Administering Grace

I wonder what all contributes to impact which choruses make it into mainstream church and which ones are left for other contexts. For exampl...

From the first pictures I saw of the Bird's Nest in Beijing, I wondered where the Olympic cauldron was though I didn't hear any comm...

It seemed ideal, Missions Fest Lancaster and the Wings of Freedom tour were both scheduled for August 23-24 coinciding with my birthday. A w...

One of the speakers at a conference I attended recently concluded his challenge with the following Franciscan blessing that I wanted to keep...

I have a sincere question for which I am truly requesting your interaction. The question is, can you recall or find any scriptural foundatio...

The TiVo is set and will soon be overloaded with Olympic coverage, even though we've dropped Cable TV. I'll leave you with two simpl...

I didn't realize it but Wednesday night of this week I managed to fit my mouth around a fire hose. That was a feat in and of itself. Mid...

Since visiting churches during our trip to Creative08 that was hosted by Fellowship Church in Grapevine, TX, we've been talking and plan...

Sunday, our teens return from the Momentum Youth Conference. Like the many camp and spiritual emphasis weeks of my youth, they too will like...

It's not too late to keep up with the annual Youth conference, Momentum. Doug's blogging from Cedarville, OH on the Grace Student Mi...

Though I regret I don't have any visual documentation, the floor has been glued down this week. Yesterday the subcontractors spent the d...

I've been tracking the 2008 edition of the Tour de France and wondered recently, when professional bike riders take a beach vacation, do...

While Manheim Central's football team has suffered through some "delayed successes" over the past two years (I know better tha...

Photo courtesy of Tim Reedy I just came in from the worship service outside under the tent. Recognizing that I was able to sit where I want...

I'm on a roll of late, in the span of two weeks, I've had three appointments postponed due to emergencies. Fortunately, all of the m...

Thankfully, the glue arrived this morning and plans were already in place for Sunday's worship services to be held outdoors as there...

The flooring material arrived from Colorado on Wednesday. Unfortunately, the glue didn't arrive with the rolls of flooring, so the proje...

DAY EIGHT Flashing and holes for the volleyball net standards were drilled into the cement. Whereas formerly two volleyball courts were sid...

Following the Genesis example, on the sixth day, we rested and on the seventh, we worshipped.

DAY FIVE The floor was swept and vacuumed as best as possible before setting up the chairs for Sunday's worship services. As many disc...