I thought I’d just spread the news for all you Nashville folks about two events going on this Saturday.
Peace Gathering
Down by the RIVERSIDE
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PEACE
NASHVILLE: Riverside Park (1st & Broadway, DOWNTOWN)
Saturday, September 24th, 2005
SPEAKERS & RALLY: 1pm – 2pm
PEACE FAIR with over dozen organizations and booths: Noon – 4pm.
Mother, Cindy Sheehan, has helped light a fire in the movement to end the War on Iraq. With just 48 hours notice over 300 Nashvillians and others arrived at the Parthenon. Now let’s engage our family, our friend and bring everyone …

I’ll deal with the second part of the verse tomorrow, let’s just hang out and reflect on this for a while.
Our call as Christians is to live lives where Christ is exalted in us. I think we can all agree on that, the crazy liberal and the staunch conservative, we as Christians stand in agreement that we are to exalt Christ. How we do that, and how we think we are supposed to do that varies a lot, but we start from the same basic point.
This is about …

I almost forgot to write me devotional thoughts this morning, and since I’m in a rush I’ll keep them super brief. I’ll expound on this more tomorrow but just think about what this might possibly mean in your life:
“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”

I have credit cards. There where two reasons I’ve used a credit card since after high school. One, with online statements you can download it was the easiest way to track my finances. Two, the cards I have give cash back, about 5% on groceries and gas. I think I’ve made a couple hundred dollars in the past few years. The number one rule in having a credit card is: Don’t spend what you don’t have, and pay off your balance every month (okay that’s …

One of the reason I’m an advocate for ditching church as we normally do it is because it avoids relationships. Most would say, well that is what a small group is for. In bigger churches I think your absolutely right, and that’s a good thing I guess.
I understand bigger churches, especially when there is a great preacher. There are a handful of sermons I download regularly to listen to during the week, and if I lived in those towns I’d probably check them out on Sunday. …

“Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.”*
The way I see it, Paul is either the ultimate optimist or he’s got some crazy view of the world we rarely hear of. The last time I was pulled over by a police officer I wasn’t exactly cheery about it. Paul visits Philippi, heals a lady, is arrested for it, severly flogged, and thrown into jail.* I’d be a little pessimistic at that point. Then there is …

To all my early morning readers,
This will hopefully be a regular post on devotional thoughts, but I could use an “Amen” here and there to keep me going.
(I’ll get started in one of my favorite books: Philippians).
“I thank my God every time I remember you.”
Now that is a compliment. It’s verses like this that remind me that a bunch of these “books” in our Bible are actually letters written from one person to another (or another community). That they aren’t just instructions or directions for Christian living, but …

I wanted to accent again Brian’s comment cause it says so much about what I think the church should look like.
Basically the thing that was so radical about Jesus is he went and hung out with sinners on their turf. I’m in full agreement with Richard and Brian in regards to physical barriers to people hearing the gospel. And my arguement would be that our churches are physical barriers. Sharing the gospel of Jesus with others should happen on their turf.
Again, I’m not saying that big churches …