When It All Goes Wrong

01 Aug , 2007 No Comments

So I’ve been an avid supporter of Nixon watches for awhile now. I’ve had two of them and been quite happy with the quality and how cool they make me feel. Seriously, you should try it.

So the other day my nicer of the watches malfunctions and Nixon tells me I need to send it in. And then they give me the bombshell and tell me that they can’t get to it for 3 weeks! And so I wait…

A month and a half later they send me the watch back. As I excitedly opened it I quickly noticed that it wasn’t fixed. Six weeks and no results. I was on the phone with the company not long after and they promised to make it right. And then they blotched it up again. And then again. Seriously it was getting comical how many things got messed up but to their credit they gave me any watch of my choosing for free and hooked me up with some gear to say they’re sorry. So I’m back to being a Nixon fan.

My advice to you is this: buy a Nixon watch and wait for something bad to happen with it. Then send it in and cross your fingers.

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To the Church in Thyatira

01 Aug , 2007 No Comments

I preached all of the services at Central this weekend. Check out the video and let me know your thoughts.

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Happy 7-11 Day!

11 Jul , 2007 No Comments

Stop by your local 7-11 stores today for a free slurpee to celebrate 80 years of business. Look out for the Simpsons while you’re there…

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Machines and Love

03 Jul , 2007 No Comments

Since I’m the lead pastor of our Third Format (read edgy, alternative, postmodern, emerging, or whatever your favorite word is for this category) service at Central I figured that I should read some of the mainstream “postmodern” books. One of those has been Shane Claiborne’s Irresistible Revolution. The book is extrememly challenging toward living out our Christianity (so much so that you almost don’t know what to do with what he is saying) and some of his ideas have been extremely thought provoking. I read a quote today that isn’t necessarily the most theologically deep quote I’ve ever read but it is pretty interesting nonetheless. And I guess I just like it for some reason. So I’m sharing it with you to enjoy as well.

“We live in an age when machines act like people, and people act like machines. But machines cannot love.”

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Brandon Heath at Third Format

21 Jun , 2007 No Comments

Last Sunday night we brought in Brandon Heath to lead worship for 3F and then play a concert afterward. I had seen him once before and listened to his CD (my wife is a big fan) but he totally exceeded my expectations. Not only did he play an hour and a half concert after the service, but he is also a tremendously cool guy. Very humble and easy to work with. So if you like good acoustic music then you should check him out. He gets my stamp of approval. Can’t wait to bring him back.

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Taste and See

15 May , 2007 No Comments

I read a phrase today out of Psalms that got my mind thinking. In 34:8a it says,

“Taste and see that the Lord is good.”

This simple statement brings with it the imagery that we are to enjoy God not just through understanding his goodness intellectually, or merely thinking about how good He is; but we are to experience His goodness. It is fun just to try and think of how we could do this. This is the kind of faith that I want.

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