http://www.stretchychurch.com There's room... Fri, 09 May 2008 08:46:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Actually, I've discovered that there are only two degrees of separation between me and Stryper! Isn't that exciting! So, this is just for fun... A few weeks ago I discovered that Jim Hagelganz, a retired pastor in San Diego who preached at my church last summer before I arrived, ... http://www.stretchychurch.com/six-degrees-of-separation-from-stryper/ You know you haven't spent enough time on your own blog when you go to moderate any comments that need to be approved...  and you find 467 comments awaiting moderation!!  And only 2 of them are real comments from real people! No promises yet, but I'll try to get back into ... http://www.stretchychurch.com/465-spam-comments/ Whoa!! It's been over a month since my last post!! Anyway, I'm still alive. Leading a church, raising two kids, and working on a Doctor of Ministry isn't leaving me much time for blogging. But I'll do my best to keep up. Yesterday was my first Easter at Northminsters--and ... http://www.stretchychurch.com/im-still-alive/ I've finally started making new videos! And I'm having so much fun doing it! I uploaded my two newest videos to YouTube and have embedded them here. The first one is the song, I've Always Loved You, by Third Day. We used this video to open our Ash ... http://www.stretchychurch.com/video-of-breathe-deep-by-lost-dogs-and-ive-always-loved-you-by-third-day/ So, after posting Cletus Take the Reel, I started watching more videos on YouTube by Tim Hawkins, who seems to be Christian comedian. Here are a couple bits that he does that I thought were pretty hilarious! http://www.stretchychurch.com/tim-hawkins/ Here's a hilarious spoof of the Carrie Underwood's Jesus, Take the Wheel. It's called Cletus, Take the Reel! http://www.stretchychurch.com/cletus-take-the-reel/ Iranian film director, Nader Talebzadeh, just released a movie called Jesus, the Spirit of God, a movie presenting the Muslim understanding of Jesus. A Middle East Times article about the movie states that this "is the first film giving an Islamic view of Jesus Christ, in a bid to ... http://www.stretchychurch.com/muslim-movie-about-jesus/ A friend of mine--Kevin Womack at Fletcher Hills Presbyterian Church--just sent me this link about National Community Church in Washington, D.C. Mark Batterson is the pastor there and does some pretty creative stuff. Since he was going to be gone one weekend, Mark did his sermon on video for that ... http://www.stretchychurch.com/cool-video-sermon/ This is hilarious! I just discovered this website with inflatable churches! These people have taken the concept of a "stretchychurch" to a whole new level!! Check out the site here. And here are a couple of pictures: http://www.stretchychurch.com/a-literally-stretchy-church/ I just found two great posts at the PGF Outbox. The first one deals with the advantages a small congregation has in making a missional transition; click here for that article. The second one tells the story of how Solana Beach Presbyterian Church (a large church here in San Diego) is using ... http://www.stretchychurch.com/missional-small-church-missional-large-church/