Well they’ve always been open, but I’ve decided to allow anyone to comment without previous moderation. Previously I’ve had to OK any comment from a new commenter. This has proven to be a time burden as more and more people comment. So I’ll be looking to you loyal readers to help me by promoting the…
Fortuitous Bouncing
This week I had the first real experience of our recession. Rose and I went out to dinner on Monday night to a fairly popular restaurant (we had a gift card). We arrived to a restaurant that wasn’t even close to half full and a shopping area that was practically deserted. It was a little…
90 Minutes in Heaven
90 Minutes in Heaven is written by Don Piper and it has been one the most popular Christian books from the past few years. Just about everyone in my family has read this book and everyone loves the book. The basic flow of the book is that Don is in a serious car accident and…
5 Questions for 5 Influencers: Carlos Whittaker of Ragamuffin Soul
#1 Brent (inWorship) #2 Eugene Cho Back in July I wrote about the 5 blogs that have shaped me the most. They have shaped me as someone in seminary, someone in ministry, and someone who blogs. I thought it would be great to learn more from these men, so I contacted them all and was…
Historic Night
I mulled just about every day from this past week, whether to blog about the finished election. I came to the conclusion that I haven’t been afraid (well at times I have, but mostly not) to blog about politics before, so what should stop me now. So here it goes. Tonight was going to be…
The Most Influential Evangelicals
A few years ago Time Magazine did a list of the most influential evangelicals. Most of the people who made the list I had heard of but many I had not. I started thinking about who are the most influential evangelicals for people 30 and under. Here is my top 5: Rob Bell- Pastor, author,…