Steve | April 23, 2008
I bought a lawn-mower today…check out those blades!
Here is a poem to go with a lawn mower, written by my son Joe (age 15)
bermuda
Green Bermuda, Rangy, unkempt
thicker than Belize.
Rumbling machine, Hot, half spun blades,
coughing black pollution.
A cloudless, torrid summer sky
will see ferocious battle.
Valentine prepares pink lemonade,hair pulled up,
cheeks pomegranate red from heat.
Children playing, splashing and [...]
Steve | April 9, 2008
As a cyclist I am always appreciative of people who are aware of me in a good way. This is also a good methaphor for Bible study. We often miss the point of many passages because our attention is constantly drawn to one aspect of the passage, unaware of the dancing bear.
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Steve | April 8, 2008
I laughed, but this has a sarcasm about it that makes a powerful human point.
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Steve | April 7, 2008
Apparently God has no say in what God thinks…we each define it for ourselves. This removal of any personality in God defaults into a pantheistic spiritualism: we all can create our godness, because everything is god and connecting to this god is entirely personal and individual. Ultimately connecting with god is no [...]
Steve | April 5, 2008
At NCC we supply Scripture reading for the week in preparation for the weekly message on Sunday. Today’s reading:
Luke 21:5-24
Tomorrow we will begin our series on the Olivet Discourse. You can actually begin your reading back in Luke 20:41 as we will finish up last weeks sermon and begin the Discourse tomorrow. Don’t expect [...]
Steve | April 4, 2008
At NCC we supply Scripture reading for the week in preparation for the weekly message on Sunday. Today’s reading:
Luke 11; 19:28-48
The Olivet Discourse is Jesus’ last major conversation with his disciples, and most of the time it is dealt with as if it were a stand alone passage. Any passage of Scripture must be [...]
Steve | April 3, 2008
Try out this great new service called Jott at Jott.com. You can call a number and have your spoken note transcribe to an email and instant message and even to your blog. In fact this blog post is transcribed over Jott. Try it out, it’s free. listen
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Steve | April 3, 2008
At NCC we supply Scripture reading for the week in preparation for the weekly message on Sunday. Today’s reading:
Malachi 1-4
Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament and reflects God’s frustration with Israel and his plan to send a purifier to the Temple.
Steve | April 2, 2008
Enjoy.
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Steve | April 2, 2008
At NCC we supply Scripture reading for the week in preparation for the weekly message on Sunday. Today’s reading:
Daniel 7-9
Daniel’s Vision in chapters 7-9 gives some critical Old Testament background to the Olivet Discourse that we will begin looking at this Sunday from Luke’s gospel.
