This group also does a really cool version of “My Favorite Things.”
This group also does a really cool version of “My Favorite Things.”
Part of a sermon I preached on Valentine’s Day. You can find the whole sermon here.
Bruce Reyes-Chow sent this twitter earlier today.
""I am emergence" post coming today. Want in? In 140 WORDS or less, blog/FB about it WITHOUT defining by what you are NOT and I'll link back."
I twittered my response in exactly 140 characters.
I am emerging since I am in an ongoing and incomplete process of questioning and answering what God calls the church to be today
We have been in process to adopt a girl from Ethiopia since mid-2008. We have now received word that we have been matched with a three and a half year old girl, and that we can expect to travel to Ethiopia to meet her and bring her here in about 5-6 months. We are obviously overjoyed to be at this point in the process. After this long wait, we now have her name, a couple pictures and some other information about her. It is really exciting to think that she will be with us by the end of the summer! While at the same time, we are sad for her and the circumstances in her life that have led to her being in need of adoption.
On December 3 I started a running program. Last Thursday, I ran 3.17 miles without stopping. That’s eight weeks for me to go from non-exercising couch potato to running a 5k. Although running is a pretty strong word for my 5.3 mph pace.
Yesterday, I ran this distance again and shaved a minute off my time. A new PR! That’s lingo that us runners use, it means Personal Record (I think). 🙂
Several people have asked me what program I used. I followed Couch to 5k which sends you out three times a week for thirty minutes. It begins with intervals of walking and running (mostly walking), and shortens the walking intervals until they are gone completely. I used a Couch to 5k IPhone app that would tell me when to run and when to walk.
After the walking intervals disappeared and it was all running, I switched to the the free version MapMyRun app. This app will track your run on Google maps, calculate your distance covered, speed, elevation, and associated stats. As you run it will tell you how much time has elapsed, what your average or current speed is, and how far you have run.
Here is the map from yesterday’s run:
I’m glad that I’ve stuck with this. It’s the first regular exercise program that I’ve stuck with since…ever. I can’t say that it’s fun or that I enjoy it, when almost every step of the way my only thought is, “Can I stop now?” But I enjoy the fact that I am running, even if I don’t enjoy running.
I'm taking an online course right now through Pittsburgh Seminary about using digital media in worship services. Thankfully, I am at a church that uses projectors in all three of our worship services. But this is the first church I have served that has the capability to use digital media throughout the service, so I am taking this course to become more fluent with images and video in worship.
So often in these conversation people use anecdotal evidence to say why these "sweeping generalizations" about younger generations and media are wrong. In my experience, almost all of these anecdotal examples are only anecdotal and never represent the general trends and demographics.
I know that "missional" is overused and some people really bristle at it's usage. If you are one of those people, I ask that you get over it for 2 minutes while you watch this video. If you aren't one of those people, then I hope you enjoy watching this.