If you haven’t heard, there is the big book series called Twilight that is now a big movie series based on the books. I don’t know the first thing about the books or the movies, nor do I really want to. BUT, I just had to share this because it is oh so true. You…
The Lord's Supper: Thoughts on Consumption
I have a couple of posts prepared this week on the Lord’s Supper, often referred to as Communion with a church setting. Today is the first of these posts and I want to focus on the consumption aspect of Communion. We take Communion, the Lord’s Supper, the Eucharist, Holy Communion, Sacrament of the Table, the…
Life Change
I have some news that I want to share with all of you. About a month ago I applied for a part time position at my church for director of student worship. I interviewed for that position a few weeks ago and found out last weekend that I was chosen. My time at Sunset will…
Fortuitous Bouncing
Well I came into Black Friday with every intention of spending no money. I knew we had little to spend on Christmas and had no desire to get up early, so it seemed like an easy thing to spend no money. Well that was until later in the evening when someone told me they would…
3 Things
Inevitably, today and tomorrow, the blogosphere will be inundated with every blogger posting about what they are thankful for. I could choose to rebel or embrace this fact. I choose to embrace. Being thankful is a good thing right? I thought I’d share 3 things I’m thankful for that stand out above the rest. God’s…
Thoughts on Prayer
In class a few weeks ago we spent two hours in discussion about prayer and how it relates to our church gatherings. Just about every church in the world refers to itself as a praying church, yet most churches spend less than two minutes praying in each gathering (that is not an exaggeration). If you…