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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-04

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-27 http://tinyurl.com/m73nbk # Sin of our culture: feeling guilty for being unproductive for 24 hours once a week # Checking out another church this morning. Who needs more prep, my 4 year old or me? # Book Review: Economics in Christian Perspective by Claar and Klay ...

Loving the least: Who is loving whom?

In the past two weeks, I have enjoyed observing how students are wrestling with issues of poverty and economics, race and class, and God's heart and intentions for our world. As students sit through hours of input, they have had plenty of opportunities to see some of the "abstract" teachings ...

Leadership Insight 45: Freedom to fail

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." --- Sir Winston Churchill "Look at entrepreneurs. All of the business literature indicates that starting a business is a phenomenally stupid thing to do. Most new businesses fail, and not simply because most would-be entrepreneurs are actually ...

Equity vs Equality

Doing cross-cultural relationships well is an important and biblical value. The Apostle Paul spent much of his energy, a good portion of his writings, and gambled his relational influence to make sure that the young church would not only value but be a multi-ethnic community. Crossing cultures can be complicated ...

Book Review: Economics in Christian Perspective by Claar and Klay

The authors wrote this book when they concluded that most people who critique economics from a Christian perspective are not economists. As they write in their preface, "while several currently available books approach economic issues from a Christian perspective, most are unconcerned with basic notions of economic theory... due to ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-27

I'm finally home. It's been too long. http://twitpic.com/7xude # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-20 http://tinyurl.com/nwkzk9 # LAUP Day 3: Learning to open our eyes and look. Seems like most people refuse to look. # Challenge from LAUP: Christian unity is the reconciliation and peace between culture/race/ethnicity, not doing things ...

A “new” take on Ephesians 6.10-20

Last night, I had a chance to preach on Ephesians 6.10-20. It's a fairly familiar passage for me, as it captures the cosmic battle at play and how God prepares believers for that battle. As I spent some time familiarizing myself with the passage, I came to some observations regarding ...

Finance Friday 42: You too can live on $30 / week

This past week,we began a summer-long urban project in Los Angeles, where young college students from around the country will engage issues of poverty and in justice in the city. One of the values underlying the program is to give the interns a glimpse into the lives of the poor ...

Signature Sins by Michael Mangis

I recommend Signature Sins by Michael Mangis for anyone who knows and feels like sin is a bit more than just what we do wrong (or we leave undone). A practicing psychologist, Mangis explores how sin can take root in our lives and he provides practical insights on addressing the ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-20

@mattemeyer leave infidel... ;) in reply to mattemeyer # They call it 'ping pong ministry.' Is it more anointed if u append 'ministry' to ur hobby? Beer Ministry anyone?How about TV Ministry? # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-13 http://tinyurl.com/kkdmw7 # Xian life isn't merely the remembrance of a historical Christ ...