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RCA/CRC Hymnal
The meetings are over for a few months, but the work is just getting off the ground. In any case, it’s fair to say that the project is “up and running!” If everything goes well, there will be a joint hymnal published by the RCA and the CRC in 2013!
I suppose some of […]
This is why…
I am not a fan of “cutesy” little sayings on church signs. Although our sign is capable of hosting them, I informed our consistory, upon purchase of said sign, that if they wanted hokey sayings (er…umm… “neat, inspiring quips”), they would have to find someone else do them.
With few exceptions, they tend to give […]
Bidenominational Hymnal, Worship Commission & a few thoughts
Bidenominational Hymnal:
This has been a crazy week. It started out with church canceled (due to weather) on Sunday (putting me two sermons behind for the beginning of my thesis project - not a big deal though). Monday and Tuesday were filled with a meeting for a new joint hymnal project between the […]
Check-in
Yep… I’ve done it again; it’s been weeks since I last posted. That’s meant a lot of church, a lot of reading, and a lot of knitting that’s gone entirely unreported (I can tell you’re really missing it, huh!?)
Well, here’re a couple of updates:
I knit another Koolhaas hat (this one for JJ) — […]
Read More..>>I know I’ve Read this before, but….
We’re continuing our study of the “Three Pillars” during our Sunday morning services at Dunningville. Currently we’re about half way through the second pillar (Justice & Ministry), so Zachariah 7:8-14 seemed a reasonable choice for one of Sunday’s passages:
And the word of the LORD came again to Zechariah: “This is what the LORD Almighty […]
GoLoco & Liberation Ecology
This morning I preached on justice… So it was providential that tonight, on the way home from picking up Little Ceaser’s, I heard an incredible story on the radio about Liberation Ecology. You should check it out at:
Living On Earth: Liberation Ecology
I also learned about GoLoco… it’s a carpooling application for Facebook. It even goes […]
Favorite Section from Yesterday’s Sermon
My favorite section from yesterday’s sermon:
…I think the most controversial thing about these three pillars we’re studying isn’t what they’re about. We know Devotion and Discipleship are important; we understand the necessity of Ministry & Justice, and Worship & Honor make sense to us. The controversial thing is getting past the idea that […]
Checkin’ in…
I haven’t written in a long time (duh… you figured that out, huh?!) Partly because I switched over to my Ragbrai Blog for a while, partly because - despite the fact that it’s summer - life has been unbelievably busy. In any case, here’s a quick catch-up (Note: I will be posting a […]
Read More..>>Good Consistory Meeting
We had our July consistory meeting last night (postponed from last week because of the fireworks we were supposed to have then) and I have to say, the elders’ part was one of the best elders’ meetings we’ve ever had. Not that we discussed anything particularly new or controversial but we did finally come […]
Read More..>>Book Recommendation
I was doing some research last week on the Dunbar Number for an article on church size that I’m writing and ran across the book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (New York: Little, Brown and Company Back Bay Books, 2000 - ISBN: 0-316-34662-4). The book is […]
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