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Category Archives: church
Jim Collins on Excellence in Church Employees
I happened on an excellent session from Catalyst 2008 with Andy Stanley interviewing Jim Collins about keeping employees who are a poor fit in a position. Andy says that churches are all about mercy — so sometimes, out of compassion … Continue reading
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Tagged andy stanley, catalyst, church, employees, jim collins, management
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Checking Our Heads
Yesterday, I enthused about the PC(USA) website’s makeover, and one of my Facebook friends went to see it. He’s a Southern Baptist, and he wasn’t impressed with this quote on the home page: The pull quote you see here isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Ecumenical, church, education, pcusa, presbyterian, quotations
Tagged ecumenism, evangelism, outreach, pcusa, pride, screwtape
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New PC(USA) Site
Hey, cool. The PC(USA) has updated its website. It looks like a huge improvement over what we’ve had the last umpteen years. Congratulations to whoever put this together.
PC(USA) ordains 1st Iranian Pastor
Hey, this is a small world. Mansour Khajehpour was just ordained by Seattle Presbytery as the first Iranian to become a PC(USA) minister of Word and sacrament. I knew Mansour (a little) in seminary. He was in the class two … Continue reading
A Catholic Martyr
I was vaguely aware that Pope Benedict XVI recently visited Cyprus, but I missed this story about the martyrdom of Luigi Padovese, on June 3 of this year.
Posted in church, compassion, islam, witness, worldreligions
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Atheist Recommends Christians Convert Muslims?
MacLeans has an interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali woman who was raised as a Muslim but who has become an atheist. In the article, she said Christians should proselytize Muslims, at least in the West:
Posted in apostasy, church, evangelism, islam, mission, society, worldreligions
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Kids in Church
I was recently at a conference where I was startled to notice this sign on the doors to the worship center:
Posted in children, church, conference, presbyterian, worship
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Anybody have a PC to spare?
We’ve had a number of problems with the secretary’s PC lately. The infamous Blue Screen of Death It’s doing this a lot. A whole lot. If you have a not-too-obsolete PC you could spare, we could certainly put it to … Continue reading
Posted in church, finances, software
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Encountering the Culture
Then he went about among the villages teaching. He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. —Mark 6:6-7 In AD 100, the worldwide total number of Christians might have been about 25,000. For the next … Continue reading
Dictation Software Chuckle
In my work, I use MacSpeech Dictate, a voice-recognition program for the mac, a fair bit. (It’s pretty good software: the kind you swear by as much as you swear at. Most bad software you either throw out or become … Continue reading