Video by Stephen Lancaster on Living Water International
As part of our Advent Conspiracy offering, we are going to give money to Living Water International, we showed a video last week featuring Stephen Lancaster from our church as he told the story of his mission trip this past year with this organization. Stephen helped build a well in Honduras.
Website with gift ideas for giving presence
One of the key thoughts in the Advent Conspiracy emphasis is that we need to re-think some of our gifts. Nothing wrong with Christmas gifts, at all. But the challenge is to give our presence as well, to be relational with our giving. The website rethinkingchristmas.com is an online clearinghouse of ideas for gifts and […]
I am not a fan of horror movies, but something about them does intrigue me. I have never been able to understand why the people in these movies, fully knowing that Jason or Freddie are in the house, will return to the house. You know what I mean. Their friends are already dead, but the […]
Matt Chandler – thoughts on surgery
I mentioned this video in the sermon this morning from Matt Chandler, the lead pastor of Village Church in the Dallas area. He is an Acts 29 guy who was recently diagnosed with a tumor on his brain requiring immediate surgery. His response to God’s will in the midst of his suffering is a terrific […]
R. C. Sproul, Alice Cooper, and Faith
Found this to be interesting and funny, as theologian R. C. Sproul talks about his relationship with rocker Alice Cooper, and Cooper’s faith in Jesus, and a little bit about golf. Check out the video here.