Save your prodigal sons.

Save the older brothers.

You are the only God mighty enough to save us all.

Amen
Joseph Louthan´s last blog ..Romans 8:3a What Has God Done?

But please pastor, I think you might also get want to be more tactful with the policemen next time? Just like Jesus said, if someone ask you to give carry a load for one mile, then give him another mile.
Vince´s last blog ..On Returning and Resting

We saw signs once for an exterminator that advertised how they were a Christian company. Did they pray over the bugs before killing them?

Of course, I’m not saying to be shy about your faith. Just don’t market it as, “I’m a Christian — buy from me!”

Having said that, Christian Brothers Automotive is outstanding. Their services typically cost les than half of what the local Honda dealer charges. And they once saved me $1,000 by pointing out how my repairs would be covered under warranty so I should go to the dealer. I had no way of knowing that, and they willingly walked away from a big invoice.

In short, I trust them.
Neil´s last blog ..You can’t make this stuff up

I wish on us twittering fools that we become as kids. We don’t know what will come of twitter, let alone facebook and all the rest. How else are we to discover whether there is anything to it of which God will make use?

As a parent I didn’t create what my adult kids have become. Each progressively discovered that self. As a dad I worried, early on, about the possible bumps, bruises and perhaps broken bones while watching them do most everything. Only a smattering of their choices made me run over to rescue them, though. Fewer of those occasions came with each year. So then, are we willing to become as little kids playing at twittering with no idea of what’s next? Are we willing to let the Spirit treat us as little kids?

My kids, also, reinforced the need to let mistakes happen. Exclusively getting some thing right gave them no depth to their grasp of that thing. Their mistakes coupled with getting other things right progressed well ahead of my anticipations.

In their mistakes what they needed was loving discipline. My imperfectly focusing on them rather than what went wrong encouraged each to look at the mistake and not hide from it. Far too often repentance has been learned in a negative fashion. How many of us were encouraged to look at our sins, without shame? Quickly repenting and then pretending the problem is gone means that the sin will be repeated. Others, who, by repentance, keep their attention locked on the problem will repeat the sin. Either way, then, all that has been accomplished is the fastening of a ball and chain to the ankle.

During my now 40 or so year of walking with Jesus, the Spirit has been working at getting me to lay aside parts of my needing to be right. The Holy Spirit has made use of that point about letting my kids make mistakes. Imperfectly, I’m learning to let the Spirit loving pick me up in my pain, discomfort, anger and frustrations without demanding an explanation of why “It” let that happen to me. This has been so difficult!

With all that said, I’m willing to twitter knowing that the Spirit may well have to kiss a scrapped knee.
Br. David´s last blog ..Perspectives

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The personal uses of new media you describe are sensible and can even lead to offline face-to-face interaction. (I speak from experience.) There seem to be too many churches, though, trying to do too much through the Internet, not understanding its limitations and buying in to too much of the hype as to its strengths.

As for the Church “getting on board or being left behind” or “being swept away in a technological tsunami”, the Church is a counter-cultural movement. Its message is conveyed from human weakness, not human strength. The Holy Spirit does not seem to find much use for the power structures of the World (including their preferred media outlets) in exercising His kingdom powers in our midst. See 2 Corinthians 4.