Jesus the Techie

I’m sitting in a global “coffee” chain. It’s probably the closest thing we have to a community well…a gathering place for folks to come and hang out and soak up some “community’. Some have called such gathering spots Third Places. (Mark Batterson introduced me to the concept of Third Places. Check out his thoughts here […]

Hidden Meaning in Avengers?

“People will naturally gravitate toward experiences that are meaningful, and the most meaningful experience a person can have in this life is to feel connected with God – to know that God is leading their lives, challenging them, interacting with them, and using them to change the world. The common message of controlling sin, going […]

There Goes the Neighborhood

Neighbors. Co-workers. Acquiantances. How are we to relate to these folks? Thinking about this question in prepration for sharing in worship this Sunday, the memory fairy (you know…the one who files and retreives stuff in the maze of our brains) dredged up the memory of an Esquire article I read once up a time about Mr. Rogers. […]