Monday was boring… Tuesday I went to 10 fold our student ministry meeting… it was sweet. I took Noah with me, we rode the motorcycle -making any trip twice as good. There were 26 people crammed into a living room. Bryan, our student pastor did a great job with Acts 6-7 and one of the [...]
Archive for September, 2008
A week in Pic’s
Posted in Things I Like on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our Home is for rent!
Posted in Family on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A few years ago Jennifer and I built our first home. It was a great process. We found a builder, picked a lot, chose a floor plan and picked every feature in the house. The whole experience from start to finish was outstanding. The only catch was… the house was an hour away from our [...]
Tithing Adds to Woes of U.S. Homeowners
Posted in Rants and Raves on September 22, 2008 | 9 Comments »
The housing crisis is causing people to evaluate their budgets in unusual ways. A friend in the mortgage business sent me this story and it raises some important questions. My first instinct is to be really proud of the article and the fortitude of those who refuse to “rob God”.
“Housing counselors say they often have [...]
Church Planting from MCC
Posted in Church Planting, Rants and Raves on September 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Related to my previous post I have learned two things… #1 – this is old news that I Just learned of… sorry for being so out of touch. #2 – About half of the christian community that I hang with has no idea who Ray Boltz is! Wow…. anyway.
I was surfing through the websites of [...]
Gay Ray?
Posted in Rants and Raves on September 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Christian music super star Ray Bolts published the following announcement on the home page of his website…
A few years ago I made the decision to retire from contemporary Christian music. I had won awards, performed in front of thousands of people, and sold millions of records. Still, I believed that if people knew who I [...]
Sometimes I forget (I’m Not a Jew)
Posted in Things I Like, preaching on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Teaching the book of 3rd John this week and was mesmorized to really get to the bottom of what it’s about…Discipleship. So there’s this guy Ray Van Der Lann, he’s smart, in fact his teachings are often credited to other, younger, trendier types that present his research as their own. So he talks about discipleship [...]
New Digits
Posted in Rants and Raves on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For all those who care, I have some new digits. The old number is dead effective immediatly. My new number is 703-508-9985. Please make note of the change. Also, just as a side note my email that went down a few months ago is back up… you can now reach me at clint@pillarchurchsbc.com
My Shiny New Church
Posted in Pillar Church on September 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We have been changing a lot of things at pillar over the past few weeks… Here are a few of the changes that we have made.
We are revamping children’s ministry – My lovely wife has a boatload of plans for the children’s ministry and she has been unfolding those over the past several weeks. HERE [...]
Door’s Closing
Posted in Church Planting on September 5, 2008 | 7 Comments »
My college buddy Joel Davis posted the following video on his blog. Joel just resigned his church to take the plunge into God’s heart by planting a church. If your a church planter, I encourage you to visit Joel’s blog and encourage him for his gutsy step into the unknown.
The metro in DC says, “doors [...]
I Agree With God
Posted in Family on September 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It is rare that I so passionately experience the teaching of God. THIS VERSE has been ever with me this week as Jennifer is attending her beloved grandmothers funeral in TN. Here are a few things Jennifer does to make my life pleasant that I rarely acknowledge.
She picks up my junk.
She takes care of the [...]