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This Sunday we will continue our series Extreme Makeover: Christian Edition. Last week was an introduction to the series. This Sunday we will focus in particular on WORK in all its forms (paid as well as unpaid). We will take a look at some statistics related to our general work habits and seek to determine [...]
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If you are like me, you no doubt are following the story of the pastor in Florida who is considering burning copies of the Quran this weekend. I get a weekly email newsletter from the senior pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas. This is what Rev. Adam Hamilton had to [...]
Check out this article by Robin Russell of UMC news service.
http://www.umportal.org/article.asp?id=7101
So having read it, what do you think? Is St. Mark’s UMC too bland? Perhaps we are not as bad as Russell describes but we could certainly improve. What would you recommend? Do we ask enough of members? Should we do more to explain the [...]
I’ve got a fever! No, not a 100 degree plus temperature but rather I’ve got World Cup Fever! Recently my emotions and mood have been tied to the roller coaster that is USA soccer! One of the biggest challenges is that the games come on at either 10 am or 2:30 pm EST. What’s with [...]
From now until Pentecost on May 23rd, St. Mark’s UMC will be engaged in a Sermon Series entitled Acting OUT. Easter calls us to live differently. We can’t experience The Resurrection and then just go home. No, like the apostles, the early followers of Christ, we too must go Act OUT our faith. Throughout this [...]
On Training the Dragons
Hiccup is a most unlikely hero and probably the least Viking-like Viking in the world. He is different, no macho bravado. He is rejected in his home town because his ways are not the ways of the people.
The Vikings in the movie “How to Train a Dragon” have two functions: Kill the [...]
Ah! Lint.
Bellybutton lint; pocket lint; dryer lint; lint filters; lint rollers; there’s even a “National Lint Project” – if you don’t believe me, you can check it out at http://www.studiocapezzuti.com/lint/lintguys.htm
I started thinking about lint this morning, on this first day of Lent, as I was tidying up my desk, doing a little spring cleaning as [...]
It has been kindly (well not really) pointed out to me that I have not written a blog post in months now. I apologize to my fan base for being otherwise occupied. (I didn’t know you cared!)In thinking about the blog I had all but decided to make it a New Year’s Resolution to write [...]
I have only really been interested in Golf during one period of my life. During my High School years, my friends and I would go to the par 3 course every Wednesday afternoon. The only clubs I had were my Grandfather’s 40 year old right handed clubs. The problem with this is that I am [...]
There are two kinds of people: Those who love jigsaw puzzles; and those who do not.
I love jigsaw puzzles.
I come by it honest. My dad loved jigsaw puzzles, and both my brother and I love them. (It has yet to be demonstrated if my children have inherited the jigsaw gene, but I remain hopeful!)
There is [...]
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