Entries from October 2008

October 30, 2008

What If?….. (revisited)

So I am not going to get into any sort of a political debate, but with all this BARRAGE of politics and knee-deep muck of promises and campaign clutter I have been thinkin’ some about what type of things would actually BENEFIT us in the world, more specifically in this country, in which we live. [...]

October 30, 2008

60-60 Exp Hours 73 – 96 (aka Day 4) “Apologies to the Ladies”

Oh yeah let the good times roll – as disappointing and frustrating as day 3 (which shall forevermore be known as the day of satan running amuck in the georgia driver’s license office) the morning and early start to day 4 has been much more encouraging.  After a long day in the office and running [...]

October 29, 2008

60-60 Day 3 – starts w/ frustration….

Yo Everyone – okay so I am into Day 3 of my 60-60 Experiment (see last couple posts to know what that means).  First 2 days have gone well, got a lil off track last night, but the beeps came along at a good time to get my mind & focus back on track.
And then [...]

October 27, 2008

60-60 Exp – note #1

@ my 12:30 beep I read in Acts 3 – very interesting thought to back up my point found in my earlier post about US not being the ones to do the changing in someone’s life.  Read Peter & John’s account of the healing of a crippled beggar in Acts chapter 3.
Notice esp. vs. 12 [...]

October 27, 2008

My Soul Revolution – 60-60 Experiment

So a lot of different factors have led me to do a bit of reading and listening to a guy by the name of John Burke, Lead Pastor of Gateway Church in Austin, TX.  The church I work with here in the Atlanta area has adopted his church’s theory (not original with him but Jesus [...]

October 21, 2008

Guess who beat “the man”…

OH YEAH – ladies and gentlemen after many months, hours of painful phone calls, many dealings with people that could not know any LESS about their own job – THE SAGA HAS FINALLY ENDED!!!!
The irony is that I had just used this as an illustration in my sermon on Sunday and then the check arrived [...]

October 16, 2008

Want to be an Abolitionist??

What is an abolitionist?  Someone who helps to abolish or get rid of something like a movement, law, injustice, etc., we generally think of this term especially in the realm of slavery – see webster dictionary abolitionist or check out wikipedia Abolitionist
So why am I asking you to consider being one?  Is there even a real [...]

October 7, 2008

My Thinkin’ on Drinkin’ ….

So I was back in good ole NC this weekend for a wedding.  I had the wonderful pleasure of performing a wedding ceremony for 2 great friends from my home church back in NC.  Some of the events & discussions I had over the weekend is what has led me to share my thoughts with [...]