My dad died last week
It wasn’t unexpected as he had been under Hospice care since the middle of March. Even so, it was still hard.
King’s Cross: A Good Book for Seekers/New Believers
As Keller describes, he chose Mark over other gospels because you get more of Jesus in it. This would be a great book to give to someone who is “kicking the tires” on Christianity…
FREE – Final Weekend – New Video Resource from CSO
The Ultimate Question includes a 35 minute video, handout for notes, and small group questions for discussion.
Lacrosse Continues to Grow
National lacrosse participation grew 10 percent in 2010 according to the annual participation survey conducted by US Lacrosse, released today…
Turning Fitness Classes into Fitness Ministry
The presenters were Aimee Lind – Fitness Coordinator, Appleton Alliance Church, Appleton, Wisconsin and Michele McKay – Director of Hilltop Fitness, Northview Church, Indianapolis, Indiana. The content included – Current activities and trends in Fitness, Challenges in Fitness, Ensuring Ministry in Fitness, and Redeemed Fitness.
Broken Sports: Paraguayan Soccer Player Kicks a Referee in the Face
In what seems to be escalating violence against soccer referees, the latest example of this significant problem happened in the Liga Regional del Sud championship game according to Bleacher Report (To see the whole article, click here.) The violence occurred after several red cards appeared to have been issued – the first to a player…
Sports, Self-centeredness, & the Gospel
“Why are my sports still so much about me?” ……He had hoped that after the years of walking with Jesus that this would be different, that he would be different.
Broken Sports – Quite a week
Here is a short list of three items from this past week that reveal something of the depth of the brokenness of sports – all sports, all levels.
Broken Sports: Parents brawl after youth baseball game
At least 2 dozen adults were involved in a brawl after a baseball game involving 10 year olds in Greenley, CO.
Ask Bill Gates – “Is it good to think about our mortality?”
I recently watched a 60 minutes interview with Bill Gates. During the interview, Charlie Rose asked Bill about his relationship with Steve Jobs, which led to discussion about their conversations late in Steve’s life.