“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • Gleanings

    It has been a week of surfing and researching in several areas. In coming weeks, I’ll be quoting from these and tossing around ideas that I read here, but let me get them here in my journal for future reference… Continue reading

  • There is a stimulating discussion of the house church movement on the Christian Fellowship Forum where Spencer (Ozpen) sites Barna’s research begining with message # Msg # 116158.: ——————————Have you read the latest research from the George Barna Group on… Continue reading