Islamic Center of San Diego...
“People keep saying that Muslims are not voicing their opinion by condemning terrorism. This is because Fox News is not coming here to ask us our opinions,” said Usman Khan, a volunteer and congregant at the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD). “Ask anyone here what they understand Islam...
Church Website Content Management System...
A team of us are beginning to build an affordable Church based content management sytem. What are important features that a church system wouldt need? (We’re going to call it, Ekklesia Systems. ) Overview: 1. Built based on Web Standards 2. Powered by a Flexible Open Source Structure – Upgrade...
San Diego Premarriage Counseling...
Ok, we’re two weeks from leading a group of couples through premarriage counseling here in San Diego. Let me know if you have any books you highly recommend. Here are three more I’m picking up: 1. Strengthening Your Marriage (Paperback) by Wayne A. Mack 2. Rocking the Roles: Building a...
Billy Corgan: The Future Embrace...
This past year has been a busy and creative period for the former front man of the bands Smashing Pumkins and Zwan. After releasing his first book of poetry, “Blinking with Fists,” an ongoing extremely personal online autobiography on MySpace, Billy Corgan has just unleashed his first solo record:...
Americans In Search of the Spiritual...
Good article, In Search of the Spiritual - Move over, politics. Americans are looking for personal, ecstatic experiences of God, and, according to our poll, they don’t much care what the neighbors are doing. Newsweek Mark Driscoll mp3 where he ” really lays out where Acts 29 stands theologically...
Dignity San Diego...
“The Roman Catholic Church has a history of changing its position on issues. It just takes a long time. Look at the church’s stance on Galileo. It took them hundreds of years to finally apologize and admit they were wrong. In time, the Roman Catholic Church’s position will change [on...
Radical Reformission...
Mark Driscoll’s (of Mars Hill Church, the church that is planting our church Kaleo) book is reviewed by Challies Dot Com a popular blogger. Read the review and subsequent discussion about Radical Reformission, part 2 and part 3. It’s kind of funny to have all these strangers dissect Mark...
Recommended Blogs to visit...
A Firm Nail SteelerDirtFreak :: 21st Century Missional Redneck Geek (title really says it all) 21st Century Reformation 3:17 A Cognizant Discourse
Returning to the Eden Plan Spiritually...
I read an interesting quote from NT Wright, from an article titled: Faith can do what postmodernism can’t — ‘give life’ (found it while at A Cognizant Discourse). Here’s a quote that struck me: “The whole New Testament is written from the point of view that new creation...
Christian Writers...
Thanks to those of you who replied about the (Emergent) Christian Writers Needed. While my earlier post pays $, there is a local (San Diego) magazine called the Paper Lion that seeks writers to submit their work. I am looking for articles that may inspire young Christian people to look for or search...
America’s Kingdom of God...
Our church continues to focus on examing what exactly it means to be participants in the Kingdom of God. Part of it, is certainly a worldwide focus on evangelism and the concerns of the universal church. I recall one recent Sheep article I did, the quote was given to me that 96% of money given in American...
Packed, but still empty...
Read an interesting article in this week’s World Magazine: “Contemporary” churches aren’t attracting many contemporaries | by Gene Edward Veith Quote: Part of the problem is what sociologist and megachurch pastor Leith Anderson calls “generic Christianity.” He points...
Maranatha Seventh Day Adventist...
“Today’s passage tells us about a slave girl that was pimped twice over. She was being pimped by her master and she was being pimped by Satan,” said Pastor Andrea King. King’s sermon, The Art of Praise, was based on Acts chapter 16. “The girl earned a great deal of money...
Letters to the Editor PART III re: Mormo...
Well three weeks after my article the letters keep pouring in. One person even calls for my resignation over the issue:
(Emergent) Christian Writers Needed...
I have work for some writers who have been published on (at least) sites like Relevant, theOoze, NextWave, etc. and have a established blog presence. Post your blog in a comment below for me to check out.

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