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Breaking Blog Silence

No Comments 07 August 2010

Wow. Time flies.

No, this hasn’t been a sanctimonious “techno-fast” that I advertise to the world (thus defeating the purpose of a fast). I haven’t failed morally and therefor ceased to exist in the blogosphere. And I didn’t forget my password or lose my laptop, though that is the most likely of these to happen!

Life just happened. All around me. Really quickly.

I’m admittedly not the most disciplined person in the world. I have to work really hard at being disciplined. I guess you could say I have to discipline myself to be disciplined. And one thing I’ve learned is that the best way to do this is to simplify.

So over the past few weeks as vacation, unexpected funerals, weddings, sermon prep, baby doctor appointments, baby showers, and 5:00 p.m. have happened, down went the laptop lid and thus no blogging. I had to simplify so discipline in the areas that matter most could stand firm. But life seems to be returning to normal, whatever-the-heck that is these days. And I look forward to sharing a lot of what the past few weeks have taught me and a lot of what I believe God is about to do at OneLife and in Knoxville.

And if for some reason this blog goes back into silence, chances are I lost my laptop this time.

Recaps

Sunday Recap : 12.20.09

No Comments 23 December 2009

Late on the recap and going to keep it short and sweet this week. But stay tuned for a recap of what I am praying will be an awesome Christmas Eve service tomorrow afternoon!

  • Part 3 of “Do You Hear” was about hearing from God when life seems normal.
  • The Wise Men (aka Magi) were just doing their jobs when they heard from God.
  • But it wasn’t a booming voice. No angels. No supernatural, hard to understand experience.
  • Their everyday lives (watching the stars) intersected with God’s word (a star would rise out of Jacob – a prophesy of the Messiah) and they knew what God wanted them to do.
  • We were missing our college students and lots of young families this week because of Christmas so it seemed a little down in the auditorium.
  • But when I got the communication cards, we still had four first time families! Not a Sunday has gone by without first-time guests being with us.
  • I am extremely excited about our Christmas Eve service tomorrow at 4 p.m. Really praying for lots of people who wouldn’t usually go to church to show up and hear the Gospel!
  • The music is going to be incredible. A great blend of modern Christmas worship from the OneLife band with a traditional accoustic candlelight set thrown in.
  • We’re giving our volunteers time with families and friends and not having a service next Sunday.
  • We resume on January 3 with a New Year’s Party! If you are a OneLifer or want to know more about what’s in store for OneLife, don’t miss this Sunday!

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