<li>"dreaming of a website where people can ask any question they want, tag it with a category and pray for answers to come... (will use it ... <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffmikels/statuses/1260978801">#</a></li> …
Feeling Spiritual Can Be Idolatry
Gleaned From: That Worship Feeling. "Sometimes, contemplatives think that the whole end and essence of their [spiritual] life is to be found in meditation and interior peace and the sense of the presence of God. They become attached to these things. But recollection and meditation are just as …
Today’s Tweets! ( 2009-02-27 )
<li>"Finished cleaning out my inbox! That is, I sorted it all down to the 41 emails I need to do something with tomorrow." <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffmikels/statuses/1252598106">#</a></li> <li>"Safari4 Beta custom CSS file = no ads atop myspace anymore. WOOHOO!" …
Another New Church is Starting in Lafayette
This Sunday launches the Grand Opening month for Connexion Christian Ministries in Lafayette, and it's time for me to evaluate whether I'm really in favor of church planting or just my own church plant! …
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Today’s Tweets! ( 2009-02-26 )
<li>"I am going to bed... I know it's uber-late, but I wanted to make sure everything was ready for Commitment Sunday!" <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffmikels/statuses/1188264649">#</a></li> <li>"Something amazing is about to happen. For the eyes of the LORD range …
How to Teach Busy Kids about God
On that day tell your son, "I do this because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt." --- Exodus 13:8 "My kids are too busy!" Our world is putting increasingly large burdens on our children. Whatever happened to the days when children would come home from school at 2 or 3 in the …
You need a foundation not feelings
I've been doing some thinking recently about where spiritual beliefs come from, and just recently, I had a kind of epiphany. Let's see if I can explain it: It all came about because I was having a conversation with a man who was telling me about his faith journey. His story is that he had done a …
Tweets! ( 2009-02-22 )
<li>"bought a Microsoft comfort keyboard for the hopefully better ergonomics... trying to get used to the keys being millimeters away from w ... <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffmikels/statuses/1216645881">#</a></li> <li>"Put some time into my novel today... the current …
Questions About The Secret
Recently, I got this question from a member of our church and thought my response might help others too. Here's the question: Jeff- I received an email from a Ukrainian student that was my roommate. She was on the border of accepting Christ but she recently wrote me about how she saw …
Elvis McNeely on Drupal
I just got a phone call from a guy in town whose name was so interesting I had to call him back. Anyway, Elvis of http://www.elvisblogs.org is a Drupal developer here in town who is hosting a Drupal Meetup and he wanted to know if I was interested in it. I used to use drupal way back in the early …
Tweets! ( 2009-02-15 )
<li>"We had a great day this morning at church. 13 Baptized, 152 Attended, 3 Children Dedicated, $2500 Given, 60 Committed... Read the blog ... <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffmikels/statuses/1190880644">#</a></li> <li>"Tonight, I used Ubuntu to help a friend back up …
What is the Recession For?
John Piper, pastor, author, and founder of Desiring God Ministries, this week preached a sermon with a powerful message about the overall purpose of God in the midst of recessionary times. It's 45 minutes long, but unbelievably insightful! watch it hear it read it …
FOUND: WikidBASE
http://projects.nickblundell.org.uk/wikidbase It's a database... It's a Wiki... It's WikidBASE! …
OpenStomp
http://www.openstomp.com/ It's a multi-effects guitar pedal that runs on opensource software. …
2009 Commitment Sunday
(Cross-posted at lafayettecommunitychurch.com. ) Yesterday was one incredible Sunday! For those of you who want to get the bullets first, here are the statistics on Lafayette Community Church's 2009 Commitment Sunday: 13 people were baptized. 3 children were dedicated. 152 people were in …
Tweets! ( 2009-02-08 )
<li>Step One: Launch OpenOffice Calc. Step Two: In any cell type =GAME("StarWars") and hit Enter. <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffmikels/statuses/1169855463">#</a></li> <li>going to practice with the band... should be some fun! <a …