http://besquared.org/onthewalk Mon, 25 May 2009 02:42:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been planning for some time to return to blogging. I have missed the outlet for writing and I have a few ideas that have been building up. I had hoped to return to blogging sooner, but today's sermon by Rodney Ross has pushed me over the ... http://besquared.org/onthewalk/2009/05/24/come-closer/ I commend to many this strong and beautiful reflection by David Fitch. He reminds me that however attached I am to my dreams, when I am following God, I must continually say, "not my will but yours." on the walk -Ethan http://besquared.org/onthewalk/2009/04/15/not-my-will-but-yours/ I am regularly challenged by the wise reflections of Dan Kimball. Here you will find a wise article on liturgy. With his normal careful and kind style he explores the implications of liturgy not just as the order of service in a Christian worship service, but most importantly ... http://besquared.org/onthewalk/2009/04/08/work-of-the-people-2/ I am easily susceptible to over selling. Regardless of how good something actually is, if I encounter it after it has been oversold, I find myself almost unable to appreciate it. In that spirit I offer this video which is certainly funnier than average. CLETUS TAKE THE REEL Have Fun! on ... http://besquared.org/onthewalk/2009/04/07/funnier-than-average/ My blog has been slow lately because I have been trying to upgrade. It has been a disaster. I'm still trying but now all the old links are broken. AAAARRGH http://besquared.org/onthewalk/2009/02/20/aaargh/ There were three big catalysts that started me wondering what church events should look like.  The first was a church change.  There was surprisingly little overlap between the kind of events hosted by one church and the kind hosted by the other.  Yet both churches were healthy and God honoring ... http://besquared.org/onthewalk/2009/02/10/church-events-of-the-bible-4btemple-and-homes/ This isn't an event per se and so it breaks the rule for this series, but before I comment on the next events, we have to notice a bit about the kind of life that pervades the early church.  (I will talk about the two events that are mentioned in ... http://besquared.org/onthewalk/2009/02/01/church-events-of-the-bible-4a-daily-life-an-excursus/ It is rare that I find myself so completely and thoroughly recommending a book as I am today.  I suppose that with diligence I could find things to disagree with.  In fact I am sure that in the fifth chapter there was a sentence that ended with a preposition.  (That ... http://besquared.org/onthewalk/2009/01/29/surprising-book-recommendation/ I was able to preach today.  I am always grateful when I have that opportunity.  You can catch the audio here.  As always happens when I get to preach, I always have a few leftover thoughts that I wish I could have shared but ran out of time.  I won't ... http://besquared.org/onthewalk/2009/01/25/anything-and-nothing/ The spirit of God causes a disturbance.  God creates an opportunity and the church responds. You can read it all in the second chapter of Acts. There are a lot of wonderful details in this text that I will ignore.  For this exercise I want to simply consider what this event is ... http://besquared.org/onthewalk/2009/01/16/church-events-of-the-bible-3-street-corner-preaching/