(Grandiose and superfluous HT to Blake for this) When do we have the form without the power of religion? When we develop church growth strategies that target the middle class instead of the poor and marginalized, then we have the form without the power. When we spend more of our resources on constructing and maintaining [...]
I don’t think you’re suppose to complain about things like this on your own blog, but I don’t care. I have writers block right now. I’ll get started on a post and then, a few paragraphs in, I’ll lose focus, or forget where I’m going with it. Kind of sad… So thats why I’ve been [...]
I have a problem. I’m addicted to lattes. I go to starbucks almost every morning, so much so that they know my name. “Triple venti caramel latte please.” “Ok Matt, drive around.” Then onetime I sent someone else to get my latte, they asked her if it was for me and wrote “hey matt!!” on [...]
Again, before I start, I want to make mention of the usage of assembly in lieu of “church.” Please refer to the previous post for an explanation. Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. One primary purpose… one reason for meeting… to help the alcoholic who [...]
Before I begin, I must state I am using the word “assemblies” in lieu of the word “churches.” I feel like we often take our own personal “churches” as a representation of church catholic, often to the detriment of our unity. We must remember that we are part of one body, and the many little [...]
Too tired to do a full post right now, but I wanted to throw this question out into the interwebz and see what comes up. Has anyone thought about the fact that Satan, the Devil, and the Snake (and Lucifer) do not refer to the same person(s)? Just something I’ve been running over lately… email2friend
Before we begin, I must say somethign about my absence over the past few days. I work for Chik-fil-a and occassionally travel to help open up new stores around the country. I left Wednesday for Alabama and, when I got here, I discovered that I forgot to pack my charger. I’ve realized over the past [...]
Two—For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. From Wikipedia: A member who accepts a service position or an organizing role is a “trusted servant” with terms rotating and limited, typically lasting [...]
I was random link clicking around the blogosphere, and landed on the website of the Young Anabaptist Radicals and a post discussing the twelve traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. I have never really looked into alcoholics anonymous, but after a night of research, I am completely enthralled with the organization. The most enthralling thing, that I [...]
I’ll admit, there have been several times today when I was quite tempted to renege on the statement that I would not comment on politics until post election (Blake- I will be on the liveblog- no worries there), however, I will keep my word and talk about something else that’s been on my mind of [...]