Archive for December, 2006
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
This is incredible. I can’t describe the shock that I have… Three teams had to lose and the Chiefs had to win. The three teams that had to lose were ALL playing at home. All of those teams lost, but it took two overtime games to accomplish it! I think some more hair grayed today [...]
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Friday, December 29th, 2006
http://www.alanhartung.com/podcasts/a-different-perspective-18.mp3 It’s been a long time coming, and I thank all of you who encourage me to get the podcasts out there. This podcast consists of some thoughts I’ve been having about the local church’s plan, or lack thereof, to help people become better followers of Jesus Show Notes: 3:50 Google Apps for Your Domain [...]
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
I’ve added two very cool (imho) plug-ins to this website today. One, you will notice on every post. At the end of every post is a “Share This” link which will open a pop-up giving you links to add that post or page to your favorite social bookmarking tool or email the post to another [...]
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Doing sermon prep… that’s right, I’m doing sermon prep… I ran across an old article I had planned on sending out for publication. The bottom line is I have too much to do to really take the effort to submit magazine articles and wait for rejection letters. And even though I don’t get paid for [...]
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Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
I just added an article entitled, “How the Telegraph Changed the Church,” to the articles page. I published it some time ago on THEOOZE, but I missed it when I put up articles on this website. Link
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Sunday, December 24th, 2006
Well, Denver’s fluke win over a muffed extra-point made my pipe dream even more of a dream, but here are the scenarios for the Chiefs getting in the playoffs… That I know of… I thought that if the NY Jets win tomorrow, the Chiefs would be out, but the CBS Sportsline blog said the Chiefs [...]
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
New Life Church evangelical sexual immorality — Beliefnet.com I obviously don’t know the details, but I truly hope and pray New Life Church has not started a witch hunt here.
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Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
How’s that for a title? I recorded a podcast the other day. I’m going to try to upload it today. Really. I did it, I’m serious. I’m back home in Indiana. That’s weird to say, as I actually feel more comfortable on the West Coast. Friends asked me if I had culture shock when I [...]
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
I’m watching a new miniseries special, I think it airs on the Sundance Channel, called One Punk Under God about the son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Jay Bakker. It’s extremely intriguing to see Jay’s perspective on his parents, and his church in Atlanta’s pretty amazing. I dig it. The relationship Jay has with [...]
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
I’ll be back in frigid Fort Wayne, Indiana for the holidays for the first time in several years. The pastor at the church I was once a youth pastor at is leaving and his last Sunday is Dec. 24th. So I’m tapped to preach on the 31st… So if any of you all are in [...]
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