This is the video from our kid’s School Christmas Concert this evening. They did an awesome job! It isn’t the whole video, just the best parts (the parts with our kids).
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A New Word and My Blog
I thought of a new word for the English language that I think sums up the approach I am going to take for my blog over the next while: “Sporactivity.” I like to blog and write, but sometimes life is life and it gets busy. Therefore, I am going to embrace some sporactivity (sporadic activity) for my blog in the days to come. I haven’t left, I’m just “sporaticizing” the blogging world.
My TV appearance, New Church Website, Renovation Overdrive and Missions Rethink
My TV Appearance
I was recently on TV talking about “The Edge,” our Youth Drop-In Center, at Parkview. It was a cool experience to talk about our church’s vision for engaging our community by meeting practical needs within. It was facinating to have talked for several minutes on camera and then only see two small clips on TV – but there were good clips:)
New Church Website
Our church is going through a major website overhaul and are launching our new (very cool) site in a few day. If you get a chance check it out www.parkviewalliance.com. We still have a lot of “polishing” to do and the potential of things we can do through it is amazing.
Renovation Overdrive
I been in renovation mode in our house for the last couple months since moving it, but for the next few weeks, I officially move into “renovation overdrive” as I complete our upstairs installing counter tops, new flooring, painting, shelving, lighting, building cabinets and cabinet doors. I like doing it but the pace is a bit much these days.
Mission Re-Think
I have been facinated with world missions lately which has trusted my into several books that I will post about together soon. There are:
- Glocalization by Bob Roberts Jr.
- GloboChrist by Carl Raschke
- Revolution in World Missions by K.P. Yohannan
Caption Contest
I have been in both community newspapers over the last week and thought I would share the pictures used with a bit of a caption contest. Here they are:
Picture #1: From the Standard
Picture #2: From The Voice
Leave a comment with your captions…have fun and mock away:)
Haggai: Re-Trace Follow-up (Prayer of Examine)
As part of our current sermon series on Haggai, this morning we talked about the idea of RE-Tracing our spiritual journey and how God has worked in our lives (individually and together as a community) so that we can then see our present and future with a new perspective.
As part of RE-Tracing our past, I mentioned the Ignatius Prayer of Examine and so I thought I would include a few links here:
- Written Prayer of Examine that you can use to reflect on the end of your day.
- Free MP3 Prayer of Examine that you can listen to with your Ipod, Mp3, media or CD player at the end of your day.
I trust these will be helpful in your spiritual journey as you RE-Trace the work of God in the tapestry of your life, knowing that your situation is not a surprise to God and that God is calling you to something more.
As always, I hope my messages get to the route of what the word “sermon” stems from (conversation) and that they would truly start spiritual conversations. Thus. I would always invite your comments, concerns, stories, prayer requests, etc. as we pursue life together.