Entries from July 2009

July 30, 2009

Young Adults and Young Marrieds

I read an interesting article this morning over on the Threads Media blog, called Young Marrieds in a Young Adult World. In it, the author talked through the challenges of ministering to both married and single young adults.  The fact is, adults that are under 30 are an extremely diverse group, and this makes ministering [...]

July 28, 2009

Book Review: The Hole In Our Gospel

I will preface this review with this statement: Read this book.  No really, do it.
One of my first thoughts upon finishing The Hole In Our Gospel by Richard Stearns was, ‘This book is The Irresistible Revoltion (by Shane Claiborne) for people with a mortgage.’ The Irresistible Revolution is one of my favorite books of all-time, but [...]

July 9, 2009

Death, Michael Jackson, and Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

I, like many other red-blooded humans, watched a good portion of Michael Jackson’s memorial service.  I have no special affinity for Michael Jackson, but I figured that a cultural event of this magnitude was worth paying at least a little bit of attention to.
I’ll admit that there was much about watching the memorial service that [...]

July 7, 2009

Our Last Night at Seven24

The above pictures were taken this last Sunday night, the top one at about 8:00, the bottom one at about 11:00.
For those who don’t know, I’ve spent the last three years of my life as the College Pastor at New Song Community Church.  About six month into my tenure (on February 17, 2007, to [...]