We are going on 2 weeks straight of no rain and no cloudy days in Portland. Don’t tell anyone though or else we’ll become a concrete jungle like SoCal. I’m currently reading 3 books at one time. I don’t think I’ve ever done that…and I don’t recommend it. Makes it hard to remember what I [...]

I’ve talked a lot over the last few weeks about holistic worship and the importance of liturgy/responsive reading/written prayer within our understanding of holistic worship. It is interesting to me that my posts on that subject have gotten far less comments than many of my other posts. I get the sense that many of you [...]

After spending sometime thinking about Coldplay for the post on Tuesday, I started thinking through all their hits. I’ve been a fan since Shiver and Yellow back when I was a sophomore in high school. They have had almost an endless number of hits but I’ve always had one favorite through the years: The Scientist. [...]

Way back when, we discussed Newsweek’s cover story on ‘The Decline and Fall of Christian America.’ Since then many others have blogged on their takes of what this all means. Clearly the studies and statistics don’t show many positives occurring within the Christian faith in America. Yet, is all this really horrible news? I find [...]

Coldplay is the most popular and most acclaimed band in the world. Hands down. I don’t even think it is a close competition. I guess you could say U2 is right there, but they’re on the down side of their best while Coldplay is still in the prime years. Coldplay also happens to be my [...]

In some ways that kind of describes my weekend. Not that church is a show…just that the saying held true to form. If you follow my Twitter or read my post on Saturday, I shared that I received some horrible news early Saturday morning. Thanks to all of you who have been praying throughout this [...]