We’re going to see our newest grandson, Oliver James Boliba, who was born Monday, April 19. Notice the cheeks. We understand that little Oliver is not sleeping for very long at a time, or at the right time — meaning, at night. So, we may be a bit tired when we return from visiting our [...]
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Archive | April, 2010
Looking for Great Christmas Outreach Ideas
April 27, 2010
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I’m looking for great Christmas outreach ideas, and if your church has one I would like to hear about it. The only criteria is that the idea has to have worked in a “small” congregation of less than 300 in worship. Leave a comment here, with a brief sketch of your idea — what you [...]
Read moreBecoming Peacemakers In An Age of Chaos
April 26, 2010
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This is the meditation I am giving at the Community Prayer Breakfast sponsored by our local hospital, Danville Regional Medical Center. A Story of Prayer and Community We have gathered here this morning because we believe in two things — the power of prayer and our responsibility to our community. So we have come together [...]
Read moreSermon: What Are All These People Doing In Heaven?
April 24, 2010
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Heaven is going to be filled with people from every nation, tribe, race, and language — shouldn’t we get to know each other now? What Are All These People Doing In Heaven? Rev 7:9-17 9After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, [...]
Read moreA Great Book for Mother’s Day
April 20, 2010
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Mother’s Day will be here before you know it — May 9, to be exact. I’ve got the perfect gift for you to give away at church, or for that special mother in your own life. My author friend, Joan Wester Anderson, has written a delightful little book about the joys and challenges of motherhood, [...]
Read moreA Decision of the Feet
April 18, 2010
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We often talk about spiritual decisions being either decisions of the heart or of the head, meaning those decisions are either based on feeling or thinking. But when it comes to the decision to follow Jesus, what we’re really talking about is a decision of the feet. Matthew 4:18-22 is the account of Jesus calling [...]
Read moreSermon: Feeding the Sheep and Following the Shepherd
April 17, 2010
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Feeding the Sheep and Following the Shepherd Feeding Jesus’ sheep means following Jesus as his disciples. We cannot do one without the other. 1Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias. It happened this way: 2Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two [...]
Read moreTwo words about Stetzer and Bird’s new book, Viral Churches: Get It!
April 12, 2010
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Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird’s new book, Viral Churches: Helping Church Planters Become Movement Makers, packs a punch like no other church planting book I’ve read. Stetzer and Bird, both experienced church planters turned missional researchers, deliver compelling examples of real churches engaged in church multiplication strategies. These networks of church planters are reshaping the [...]
Read moreI’m Glad Tiger Didn’t Win The Masters
April 12, 2010
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I’m glad Tiger Woods didn’t win the Masters this year. It would have been a great sports headline: “Disgraced Tiger Redeems Himself in Golf’s Classic Tourney.” Actually, the golf commentators had already begun that line of thought. They were treating Tiger’s Masters appearance as if a good showing, or even winning, would redeem Tiger’s reputation. [...]
Read moreSermon: Beyond The World of Fires
April 10, 2010
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After the resurrection, Jesus appears to the disciples, gives them the “peace of God” and sends them on the mission of God. Beyond The World of Fires John 20:19-31 19On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came [...]
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