Worship Without Music
See this post for background. After I asked “What would it look like if we had worship all week without a worship leader?”, Eric just kind of stared at me. Then, he got this gleam in his eye and I…
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Help, We Don’t Have A Worship Leader!!
Close your eyes and think about worshiping. OK, read that last sentence first, THEN close your eyes. I’d be willing to bet big money (at least $1) that you saw yourself and/or other people singing, listening to music, or…
Expectations On a Mission Trip
The first thing to get rid of on a mission trip is expectations. Hopefully, pride leaves right behind it. If you have an expectation of what should happen, you will probably miss what God is doing while you wallow in…
An Encounter
I’m not sure what you think of Penn and Teller (the comedy team), but I promise you’ll find this clip of Penn intriguing.
Help! I Need God!
Continued from Help! I don’t need God! My friend, Thomi (pronounced ‘Tommy.’ I don’t know why, he’s just weird that way…), was leading a group that was putting up a church roof on an island off the coast of Mexico…
Selling a product…
I was reading Jay Nordlinger, one of my favorite pundits, this morning. Here’s what he said about something that happened in NY city. Was on the streets of New York the other day (as pretty much every day). And…
The Ditch
The trip we took to Mississippi was what AIM calls a “Level 2” trip. This means that the emphasis of the trip is not necessarily on work: building, tearing down, cleaning, whatever; but more of the trip’s focus is on…
…I Just Went…
Let me start with my buddy Chandler, who I met on our trip to Philadelphia, Mississippi. We had been spending some time in prayer after our morning worship, asking God to give us direction for the day. Not everyone…
Purple Hole (Hull) Peas
On Sunday, 7/13/08, we went to the wrong church. We were supposed to meet the people from Bogue Chitto (bok chitto) Baptist church at another church, Hope Baptist, for a hymn sing and dinner. After waiting at Hope Baptist…
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