I've been thinking through my time at NWBC working on a kind of "Memoirs" blog entry, and so I've been looking through a couple of old journal entries. I didn't type many of them into the computer, but I did enter a few. I've since posted them here in my Personal category. Here are the direct links …
First Video Posted!
I've just posted my first video to this site. It's a video of my most recent sermon. You can access the post for the sermon here: God Always Does What's Right. Or you can access the video directly through this link: 029-07.mp4 …
Chronicles of Narnia: Missing the Magic
Last Friday, my wife and I were given the gift of going on a date night as a Christmas present from a family in our church. It was wonderful to be able to get out, have someone watch the kids, and see a movie in a theater. Thanks, Dan and Mary! We went to see The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the …
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Chronicles of Narnia Review is Coming
Last night, my wife and I were given the gift of going on a date night as a Christmas present from a family in our church. It was wonderful to be able to get out, have someone watch the kids, and see a movie in a theater. Thanks, Dan and Mary! We went to see The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the …
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Church Ideas
This is a running post where I store my ideas for church names and ministries etc. Church names NEX church (New Evangelical Christians) FORWARDchurch The Church for Today Wea Community Church Ministry names / sub-brands MOVE: An inspiring gathering with loud music, hearty laughter, active …
We need a name
I know it has taken me far too long since I last wrote to my blog, but the weather here is pretty cold and my fingers just won't type as well as they should! I spoke with Steve over at the Midwest Church Planting office to see what it's going to take for us to start drawing support from them so …
Top Ten Prayer Requests — December 2005
Jen and I have been regularly sending out our prayer requests every few months or so, and I thought that I'd post our next set on the blog here. God has really been answering some prayers too, so I'll post some praises first: Praises: Jen and I have signed final approval paperwork on our house. …
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Blog Layout Critique Requested
It's been nearly half a year since I changed the look of my blog here. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I could make it better or more attractive? Just asking you to give me some constructive criticism. Please be kind! …
Signing Papers, Getting More Land
Today, Jen and I went down to Lafayette to have a final signing meeting with Kim at Gunstra Builders. It's amazing how the finality of signing papers can really make you nervous. Last week, I was completely thrilled about every aspect of the building process even though we have already signed some …
“Salvation Challenge” Board Game
I watched this video and couldn't believe my eyes! It's a board game that is supposed to be an effective witnessing tool, but it looks to me like something right out of Ned Flanders' ( click here or click here ) game closet, and by that, I mean really creepy. From Glory to God Games: …
My Blog Broke
Well, that's what I get for not staying up to date with backups. Somehow, my web host deleted all my key files from my blog database. What does that mean? It means I just wasted about half of my day trying to restore my blog to what it was like back in September. Things will be a little broken for …
Posting old sermons
I've just made some great progress posting old sermons to this site thanks to the free storage and bandwidth offered by ourmedia.com and the Internet Archive. If you look in the category links, you'll find links to all my newly posted (but old) message series dating from May 2001 through …
Rolling Stone Interviews Bono
This last year, my wife and I have been really infatuated with U2, the rock band. We read a book on the band called Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2 and Jen just finished a book that was one long interview with Bono. We've become convinced that aside from the theatrics of Bono's public persona …
Silliness of Worry
In preparation for a sermon recently, I came across this passage in Ecclesiastes: If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there will it lie. Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever …
American Beauty: A Lesson in Grace
Tonight, Jen and I watched the movie American Beauty. It's really interesting to me that I had never wanted to watch the movie at all. In fact, when the movie first came out, I was kinda disgusted that a movie like that had come to the American cinema at all. The theme seemed so dark, it seemed to …
I’m now on iTunes!
It's official. My sermons now can be found on iTunes! If you have been using iTunes 4.9 or higher for your music player, just open it up, and in the search box type "Jeff Mikels." After a few seconds, it will show my sermon podcast, and you can click on the "subscribe" button to automatically …