you have this problem, but I am a procrastinating distracted creative learning computer geek I generally have between 10 and 20 projects going on all at the same time, but I almost never finish any of them because I get new ideas and set to work on the new ones forgetting about …
One of the truths about church planting is this: We aren't competing with other churches. We are competing with all the unspiritual ways people spend their time. But sometimes it's hard to really believe it. This last weekend, Jen and I found on our door a flyer that seems to be for a new church …
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