These two examples for nature serve as examples for types of organizations. What implications does it have for our lives as communities?

Is there something supernatural about the diversity of Christianity?

We have a lot to learn from kids, but most of the time we’re not listening.

ownthemix.com is an excellent resource for audio professionals of all levels – beginner to expert. Check it out.

Why does everything look the same? What do we do to change it?

Every year, the surf industry hosts one of their two annual expos in Orlando. It’s hundreds of companies and thousands of people buying, selling, closing the deal, and making new contacts. But, as with most trade shows, it’s pretty sweet to just go get swag, if you can get in.

While I was there, I noticed some similarities, both good and bad, between this giant industry and the Church.

The role of women in church, society and culture at large has been a continually disputed one… even in 2009. These two men have spoken and written a lot on what they think about the issue. Here is a collection of their words as well as some of my thoughts.

In October of 2007, we began a series at Status called “Life In A Tent Without A Campground.”  It was a 9 week journey with the Hebrew people from Egypt, through the wilderness and into the promised land.
At the beginning of the series, we built an ebenezer – a pile of rocks commemorating the miracles God has done in our lives – like the one the Hebrews built after God had led them across the Red Sea.  However, our ebenezer was two sided.  One side of our stones was thankfulness for …

We’ve heard the Christmas story – and every variation thereof – dozens of times. We’ve sung the songs to the point of exhaustion. So, with these two things in mind, I’m supposed to help create a Christmas worship gathering? Quite a daunting task… but it was a powerful night, and – best of all – we actually engaged together.
We brought everyone together for one service, and for this reason as well as our desire for people to engage in experiences around the room, we removed the chairs. …

If I had the energy, I’d write a blog post about this:

http://www.worshipleader.com/praise-awards

Something called the “Praise Awards.”  Chances are, you know what I’d say about it anyway.

Rather than an entire post, here are some things to think about:
1.  A group of people sat in a room.  One of them said, “Let’s have ‘Praise Awards.’”  The other people in the room responded, “man, what a great idea.”

2.  I’ve heard only one of the songs nominated for “song of the year.”

3.  The music industry really knows how to squash authenticity and make everything …