Archive for May, 2005
What Would Jar Jar Do?
I love the STAR WARS movies. I think I like them even more than my nine-year-old son and that’s saying a lot. But don’t we need to keep a distinction between Christian worship and cinema? Check this out. And this.
What does the Force have to do with the Holy Spirit? What does Athens [...]
I Think We’d Just Call It Prostitution
In Iraq, a 1400 year old custom of Shi’ite Muslims has seen a resurgence: Temporary Marriage. Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, had outlawed this practice, but now it’s back in vogue. The way it works is this. If a man sees a woman he wants to have sex with, he “marries” her for [...]
Masks of God
Today, we had a congregational one-day retreat on the topic of vocation. That’s “vOcation,” not “vAcation.” All of us have various vocations or callings from God. For instance, I have a divine call to be a pastor. But I am also called by God to be a husband, a father, a son, a citizen, a [...]
Cool Scenes from St. Paul’s Monastery, where we held our retreat
I’m taller than Pastor Sell.
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Rev. Mark Sell, retreat leader, man-o-God, cool-shirt-wearing, super book dude
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Just because I dig cats…
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Martyrdom: The Best Church Growth Plan EVER!!!
The ancient Christian Church grew by leaps and bounds on account of the sword. Of course, the sword was aimed AT the Christians, not BY them. Yes, that’s right, in the first 3 centuries after Christ’s ascension, the Church was hotly persecuted, first by the majority of the Sanhedrin, then by the Romans (and other [...]
