I know what you’re thinking. “Jack, YOU?! A mega-church?” And Willow Creek Community Church isn’t just any mega-church, it’s the fourth-largest mega-church in the country with some 23,000 weekend attendees (for comparison, Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill mega-church which BrianJ and … Continue reading
I’m sure I’ll be labeled as a homophobe for posting this, but here goes. On Wednesday, August 19 at 2 PM precisely, the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) held a convention in downtown Minneapolis wherein it voted to allow … Continue reading
I am back online. Here is a summary of my time at the TEDS Orientation this weekend (see schedule). I attended most of the Saturday and Monday sessions. We pulled into our new apartment at Vernon Hills at 8:30 AM … Continue reading
The very first thing I said as I stared at the staff home page for DeerGrove Covenant Church was, “Honey, this pastor is hot!” Paul zipped right over to the computer and peered at the screen from over my shoulder. … Continue reading
Concerning our move: On Wednesday night, Paul was having problems with the new Net10 cell phone misfiring in his pocket. He said it kept trying to start text messages on its own. So he tried to lock the keypad, only … Continue reading
I’m about to go pick up our U-Haul truck, and I’ll soon be dismantling this computer, so I just wanted to say good-bye to everyone. Unless our hotel in Rapid City has Internet or one of our neighbors in Vernon … Continue reading
Well, today was my last day of attending New Community Church of Tacoma, and thank you to everyone at NCCT for providing a great church home for me for the past year. However, it’s time to pull the link from … Continue reading
It’s been added to the right sidebar under the “ABOUT” heading. Or you can click here, just this once: Fall 2009 TEDS Schedule In case you want some idea of what I’m up to and what my coursework involves.
So here’s what I’ve been dealing with the past few days in trying to prepare for my move. EarthLink EarthLink is my current Internet and phone provider. I get DSL, free long distance anywhere in the US or Canada, caller … Continue reading
I just took the “What denomination are you?” quiz here. These were my results: (100%) 1: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (98%) 2: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (88%) 3: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (88%) 4: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (83%) 5: Seventh-Day Adventist (81%) 6: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist … Continue reading