happy thanksgiving!
2 Comments Published by Steven Anderson on Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 9:00 AM.
There are so many things to be thankful for, I couldn't even begin to list them... I'd probably leave something or someone out and that wouldn't be good. So instead I'm going to take the shotgun approach and say that I'm thankful for everything!! It is almost like saying "I'm fine."
Kurt Johnston the jr. high pastor at saddleback put it very poignantly (from Scripture). So when I looked at his blog this morning it reminded me of what simplifies a list of things to be thankful for.
"Every good and perfect gift is from above..."
James 1:17
Kurt Johnston the jr. high pastor at saddleback put it very poignantly (from Scripture). So when I looked at his blog this morning it reminded me of what simplifies a list of things to be thankful for.
"Every good and perfect gift is from above..."
James 1:17
I'm always the last one to blog about some things... So now since Mark and Gerald have already blogged about it, I'm going to join in the excitement.
Ben Fleming is the new High School Pastor. This is a huge addition to our team, I'm really excited for he and his wife Maggie to be coming, and they are coming quickly. Ben was with us at Camp Spasm, and brings some new creativity to our team.
Ben Fleming is the new High School Pastor. This is a huge addition to our team, I'm really excited for he and his wife Maggie to be coming, and they are coming quickly. Ben was with us at Camp Spasm, and brings some new creativity to our team.
Ever since camp spasm the front door to the Student Ministries office has been marred with broken glass. Something that after a little while you get used to. It was still serving the correct purpose there was just something that was wrong with it... it was broke. Today was a new day... the glass was replaced. (actually two pieces - but the other one wasn't our fault, I swear) The Guy who brought the glass worked forever to get it back into the slot that it goes into, but did a great job and I think that it is better than the original.
The analogies here are many... do with it what you will. To me I was reminded of James 1:22-25... That sometimes we notice something and never do anything about it. Not that I could fix the glass, but it just became what it was, I hardly even noticed it was there, but it was there and always needed to be fixed.
Ok, maybe I'm stretching a little bit to get some cool analogy out of a broken piece of glass in our office being replaced (it beats Gerald's racoon story, or maybe not.)
The analogies here are many... do with it what you will. To me I was reminded of James 1:22-25... That sometimes we notice something and never do anything about it. Not that I could fix the glass, but it just became what it was, I hardly even noticed it was there, but it was there and always needed to be fixed.
Ok, maybe I'm stretching a little bit to get some cool analogy out of a broken piece of glass in our office being replaced (it beats Gerald's racoon story, or maybe not.)
crazy way to do announcements
6 Comments Published by Steven Anderson on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 11:44 AM.
I really want everyone to know about upcoming stuff. But nobody really listens to the talking head... so we made it sing.
My long awaited return to blogging comes from my phone. I can pretty much blog from anywhere in the world that has an internet connection... I think that is really cool (talking in my nerd voice). Anyway, I plan to make this a regular thing again. We'll see how that goes.
The use of the internet and e-mail for communication is really effective, but today I had my first reminder of what the past was like... Someone (will remain nameless) that I need to communicate regularly with, has no access to e-mail or internet regularly enough for it to be effective. (and doesn't have an awesome wife that does his tech bidding for him - like Dwayne Z) Do we cut them off completely, absolutely not, we go back to the old days and call. Although I just thought of that this person may have text... Who knows where technology will take us next.
Rob Thompson and David Miller both contributed to me writing this post... Thanks for helping me get back in the game!
