What makes church “church?”

Very interesting post over at bright and beautiful; challenging, disapointing and yet strangly encouraging all at the same time. Take a minute to read it and then continue:
Observation: When growing up Methodist, church was something we did. In fact, church was something we did all the time. Our friends were church friends. Our church social group went [...]

What is the purpose of your message?

Speaking about a Joel Osteen and his message, Mark of Denver in Translation say’s “It’s not a heretical message, it’s just not a powerful one.” I have to question this one, not the heretical part which is silly to me, but the “it’s just not a powerful one” part.
A ministry reaching beyond his immediate church; beyond [...]

Some things move in unison

It’s interesting how some things move in unison, particularly in the workings of God’s Kingdom.
On my sight I have the RSS feed from One Green Bracelet and it had an update on “So you think you know Worldchild”. I thought I did but it was good to learn the background and real world impact they [...]

ORCC Bloggers Unite!

Liveblogging the ORCC Bloggers Unite group today. Attending this holiday weekend, (first Husker game!) are:
RevelationIsTooStrongaWord
Overflow of the Heart
Elissa Budd
The River Blog
The Hosh
So far the discussion has been lively about how to incorporate Facebook feeds, linking to others, and having focused content that encourages readership, linking, and comments.
UPDATE: Who uses Livewriter? Facebook feeds appear to work [...]

Impact the world, today

How great is it to see that we can impact the world, today, from right here in Denver!
I particuarly like that “they see mom & i on daystar here” and was convicted to follow Judi’s advice and went online here to make sure that those called to go, can go and that TV and technology [...]

Confident peace

I think Sue echoes an important set of life lessons for every Christian that Pastor Reece brought out in his powerful message Sunday.
“To survive the wilderness, you must get your eyes off the circumstances and onto God.”
It is so easy to let distractions and very real life circumstances keep us from the real peace of [...]