Brian McLaren is at it again…

Tinkering with me, that is:
… by postponing the essence of salvation to the afterlife, and by assuming God plans to destroy the earth, the conventional view leads us to assume that the world will get worse and worse, and that this deterioration is in fact God’s will or plan. This assumption would tend to create [...]

Oh Hell…

From an interview that Vic Cuccia did with Rob Bell. Read the whole thing on The Ooze:
You recently preached a sermon called “God wants to save Christians from hell.” I was discussing the message with a guy who after hearing this message was a bit disturbed and somehow came to the conclusion that you [...]

To the victor goes the spoils…

The fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays each year. I long ago decided that when I marry, I will be a happy man, so long as I am able to spend Thanksgiving and the fourth with my family. Through the years I have had some memorable fourths… the most memorable [...]

For the record…

One of the true joys of selling cars for a living is working on every holiday with the exceptions of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
But I am not complaining.

Mad church disease…

Reading through Monday Morning Insight today I read this about Mad Church Disease.
As I read through the post, I could not help but identify with what it was saying about the similarities between Mad Cow Disease and burnout in the ministry world. While I am excited by the fact that someone [...]