John on July 29th, 2009

Isn’t that the way you feel some days? A Perfect Mess?
It’s how I often feel after leading weekend worship for the 300-1000 people at either of our two church campuses.  I plop down in my car, peel off my nametag, and rehash all the mistakes that happened during the worship experience.  “What a mess that [...]

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Dan on May 14th, 2009

So that’s a pretty big title and this post won’t take on a lot of pieces raised by that question.
The piece that comes to my mind is that as I watch videos on the web the line between reality and fiction often gets blurred.  Go ahead and check out some of the videos MSN posted.  [...]

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Have you seen this painting yet?  It’s definitely causes some uproar.  An artist, Michael D’Antuono created the piece to mark Obama’s first 100 days in office and he titled it, “The Truth”.  If you want to hear a little more, check out this story.
Due to a storm of controversy on the blogosphere and beyond, the [...]

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Dan on April 23rd, 2009

Last week in my post on googling Jesus, Stephanie included a link to a site that’s communicating about Jesus well on the web, even if it’s not doing so in a way that launches it to the top of Google’s lists.
That site is NotReligion.com – It’s not about Religion–it is about a Relationship.”
I checked this [...]

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Dan on April 16th, 2009

You’ve probably googled your name before.  It’s interesting to see what a person would learn about us if they went to the web.
Have you googled “Jesus” before?
I must say, it’s interesting to see what comes up. 

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If you’re looking for inspirational Easter thoughts and reflections, I’ve weeded through the stuff that’s out there and am posting my top three.  I guess I was feeling more moved by the arts this year, so that’s the connective thread between these.
In the first, you’ll see some powerful images combined by choice phrases that help [...]

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Dan on April 2nd, 2009

Do you ever read those “Top 10 Places to. . .” lists on MSN.  The last one I saw was on the top places to eat a hot dog.  Unfortunately  none of them were here in Dallas, or for that matter, anywhere close.  I guess we have Wienerschnitzel.
Anyway, what struck me was I always think [...]

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Dan on March 19th, 2009

Have you ever noticed how much Christians seem to love books?
It seems whenever you talk to pastors, one of the vices they mention is “buying too many books”.  Indeed, we like to see our bookshelves grow in volume and seem to feel like even if we haven’t read all the books, their mere presence makes [...]

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Dan on January 29th, 2009

Crosswalk is a site many have perhaps already heard of, but if you haven’t checked it out I highly recommend it. 
It’s a great comprehensive site.  If you want to delve into a Scripture, check out the commentaries there.  If you’re looking for opinions on issues that are hitting the news, they have those.  Maybe you’re [...]

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Dan on January 22nd, 2009

Here’s another website I’ve used a lot in the past called, Textweek.  It links a person to a ton of really great resources, everything from movies to art to Biblical commentaries.
If there’s a character or Biblical text or even just a theme from the Bible you’d like to explore, this is a good place to [...]

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