Archives for April 2004

Proverbs 31

I’m finishing up my series on Proverbs on May 9th, which also happens to be Mother’s Day. I’ll be working from Proverbs 31:10-31, AKA as the women of virtue, or the good wife passage. As if mothers don’t already have enough pressure on them, I’m going to remind them of the biblical vision of what […]

Some Assembly Required

In a few weeks, Caleb will turn three. Tonight we bought a cedar swingset for him at Sam’s. It is incredible. It is also in a thousand pieces. I’ll be spending all of my spare time for the next three weeks putting it together. I’ve always enjoyed putting things together, so I’m not really dreading […]

Alamo

Heather and I watched “The Alamo” tonight. The reviews have been mixed and the box office numbers for its opening weekend will be disappointing. That’s really too bad, because we both thought it was a fine film. I’m not just saying that because I’m from Texas. Growing up in Texas I had as bad a […]

The Good News of Easter

I usually don’t preach 3-point sermons. In fact, some have said most of my sermons are pointless. This Sunday I’m going to talk about why the resurrection is “good news” from three different angles. Rather than preaching them as 3 points in a sermon, I’m going to break them up into three smaller sermonettes delivered […]

Passion Week

The assembly went very well this morning. I think we woke everyone up when we told them that we were going to do things a bit differently. We retold the story of the Passion Week up through Thursday night. Feedback so far has been positive.

Daylight Savings Sunday

This is probably my least favorite Sunday. Because of the change in time, some won’t show. Those who do are bleary-eyed. Dave Barry was right when he said, “You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.” I love the story about the guy […]