I got my head jarred back this morning. Totally caught by surprise by this longish quote. The non-western author, Vishal Mangalwadi, while talking philosophy dips into the Bible to recount a story I read just last week. It is about a sick man Jesus heals in the Gospel of John chapter 5. What kicked back my head this morning was… Read more →
Loved this one called “Quite comparable, actually.” Posted on November 11, 2011 by Jessica Hagy. I think the folks at Indexed do a great job with venn diagrams. This one comparing oranges to apples shows what they do have in common. You just have to think differently about the issue. There is so much in life that is like that. You come… Read more →
I am reading a couple of books right now. Today I spent time in Steve Monsma’s Healing For a Broken World: Christian Perspective on Public Policy. I appreciate his clear thinking. My favorite quote from the book today is: I believe we Christians ought to be as concerned for the religious freedom of our Jewish or Muslim neighbors and for… Read more →
Sometimes I admit that I get confused by the way the Bible says some things. I was reading this morning about Jesus’ life. One of his followers quoted him as saying, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him… Read more →
Getting information is easy; it is just a search away. Getting meaning is harder and changing in light of meaning is harder still. That is the prophetic message. It is also the purpose of a sermon. The “Data Cake” metaphor is great for sermons. Here is how it works: Data=verses, Greek, Hebrew, cross references; Information=Bible reading, life circumstances; Presentation=the sermon where… Read more →
I am really putting my tablet through the paces. I have a Notion Ink Adam that I took to Poland for this missions trip. It is my only PC and this trip is all about meetings, ideation and strategizing to become even more effective for Jesus in Poland. Turing the meetings my Adam is set up like it is in… Read more →
I make a lot of puns. I guess that’s why Patricia, my sister-in-law, sent me these. Actually, I did chuckle at some of these. Please don’t shoot the messenger just chuckle and shake your head. 🙂 Modern conversion tables………….. 1. Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi 2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton… Read more →
The European Union’s Muslim population is only 3% according to The World Christian Database. This is in a slight conflict with the recent Pew Research Forum study. It says that the European Union is 6% Muslim. What is fascinating about this is that the population of Agnostics and Atheists is 5 times the size of the Muslim population. I did… Read more →
I had a “twitter chat” with Todd Gragg a few days ago. His blog post in my opinion missed the point so I thought it would be nice to chat about it. I skimmed the post and tweeted him. He responded and you can see the short chat here: PastorTodd78: Missional + Incarnational = Attractional http://wp.me/p1hJot-d1 pauldz: we probably understand attractional differently. Attractive… Read more →
Had a blast today rock climbing with my daughter and her friend. We walked into the Stone Summit Rock Climbing and Fitness Center. Today after church. They have the best climbing and the safest place I could imagine. The three of us started bouldering. They had regular climbing shoes and I had my Vibram Bilka LS. It was a great… Read more →
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