Multimedia Use in Church

From football to the olympics,
from home and garden to cooking how-to’s,
from movies to shopping from home,
from concerts to catastrophes, and
from news, weather and sports, to nothing-much-on channel surfing,
It’s a given. Video images, complete with sound, are part of our daily lives.
We watch the news, then catch streaming weather, traffic and sports information on [...]

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God – A Prolific Artist.

Here in Nebraska I’ve found I can see the morning’s sunrise from the sofa in the front room when I have my quiet time. The variety of God’s creation amazes me:  with clouds / without clouds.  vibrant colors  / subtle hues.   long previews / rapid sunrises.
The other morning I found myself wondering “How many [...]

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Worship Leader’s Prayer

I read a brief prayer again this morning  and my heart said “Amen”
Lord let us not become singers of trite songs, let us proclaim with powerful verse your holiness.

Let us not be speakers of cavalier words, let us declare your glory with every breath.
It’ the conclusion of a post by one of my favorite critical [...]

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I Love Optimism, Don’t You?

Today was a great day.
I got a lot done, much of which wasn’t on my list for today, but oh-well!
Today started bright and early with coffee at 7AM for an  idea and planning session with Brandon, a young, devoted husband and dad in our church who’s headed for full-time ministry. We met to discuss the [...]

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Sunday Morning and a Psalm on My Mind…

I’m thinking about the opening lines of Psalm 40 this morning:

I waited patiently for the Lord to help me,
and he turned to me and heard my cry.
[2] He lifted me out of the pit of despair,
out of the mud and the mire.
He set my feet on solid ground
and steadied me as I walked along.
[3] He [...]

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The Key is in Your Pocket

Do you want your life to be one people remember in a positive light?
Do you hope people remember you as one who looked at what might be with hope and optimism?
Would you like to see what God is doing around you and say to a friend “Look what GoD just did!”  and thank Him for [...]

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No Splash. None.

I respect and admire athletes who can dive.  The strength. The grace. The supreme concentration. The split-second execution after endless training, nearly perfect.
And no splash.
Maybe one of the reasons I admire these athletes so much is that their skills are so far beyond mine, admiration is all I can come up with.  In junior-high I [...]

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Faith, Hope and Gratitude

Faith.  Hope.  Gratitude.
They travel together, these three, and riding with them can be a sweaty-palmed, white-knuckle ride!
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Asking his girlfriend’s dad permission to marry his daughter was personally historic. Now to ask her face to face.  He carefully chose the best scenario that would make it easy for her to say yes, and be a [...]

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Moving to Gering – an Overview

Here’s a broad-brush overview for you who are interested in our forthcoming move.
Next month at this time we’ll BE there!  (hard to imagine sometimes).
Phil & Brenda to Gering
(This is a copy of the power-point display we put together for Wisconsin farewells.  Viewable on power-point viewer)

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Re-post: Feeling Poor is Not a Financial Condition

I’m looking forward to working with young marrieds, young families and young singles at Calvary Memorial this fall.
One of the things I really want to do is help those families stay out of debt (like we didn’t).   So I’m gathering helpful materials to use in classes, seminars and across the table in one to one [...]

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