By Paul Edwards on Jan 5, 2010 in Featured, Uncategorized | 11 Comments
The terror “event” over Detroit on Christmas Day hits closer to home for me than it may for many other people around the country. I live in Detroit. The house I grew up in, the house my 81 year old mother still lives in, is in the landing pattern of Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport where Abdulmutallab [...]
By Paul Edwards on Jan 2, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Two blogs you should be following:
David P. Murray’s Head, Heart and Hand and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/davidpmurray
The Church Report and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/thechurchreport
By Paul Edwards on Jan 2, 2010 in Uncategorized | 4 Comments
Mark Driscoll makes an interesting point in this article at Resurgence:
“…administrative structures grow to prepare for numerical growth…”
Most churches wait for the growth before adding ministry programs and never see it because the structure isn’t in place for growth to happen. This structure must include the right programs with the right people leading those programs.
What [...]
By Paul Edwards on Jan 2, 2010 in Uncategorized | 4 Comments
From Symantec, the internet security people, comes this disturbing list of 100 online search terms used by your kids (ages 18 and under). For kids under age 7, “porn” is the number four most searched for word. “Sex” is number four with kids ages 8 – 18.
The study also shows that many kids are using [...]
By Joel Edwards on Dec 21, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Hooray for decades! Hooray for music! Hooray for lists!
Three lists, in fact: favorite albums of the decade, favorite albums of the year, and favorite songs of the year.
Here we go!
10 favorite albums of the decade
1. Arcade Fire – Funeral
2. Wilco – A Ghost Is Born
3. Radiohead – Kid A
4. Sufjan Stevens – Michigan
5. Bob Dylan [...]