Some Quotes from the Vintage Faith Website

Dan Kimball’s website has the neat little”quote rotation” in the top image. Neat pics, too! Here are a couple of the quotes…

�Whenever I meet a Buddhist leader, I meet a holy man. Whenever I meet a Christian leader, I meet a manager.�

– An observation from a Japanese businessman

�I like your Christ, but I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.�

– Mahatma Gandhi

Sally Morgenthaler on Getting Out of the Ghetto

“If we can’t live the sacred journey with Christ daily and are not actively drawing others into that journey – way outside the worship center or sanctuary and outside our stained-glass or silk-plant ghettos – we can’t expect to do it in an hour on Sunday morning or Wednesday night.”

– A comment on page 92 of Dan Kimball’s The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations

Oh, One More Thing…
One of my real “buddies” at the last place said to me tonight, “You know…all five members of our pastor search committee are here tonight. Could we have your resume?” He knows it’ll never happen – mostly on their part, but it was sure kind of nice to be “stroked!”

Oh, One More Thing…

One of my real “buddies” at the last place said to me tonight, “You know…all five members of our pastor search committee are here tonight. Could we have your resume?” He knows it’ll never happen – mostly on their part, but it was sure kind of nice to be “stroked!”

Handshakes and Hugs All Around!
What a day! After a full day of Stonecrest, I went to a church “down the road” to participate in a “revival” service along with the choir and musicians from my former church, First Baptist Chattahoochee. It was old home week, for sure! Nice to know someone misses you and acts like they care about you. Good service…remembered how much I love just getting up there, opening the Word, and letting it fly! No PowerPoint to fool with, no image thing, no nothing…just preaching! Harks back to a bygone era, I know, but it’s kind of in my blood!

Winter has returned here..at least for a day or so!

Handshakes and Hugs All Around!

What a day! After a full day of Stonecrest, I went to a church “down the road” to participate in a “revival” service along with the choir and musicians from my former church, First Baptist Chattahoochee. It was old home week, for sure! Nice to know someone misses you and acts like they care about you. Good service…remembered how much I love just getting up there, opening the Word, and letting it fly! No PowerPoint to fool with, no image thing, no nothing…just preaching! Harks back to a bygone era, I know, but it’s kind of in my blood!

Winter has returned here..at least for a day or so!

Same Old Bad Feeling – Different Source
Christopher Ruddy writes…

“More than seven days into our new war and the Washington Post is now citing Pentagon sources that this war may last months.
Such a conclusion may be premature.

I am not in the anti-war crowd or among the naysayers who want to see doom and gloom. I do believe in straight shooting. I believe an honest understanding of our situation is not bad news. It is good news � only if we have a realistic appraisal can we win quickly.”

Same Old Bad Feeling – Different Source

Christopher Ruddy writes…

“More than seven days into our new war and the Washington Post is now citing Pentagon sources that this war may last months.

Such a conclusion may be premature.

I am not in the anti-war crowd or among the naysayers who want to see doom and gloom. I do believe in straight shooting. I believe an honest understanding of our situation is not bad news. It is good news � only if we have a realistic appraisal can we win quickly.”

I Gotta Bad Feeling About This – Redux!
I’m no military expert. I don’t even play one on TV. I’m not so sure about this war business though. I thought – maybe naively – that we’d be a little closer to achieving our objectives by now. Just a hunch, a gut feeling – totally uninformed, of course – but it seems to me if it goes on like this much longer, we’re going to be in a real quagmire that we can’t easily get out of. If we’re going to lay siege to Baghdad, as some seem to think, and not go in and take it swiftly, we’re setting ourselves up for a whole new slew of problems. Then what are we going to do? Just pack it in at the end of a long, drawn-out campaign, and say, “Oh, well. We didn’t really mean it this time, either. Thanks for playing. What’s the consolation prize for the Iraqis, Johnny?”

I hope not.

I pray not.

If we are setting out to liberate the Iraqi people from an evil dictator, let’s do it. If not…well, if not, why did we start something like this in the first place?

Just some random thoughts on a Friday night…

I Gotta Bad Feeling About This – Redux!

I’m no military expert. I don’t even play one on TV. I’m not so sure about this war business though. I thought – maybe naively – that we’d be a little closer to achieving our objectives by now. Just a hunch, a gut feeling – totally uninformed, of course – but it seems to me if it goes on like this much longer, we’re going to be in a real quagmire that we can’t easily get out of. If we’re going to lay siege to Baghdad, as some seem to think, and not go in and take it swiftly, we’re setting ourselves up for a whole new slew of problems. Then what are we going to do? Just pack it in at the end of a long, drawn-out campaign, and say, “Oh, well. We didn’t really mean it this time, either. Thanks for playing. What’s the consolation prize for the Iraqis, Johnny?”

I hope not.

I pray not.

If we are setting out to liberate the Iraqi people from an evil dictator, let’s do it. If not…well, if not, why did we start something like this in the first place?

Just some random thoughts on a Friday night…