Archive for the 'Church' Category

My Sin: the domino effect

May 5, 2008

Here is what happened at work. First, you need to know a little bit about how hospital nursing works. On our floor we have an Accudose machine out of which we can retrieve certain medications, among these are controlled substances. When a retrieved controlled substance is partially used or returned to the Accudose machine it [...]

A person’s a person no matter how small

April 29, 2008

I have not given much thought to whether Dr. Seuss was a Believer or not, but I have questions regarding our current Christian society and whether or not the American Church, at least the segment with which I am familiar, believes this Seussism.
My experience has been that we believe that some of the less fortunates [...]

Leading Worship–My Journey

April 2, 2008

• I have wanted to be a worship leader in a church for a long time. You know, the man who everyone wants to see on stage leading songs on Sunday mornings. Well, this is my journey—how it never really happened the way I envisioned.
• A little background will [...]

Random Thoughts, venting

March 26, 2008

It’s spring. There’s frost. I’m tired of cold mornings. Cool is OK. Not cold. Winter is done.
I’m at Panera drinking coffee, wishing you were here, whoever you are. It is bizarre that so many are here with our laptops carrying on digital conversations with IM, Email, blogs. It is exciting. It is sad. I was [...]

Church 101: The importance of cheesecloth

March 21, 2008

• As mentioned in my last post I was raised in the Church of Christ (COC), which claims to be nondenominational. By this they mean that individual churches are distinct and autonomous in all matters; yet, there are doctrines central to the idea of being called a Church of Christ.
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Church 101: Choosing the “right” church

March 20, 2008

• I was raised in the Church of Christ, been a member of Evangelical Free & Presbyterian Churches, hung out at a home church, and visited Lutheran, Episcopal, Baptist, nondenominational, et al. Having been exposed to these various editions of Christendom, I wonder what going to organized church is all about. Why [...]