Esther and Taft

One of my best friends, Phil, drew and colored this! It’s a picture of two characters I used to write with on Silklantern awhile ago. They are lovers, but they make a good show of not being sometimes. Fond memories of writing ole Taft & Esther Mayhue! Thanks, Phil - you [...]

Baldy: I am finally facing the music…

The goodbye cake

This is a picture of my family which was taken on my last Sunday as the pastor of Pigeon River Baptist Church in Vanderbilt, MI. Don’t we look nice. Oddly enough, I had my picture taken with the “goodbye cake” like 6 times! Maybe they liked the cake more than me??? [...]

Serving a new King

Three weeks ago I started working for Burger King. After placing my resume everywhere imaginable, and some places several times, Burger King hired me.
I’m training to be an assistant manager. I have spoke to the franchise owner about the possibilities of running my own store in the near future. It looks optomistic.
Fast [...]

Saying Goodbye to Myspace

I’m canceling my myspace account. My computer was hit with something while messing around on there, and I’m not taking any chances.

The Powers of Preternia

I have been listening to a couple podcasts entitled “The Powers of Preternia”.
They tell the story of Eternia’s history, the realm of He-man and the Masters of the Universe.
In the new seasons of The Masters of the Universe, He-Man’s powers are said to be those of a great ancient king, Grayskull, who ruled Castle [...]

Picture done by Rikkenian

Picture done by Rikkenian

Picture by Rikkenian

Picture by Rikkenian

Following…

From Scot McKnight:
The oddest thing has happened in American Evangelicalism: it has taught, whether aloud or not, the idea of “once saved, always saved” as if perseverance were not needed. In other words, it has taught that if a person has crossed the threshold but then decides to abandon living for Christ, that person is [...]

What Dreams May Come

Ever seen the movie?
Go rent it.
You’ll enjoy it, and I think it will make you think.
I don’t want to talk about it here, because I don’t want to give any of it away, but I really enjoyed it. I’ve always liked anything that Robin Williams has done, and I really liked Cuba Gooding Jr. [...]

McKnight on Calvanism

Scot McKnight has a some of his posts archived under “post-Calvanism“. In this section of his blog the following blog series titles are found:
“Post-Calvanism:- Trinity Student Days- Trinity Lectures- Consequences- Exhortations- Sin- Believers or Not?- So What?
“Why I Kissed Calvanism Goodbye”
“Do Calvanists Understand Arminians? Parts 1 & 2″
Check them out here…

the nativity story

Anyone hear anything about this?
http://www.thenativitystory.com/
New Line Cinema is doing the nativity story about Jesus’ birth? Wow. Here’s the caption:
One Family. One Journey. One child, that would change the world. Forever
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Talk Points MPS available!

GTS has just made the four sessions from their Talking Points this past Monday available online to download and listen to.
Here’s their link.
Or to make it easier:
Scot McKnight:Session One
David Truner:Session Two
Ruth Tucker:Session Three
Scot McKnight:Session Four

Mothman & Company

Over the five years we pastored in Vanderbilt we made some great friends. One family we grew to love dearly, and still do, is the Tubbs family.
Three of them are blogging.
Rita is a writer, having had some works published. Her blog focuses on helping others enjoy her passion and do it well.
He [...]

OCMA - restructure, revive, redirection

Spent 2 hours this morning with my brothers and sisters who make up the renewed Otsego County Ministerial Association. We spent time sharing our stories and talking about how the OCMA has impacted our lives and where we are headed. We are restructuring and will be spending the better part of a year [...]