I think this is an appropriate post; an appropriate reason to be proud. Forgive me if it seems like bragging… but I am SO proud of my daughter. My son gets most of the “press” in this blog but perhaps that is understandable as he finished high school, early, tomorrow and heads to the Marine [...]
The day didn’t start auspiciously. My flight from Lubbock to Dallas was delayed (deja vu!) for an hour and a half. After that, things went much more smoothly. In Dallas, I needed to get from Terminal B to E. In the old days that would have been a killer trip, but their Skylink system is [...]
It was my joy and privilege to spend this last weekend with the University Church of Christ in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I would guess a few dozen of us — at least — spent an evening and a day at an area retreat center. Of course, when you let Christian guys out like that, they can [...]
(NOTE: I just posted chapter 15 AND SIXTEEN at tribes.patrickmead.net. Please check out sacredink.patrickmead.net for a post on the dire need they face for funds, prayers, and encouragement. Leave them a message of hope, please) Sunday afternoon is drawing to a close and, with it, a marathon weekend. It started on Friday evening with the [...]
I’ll update this blog in the next two days, but a quick note. For those of you reading my online novel, TRIBES (www.tribes.patrickmead.net), chapter fourteen is up. The next chapter is ready to post but I’ll give you some time to read this one and comment first. My blogs are getting upwards of 400 hits [...]
Two days ago it was in the low 70′s. This morning we woke up to a half inch of snow and a projected high of 34. Why would anybody live like this? I ask myself that question a lot and it always gets answered the same way — as it did last night. I arrived [...]
I’ll post something here again very soon, but for today, go to www.deeandrews.net for her interview with my constant companion, the Wee Green Terror, and my good friend, Scooby, the Wonder Parrot. Say hello to her and then check back here in the next day or so for another post.
Tomorrow morning the doors will be opened again. Greeters will stand near them, equipped with the daily worship sheet and some basic info on special events taking place this coming week. In will come black and white, Hispanic and Asian, all happy to worship with each other. But not everyone will come in our doors. [...]
After the last blog I thought a description of how we celebrate communion in our third service was in order. To review, our third morning service — from 11:30 to 12:45 — was established as a safe place for the unchurched, the wounded-by-church, and the frightened of church to worship. We started with a handful [...]
First Corinthians is an exceedingly strange book. I can remember wondering why God would include it at all! Here we have a very divided congregation that can’t get a handle on what to believe or how to behave. Some believed in more than one god, others believed that rules on what and how to eat [...]