While the corporate world deals with the fact that hundreds of thousands of American jobs are being outsourced to companies overseas, now we find out that it is happening in churches too. There is a bizarre and strangely hilarious article in the New York Times about the Catholic Church’s practice of outsourcing prayer and masses.…
This phrase is one of my pet peeves. It is used with alarming frequency and I seem to hear it wherever I go these days. The other day I read a quote where someone said “my own personal heart is breaking.” I guess he really wanted to stress that he didn’t break anyone else’s heart.…
I just saw over on James White’s site that he and some other great speakers are going to be holding a conference in Toronto later this year (September 10, 11). The speakers will be: So I’m excited! It should be a great conference. I’m particularly interested in hearing a Reformed perspective on witnessing to post-moderns…
Here are some snippets of an interesting article I saw over at In The Faith. At the St. James AME Church in East San Jose, Calif., young people worship by dancing — choreographed movements inspired by everything from ballet to the latest MTV videos. It’s an alternative way of praying that helps bring kids into…
My taxes are due June 15. That means tomorrow. Care to guess what I am going to be doing tonight? Ah, the terrifyingly unsatisfying life of a procastinator!
It has been a while since I last updated my list of recommended links. Today I finally got around to deleting one that hasn’t been updated in a long time and I added two new ones. I try to keep my list short, so if it makes my list you know it’s worth reading! I…
Anne Catherine Emmerich, who may just be nominated for a Grammy award for writing the screenplay for The Passion of the Christ is due to be beatified on October 3. This, of course, is a step on the road to canonization (ie being declared a saint). I wonder if she was ever considered for this…
A few weeks ago I completed a rather interesting Web site for my uncle, Ron Cowle. Ron is an artist, and a pretty good one at that! The site was unique in that he had a very clear vision of what he wanted it to look like and my job was really to take that…
I have promised never to do a “ramblings” entry more than once per week on this blog. I usually reserve it for Sunday, but after a very hectic day today, I have decided to post ramblings on Thursday. They require at least 20% less brainpower than a well-thought-out article, and I need to reserve brainpower.…
Flash (that’s Macromedia Flash, for the not-quite-so-computer-literate) saw fit to corrupt one of my files today. Naturally it was one I had spent the whole day working on. Not only did the program crash 7 or 8 times during the course of the day, but it also refused, time and again. to play the movies…
I took an hour out of my evening to watch the proceedings surrounding Ronald Reagan. This evening he was brought to the Capitol Building where he will lie in state until the funeral on Friday. The historian in me is always interested in the traditions, the pomp and circumstance that are found at such occassions.…
My pastor preached an excellent message this morning. Fortunately for me (and for you) he forgot to include a copyright statement on the message outline, so I thought I would share that content with you! No copyright means it is public domain, right? The message was entitled “How To Recognize God’s Voice” and dealt with…
Someone posted some fascinating comment here earlier today. It contained all sorts of information about the 2004 National Pastors Convention which took place in two locations earlier this year. The convention is “designed to offer church pastors, their spouses and staffs the opportunity to find personal renewal and refreshment along with professional enrichment. The EC…
I had a long-overdue creative explosion today, managing to create three completely different but good-in-their-own-way site designs. I have been absolutely swamped with work recently which has, unfortunately, impacted my blogging time (not to mention the time I like to dedicate to reading other blogs). Heck, I haven’t even read Foxtrot (the comic) in a…
A few months ago I mentioned on this site that I was reading John Eldredge’s book Wild at Heart and intended to write a review of it. After reading the book I elected not to write a review at that time. The book was so full of error and absolutely ridiculous nonsense that I just…
A friend of mine is looking for articles discussing whether it is acceptable or not to have a cross in a church. I know many traditional Reformed Christians are against the idea and I’m wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of some resources that would discuss this in context of Scripture. I…
I am Canadian, and as such have no idea what the proper etiquette is for Memorial Day. To say “happy Memorial Day” seems a touch flippant. So, for all my American friends, enjoy your day away from the grind. What do Americans do on Memorial Day, anyways? Is it just an “excuse” for a day…
Every now and then David Cloud, a hardcore fundamentalist baptist, publishes some of the emails he has received over the past weeks or months. It always makes for hilarious reading. While I agree with a whole lot of what Cloud has to say, there have been a few times I’ve gotten close to emailing him…
Welcome to yet another edition of my now-patented Sunday Ramblings. It’s a time for me to throw disorganized thoughts together and call it blogging. Today we start at The Journey Church which had its second preview service this morning. As with their first preview which was held last month, I was priveleged to be part…
So far so good in regards to the move to the new commenting system. I had a bit of a problem with my archives but managed to fix it. The only real annoyances now are: Other than those small annoyances I’m quite happy with the forums. I am hoping a bunch of people sign up…