ellipsis…

Hey, SO as most of you know I hate making decisions. I usually tend to go from one extreme to the next and back within the same conversation. I think it si partly a fear of the unknown. Anyways, some of you can relate in that we don’t like to leave what is comfortable and good for something we are unsure of. I was talking to a wise young youth pastor about this one night over msn, and this great quote appeared from my fingers. I was as surprised as anyone else. So I thought I would share it for ya, my first installation on the BLOG:

“One of life’s greatest pleasures is venturing into the unknown, only to find that what is there greatly exceeds that which we left in the past.”

- originally posted by steve-o

Some of us are going through a dvd series by Erwin McManus about the future of the church and postmodernity. It talks about going beyond imitating established ministries to discovering one’s own uniqueness. Innovation. Anyway here are some of my thoughts from it.

-I like the story of the Chinese girl who wasn’t “converted by information”but rather through experience and love. This idea is not totally new though I think it’s becoming even more important and suitable as the church moves forward.

-He had some good points regarding hope and how if a church remains “status quo” or is a follower, then it may not be able to effectively reach out and target the desires and hopes of people. I think the Project is a great example of a church trying to be leading edge and innovating, not adapters or followers. And speaking from Erwin’s point of view, if this “project” or new idea doesn’t succeed, who says that the church always needs to succeed/survive instead of closing or changing its model again? All about finding the right mushrooms!!! Some may kill you but in order to find the portabellos you may need to try a poisonous one.

-From the brief description Erwin gave of how his church operates, I wander how they can put on other ministries throughout the week if they don’t even have a church building. Looking a Beulah, I don’t know how all the ministries would survive if the building wasn’t in place. And all the ministries are such an integral part of the church.Maybe Mosaic’s situation and ministry is a whole lot different.

- originally posted by Paps

I only found out what a blog was in September when I ventured to Robbie J’s blog. For those that don’t know:

From “we BLOG.” A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.”

Though blogs have probably been around awhile, its neat to see how new forms of community/communication take shape.

- originally posted by Paps

So the blog has been officially launched. I created this place so that we could connect, inspire, encourage, share ideas, create and be an online community. I’m excited to see what appears in the next little while.

I bought the Garden State sound track the other day, and I’m just lov’n it. Just all together a good compilation of good songs, sit back and relax. Go buy it, and if you haven’t see the movie go see that too

So this is it. I finally got around to launching this site. I’m hoping to keep this site up-to-date, and maybe throw up something weird (quote, thought, picture) every day. But knowing me every day will probably become every week, then every month, I’ll try my best. I’m actually eventually wanting to turn this front page into a small forum for everyone to write on, so it’s not just my weird thoughts that go through my head. So enjoy…(I’m still developing the site so things maybe still random.)