January 2006

New Son Roman!
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Heather and I would like to introduce our new son, Roman Allan Goodmanson. He was born tonight at 7pm, 7lbs 9 ounces, 19 inches long. Also, be praying for the birth mom, Holly who is going through quite a bit....
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Leadership Development: Drucker
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I just got my first Drucker book in the mail from Amazon, The Essential Drucker : The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management. This is a busy year in developing ministry leaders at our church...
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New Sheep & Goats Writer
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As some have asked, I am no longer writing the Sheep & Goats column for the San Diego Reader. The new writer is Matthew Lickona, author of Swimming with Scapulars - True Confessions of a Young Catholic. You can see...
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Tim Keller's New Book – Addressing Obstacles to Christianity
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(Note: The book's title is not known yet.) Tim Keller, who has been one of the primary influencers on issues of gospel living at our church is going to be releasing a new book. (This is not new news, as...
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God's Neighborhood: A Hopeful Journey in Racial Reconciliation and Community Renewal
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As I've been spending some time studying mercy ministries and are call to seek the welfare of San Diego, I've found a few resources that I hope to read. Here is one: God's Neighborhood: A Hopeful Journey in Racial Reconciliation...
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Kaleo Church Picture Gallery
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Thanks to Luke who launched a picture gallery of Kaleo Church events and people....crazy to see. Man, we need to take new pictures because 90% of the people aren't up on this! (picture on the right, me and pastor duane...
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The Christian Social Revolution
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How do we as Christians create a social revolution? If we lived as scripture calls us to and prayed for our cities, while we radically seek their physical, economical, social and spiritual welfare. The Christian Social Revolution is Part 1...
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Sexual Brokenness and the Gospel
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If sex is God’s good gift, why are we so embarrassed to talk about it? In a culture that views people as ultimate, God as irrelevant, and pleasure as the highest good, it’s no wonder that sexuality has become such...
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Church Services beyond Traditionalism
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[This is a reflection on my San Diego Reader Column where I visited a different church each week for 2005 and part of 2004.] I imagine in most American churches, there is very little variance in how church service is...
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Neither Poverty Nor Riches
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How do Americans, the richest nation in the world deal with the economic plight througout the rest of the world and in our own population? I've been thinking about this a while. One thing my wife and I decided was...
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