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scott mcknight on the "robust gospel"
One of the blogs I link to on this site is Leadership Journal’s Out of Ur. Today there is a post from Skye Jethani, who recently attended a conference where he heard Scott McKnight (whose blog, Jesus Creed, I also link to here) speak on the nature of the Gospel. Scott, who teaches at North Park…
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the book fair, cicadas, leaders, and baptism
This Saturday and Sunday is the Printer’s Row Book Fair in Chicago. I’ve wanted to go to this for the past few years, but I think we may actually make it on Saturday. This could be dangerous…I’d better let Maggie hold onto the money. For the past few months (pastor) Brian has been saying that…
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ray’s random thoughts: honoring our volunteers
Friends, HONOR – to direct applause toward those who deserve it. Did anyone watch the MTV movie awards Sunday night? Ok. . .I didn’t either, but I read about them on Monday morning. Is it me, or do people in the entertainment business love to applaud themselves? Every other week it seems some award show…
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the top 9 volunteer list
The PCC staff recently pulled together a list of priority volunteer positions for those finishing up the Network class. If you don’t know, the 6-week Network class is designed to help folks discover their spiritual gifts and then get plugged in to service that matches those gifts. Thought I’d post the list of volunteer positions…
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ray’s random thoughts: virginia tech
Friends, It’s been a little more than a week since the shootings at Virginia Tech. As the initial shock of this devastating news begins to wear off, we’re left sorting out the long-term ramifications of a tragedy on this scale. One sure thing this event accomplishes, it reveals the existence of lost and hurting souls.…
David W. Swanson 