SisterGeeding (above in a Cinco de Mayo event in elementary school) once asked WifeGeeding, “When is Cinco de Mayo?”
A Geeding first . . . stitches. I got a bothersome mole removed yesterday.
Silly me, I forgot to take pictures.
After leaving the doctor’s office, I had to navigate through a shopping center and came to a three-way stop, where my view wasn’t very clear. Admittedly, I jump the gun a little too soon and almost got in a small fender-bender (well, we were still about eight feet apart) with a Suburban-driving-soccer-mom coming out of the local Christian bookstore parking lot. I don’t know if she was a customer of the store or not, but I knew I was in the wrong and did my best to motion with my mouth and hands that it was my fault and apologize. She reacted by yelling and pointing fervently to the stop sign.
I do it myself, but it is interesting how we as a society will automatically berate someone for making a mistake, when we ourselves have goofed up many a time as well.
Since the doctor’s office was near WifeGeeding’s school, I decided to drop in with some flowers.
When the pastor and leadership team of GracePoint United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kan., left the denomination on March 1, it raised the concerns over what can happen when a successful church plant decides to withdraw from the denomination. Link
The ranking of presidents on How I Met Your Mother had my very immature self cracking up.
Ok…not only was the "ranking of presidents by how dirty their names are" chart completely awesome, but so was the "pie chart of favorite bars" and the "bar chart of favorite pies" bit.
The writing on that show never fails to amaze me. Combine that with the comic genius of Neil Patrick Harris (the "Stinson Arm Flail while leaving the room" still cracks me up) makes that show one of the best on TV.
"When the pastor and leadership team of GracePoint United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kan., left the denomination on March 1, it raised the concerns over what can happen when a successful church plant decides to withdraw from the denomination."
This just plain sucks. My wife and I have the pleasure of being part of what would be defined as a "mega-church". Long before our church reached that level of attendance we started planting other churches. We have planted 100s of churches all over the world, but we intentionally planted churches in our own back yard as well. By starting 10+ churches within a 10 mile radius of us we were able to get many more people in church and were also able to keep our ego in check. It helped to reinforce the notion that it is not about us. Yes, we continued to grow, but that was not the mission of the church…it was the by product of that mission. (We are still planting in our own back yard, but I have lost track of the #)
15+ years ago we helped plant a new church (not where we now attend). Our pastor (DW) approached area churches to give them a heads up. The pastor of the largest church in the area (at that time) told DW that our church was not needed. He then told the area association that if they allowed us to start he would withhold his $. Funny thing is, that church plant is now thriving while the threatening pastor has been run off due to sexual sin. It is sad how much ego has taken over the leadership of so many churches.
Hope your "stitches" heal quickly. Glad you had this done.
Ok…not only was the "ranking of presidents by how dirty their names are" chart completely awesome, but so was the "pie chart of favorite bars" and the "bar chart of favorite pies" bit.
The writing on that show never fails to amaze me. Combine that with the comic genius of Neil Patrick Harris (the "Stinson Arm Flail while leaving the room" still cracks me up) makes that show one of the best on TV.
"Silly me, I forgot to take pictures."
You let us down. This would have been a perfect use of the time lapse on your camera.
However, on behalf of all of your readers, please do not take the camera to your first colonoscopy.
"When the pastor and leadership team of GracePoint United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kan., left the denomination on March 1, it raised the concerns over what can happen when a successful church plant decides to withdraw from the denomination."
This just plain sucks. My wife and I have the pleasure of being part of what would be defined as a "mega-church". Long before our church reached that level of attendance we started planting other churches. We have planted 100s of churches all over the world, but we intentionally planted churches in our own back yard as well. By starting 10+ churches within a 10 mile radius of us we were able to get many more people in church and were also able to keep our ego in check. It helped to reinforce the notion that it is not about us. Yes, we continued to grow, but that was not the mission of the church…it was the by product of that mission. (We are still planting in our own back yard, but I have lost track of the #)
15+ years ago we helped plant a new church (not where we now attend). Our pastor (DW) approached area churches to give them a heads up. The pastor of the largest church in the area (at that time) told DW that our church was not needed. He then told the area association that if they allowed us to start he would withhold his $. Funny thing is, that church plant is now thriving while the threatening pastor has been run off due to sexual sin. It is sad how much ego has taken over the leadership of so many churches.