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  • I have been on a little blogging vacation in order to host out-of-town visitors, put out some ministry fires, start some other ministry fires, and take some day trips. I  will be posting in earnest now. In the meantime, here are some quotes that have touched my heart or funny bone: God put me on…

  • Two Polls

    I have been conducting two polls – one in the Religion Forum and one in the Christian Fellowship Forum on giving, tithing, and philanthropy. They are not my most successful polls, but I am really curious about the results and how they may vary between the two forums where they are worded differently to suit…

  • Catching Up on Catch Phrases

    "Everyone knows that …" "They did a study that concluded that …" "It has been proven that …" "Doctors tell us that …" "Jesus spoke more about …" The truth is, we are not all that careful about what we declare to be true and universally accepted as truth. If we say and hear something…

  • Just As I Was Talking About Money …

    Discuss this posting at The Religion Forum with this message: (Interfaith Discussion) or the Fellowship Forum at this message: (Christian Fellowship Discussion). Below is a copy of an exchange I recently (this morning)had. Missing are some awful pictures of a little girl with burns all over her body. It is heart-rending. The distribution list is…

  • BT – Loving the City

    mikWe couldn’t understand why the roof of our church building kept leaking and would not hold a repair. Finally, we called in the big guns and they confirmed what we had suspected for a while, majoy truss failure. The whole thing would need to be engineered again and structurally rebuilt from the inside out. It…

  • Excerpt from: A Burning Bush

    Eric Blauer is a pastor with a transformational ministry. He posts some challenging – out of the box – material. His article of money is biblical and no doubt, controversial. It needs to be heard. Coming across his blog is my first introduction to Eric and I hope, not the last. He has several blogs…

  • Christians and Wealth

    Co-published at The Entrepreneur’s Table. There is some wonderful and thoughtful material on this blog which I will be returning to read and ponder. This relates to the subject in Entrepreneur’s Table because Christians, and especially social/spiritual entrepreneurs struggle with it. Is it honorable to make money? Flying Embers: "Wealth brings independence, a satisfaction that…

  • From Transformational Communitites

    I borrowed this from my Transformational Communities blog. Gordon Cotterill says that his blog consists of the theological reflections of an insignificant Salvation Army officer. Not so insignifican I think. Gordon’s observations, espcially as he tackles lost themes, go straight to the heart of what transformational communities are called to be. For example: URBANarmy: Lost…

  • The Tabled Table

    I have not forgotten the TABLE acronym for Entrepreneur’s Table  (See also Entrepreneur’s Table on Blogger). I just haven’t been able to sit there for a while. The T – was for Timely Topics and Transferable Themes. We dealt with some of those. The A was for Attitudes and we introduced that subject. The B…

  • Five People – One Life

    I don't know when I last sat down to read a novel, but I did so today at a church member's insistence and I am glad I did. It was an easy sell because I loved Mitch Alboms "Tuesdays with Morrie." So, I started reading "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" in earnest today.…