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I spent last week doing a productivity experiment that was really just a project of tracking of what I wanted to accomplish and what I actually did accomplish. Though the experiment didn't turn out the way I had wanted it to, I learned some things about myself, and in this post, I share what I'm …
Continue Reading about Productivity: Week 1 Results (and self analysis)
Here is my activity/productivity list for the day: Devotional study of Psalm 116 (BI: Those who know God's salvation respond with love.) -- 30 minutes Prayer bike ride through a new neighborhood -- 60 minutes Blog about my productivity experiment -- 40 minutes Work on processing audio for Sunday's …
I'm entering into a week of experimentation. I'm experimenting with myself to see how productive I can be. Just yesterday, I preached a message on how we can actually find fulfillment in our pains and struggles, and I was thinking that something uncomfortable for me is the bearing down into a …
This week we executed a plan that I had been brewing since last year at this time. You may already have read about our "Black Friday" Hot Chocolate Giveaway. On that day, we gave out nearly 500 mugs of hot chocolate or coffee to shoppers braving the local Wal-Mart on the day after Thanksgiving. …
In my last post in this category, I talked about the Cycle of Rebellion that plagued the nation of Israel beginning with the death of Joshua. Here's a recap of what that cycle looks like: The Jews forsake God and his laws for foreign gods and immorality. God forsakes the Jews to foreign …
What an incredible day! Last Sunday was our Grand Opening service as a church and I am excited to report that we had between 140-150 people there. We never got an accurate count, but this is how we came up with those numbers: 24 Elementary School Kids 6 Babies in the Nursery 9 Children's Ministry …
Sunday was our final preview service! On the one hand, that really excites me because it means that months of preparation are finally coming to a culmination. On the other hand, it makes me nervous because now I can't hid behind the "We're still in preparation-mode" excuse. Also, I now have to get …
Some time ago, I began a blogosphere conversation over with Rob at Casual Musings. The conversation has centered on the relationship of Science and Faith. His post is here, my response is in the comments there and also here. In his most recent comment, he posed some more questions to me. His main …
Continue Reading about Angels, Demons, and Scientific Method
Two weeks ago, we switched our weekly gatherings to Sunday morning instead of Sunday night. There was one major motivating reason for doing so. As we move toward our public launch, we need to feel a strong sense of building momentum, and we just weren't able to do that with the low attendance we had …
Warning... you might consider this post to be flamebait. You have been warned. Recently, Nathan a church planting friend of mine sent me a link to a very interesting site. The site is called Calvinist Gadfly and located there is a video post of a quartet at Pensacola Christian College singing the …
Rob over at Casual Musings wrote this article about whether Christians should be overly concerned with how we appear to the world. Specifically, he reflects on the statements of Paul in 1 Corinthians that the wisdom of God is foolishness to unbelievers. Since I posted a rather lengthy comment, …
Just because I was a little eager to get them all online, I've posted my doctrinal statements to my personal wiki. You can check them out if you want at... http://jeff.mikels.cc/wiki/doctrinal_statements …
I know that some people are especially interested in the bigger details of faith, so I decided to post here my full "Doctrinal Statement." This is the first post in this series, and it reflects the "short form" of my Doctrinal Statement. If you wish to download my entire Doctrinal Statement in …
Continue Reading about What I believe about God’s Revelation
Last Friday, we experienced a great success in ministry. We served people free mugs of hot chocolate and coffee in front of Wal-Mart. It was a great experience. It came to me on Black Friday The whole idea came to me last year on the day after Thanksgiving ("Black Friday" as it has been called) …
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 …
I was driving around today running an errand for the church, so I decided to make some phone calls to try to connect with some people. There's one fellow that I have been trying to get in touch with for a while, and as I was going through my address book, I saw that he was the next one on the …
