Grace

Posted by D. Goodmanson on May 25, 2005 in Church Technology, Sheep&Goats | 0 comments

“Traditional churches are in a panic. A lot of pastors are tired. They have lost their love for people, for the lost, and the ability to innovate. These pastors hope they can survive for ten more years because they have no other vocation. These pastors feel threatened. They think they will be replaced by younger pastors,” said Pastor Bill Impey. Impey said he knows pastors who have been replaced. In one case, “The pastor’s congregation forced him out. The congregation wanted to go in a different direction than the pastor.”

Full Article: Grace San Diego Church

The Sin City Ooze debates heats up

Posted by D. Goodmanson on May 19, 2005 in Church, Culture | 1 comment

Check out the Sin City conversation at the Ooze.

Here is one person’s reason we should watch movies like Sin City:

The issue is that sticking your nose up at the movie, condemining it, and declaring your insulation within a smug Christian subculture, perhaps you should use it as a tool to understand what the lost (I hate that term) around you are talking about and misconceptions about life and spirituality that they have. Use it as a talking point to move someone toward the Kingdom of God.

A poster poses this question: Where do (we) draw the line between spiritual protection and interacting in this fallen world?

Kaleo Church Baptism & BBQ

Posted by D. Goodmanson on May 19, 2005 in Church | 0 comments

Check out some pictures from our baptism and bbq last Sunday. A great day for us. Gallery >

Calvary Chapel, Point Loma

Posted by D. Goodmanson on May 18, 2005 in Church Technology, Sheep&Goats | 2 comments

Pastor Mitchum’s sermon began with a 15-minute story about wild pigs and a family trip to San Luis Obispo. On this trip, Mitchum and his daughter prayed that God would send a big wild pig. “I knew if this prayer isn’t answered it will take a big dent out of [my daughter's] faith,” said Mitchum to the 35 people who attended the morning service. After the prayer, a 400-pound pig emerged from behind a car. Mitchum said his daughter smiled, looked over to him, and said, “Daddy, prayer works.” Prior to the sermon, communion was served in thimble-sized cups and as fragments of cracker. “The Lord can relate to our weaknesses and took our weaknesses to the cross,” a man said as people partook of communion. Pastor Mitchum preached from the 27th chapter of Acts. In Mitchum’s sermon he read a passage from the Bible and then reworded the text as the sermon’s message. “It is the same fire that melts the wax that also hardens the clay,” Mitchum said of responses people have to the message of Jesus Christ.

Full Article: Calvary Chapel Point Loma

Google Accelerator

Posted by D. Goodmanson on May 13, 2005 in Church Technology | 1 comment

I downloaded and installed the Google Accelerator. So far in 1 hour of browsing I’ve saved 9.4 seconds. I’m taking my life back with this time. I will now use this 9 seconds to relax……….I feel better. Of course you’ve now caught up with the time I was ahead so back to work!