On his way to the police station, James Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message to his friends and contacts using the micro-blogging site Twitter. Within seconds, colleagues in the United States and his blogger-friends in Egypt — the same ones who had taught him the tool only a week earlier — were alerted he was being [...]
Last week I went to the debate between Richard Foley (MU Philosopher) vs Grant Sterling (EIU Philospher). They debated the cosmological argument of whether God exists. The debate from my point of view.Packed parking lots.Packed auditorium.PC problems.Big words I couldn’t understand.Grant Sterling took 20 minutes to say “god exist because there is a reason for god to exist”Richard Foley took [...]
Tonight at First Assembly we had our monthly Very Intentional Parenting workshop.Tonight’s theme was “Spiritual Conversations with your Kids“.I tackled the teenage years.A couple great ways to have spiritual conversations with teenagers is thru situations and culture. Here are 5 movies with a cause that can be used for spiritual discussion with teenagers. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowedofficial site Amazing Graceofficial [...]
Twittered from one of our youth staff during the am service. aaron. Listen to Pastor’s Special Retirement Announcement
We close on the house on May 13.
4:36am I’m waken by the sounds of our front door shaking, and then vibrations through out the 2 story brick house we are renting.4:39am I text Aaron & Luke “Was that an earthquake?”4:40am “I don’t know” from Aaron via text4:40am “Dunno I felt it too” from Luke via text4:40am I text Aaron “Did you feel that?”4:41am “yeah” from Aaron via [...]
Today was a big day.After initialing 12 times and signing my name 5 times, the official accepted offer papers were finalized. Projected closing date is May 13.
Thanks for the overwhelming response. Here are the numbers so far. Katie and I have accepted the offer on the house. This Two Dollar House Challenge has went global. Countries involved: USA, UK States involved: 27 AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, [...]
Katie and I have been in negotiations for an incredible house. 1500 sq ft, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, hardwood floors, basement, unfinished upstairs, marble floors, yadda yadda. We are so close to sealing the deal, but we need $5k. So, we are going to the online community. We are probably networked with about 2,500 people online. Simple. $5k / 2500 [...]
We started a new series based on the first chapter of the book of James. You in Real Life.Real Pain.Real Smarts.Real Temptation.Real Speech. {embed video} Last night we started with part one. Real Pain.Here is what the message sounded & looked like. I told a personal story of real pain. Showed this clip on pain/suffering from Dan in Real Life. [...]
