Today marks the start of the third “4 month Bible read thru” of 2010. This time we’re doing it chronologically. We’re using a chart put out by Back to the Bible. Here’s the link. It’s laid out for a year, so if you’re going to do join me you’ll want to average about three “days” [...] Read More...

I read an article in the Seattle Times  yesterday that had me thinking about marketing. Usually, I try to notice how others are doing it and how to do it better. This one got me wondering about the times when the amount – and type – of marketing we do actually takes away from the [...] Read More...

Yesterday I had an email exchange with a youth/children’s pastor from the Seattle area and as I replied to some of his questions I realized that I had never really shared what I was sharing with him here on the blog. So…here’s an excerpt from his email followed by my reply (editing for sharing): From [...] Read More...

I love it when people put their creative juices to work. I witnessed this in full bloom last month. My family was with me when I spoke for a week at Summit View Community Church just across the Columbia River from Portland, OR. One afternoon we all headed into Portland and found a fountain for [...] Read More...