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In conclusion, the authors talk some about definitions of success and how those definitions affect how you see yourself and your church. He is quick to point out that large churches are not always bad, but points out various downsides of being in a large church, some of which I have... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 16, 2010, 10:57 pm
Category: Reviews

Noah Notes

Noah can buckle his own seatbelt in the car now. His speech is continually improving. Jon could tell the difference when he came back from the Dominican. /g/ and /k/ are now well established in his regular vocabulary. We're working on /f/ /v/ /l/ /s/ in our... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 10, 2010, 9:34 am
Category: Noah

Sockdolager: A Knock-Down Blow

Heather's dad sent a link to this article, which I thought was pretty good. And at least, it is a good word-of-the-day for you. Your assignment is to use it in a sentence sometime today. "NOW, SIR," concluded Davy Crockett, "you know why I made that... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 9, 2010, 2:27 pm
Category: Reviews

Total Church: Pastoral Care

I am not sure what I think about this chapter. The authors argue for Christian pastoral care within a communal setting, as opposed to the "professional" counseling. I have heard of a couple stories of people violently against that idea, though I haven't seen anything bad... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 8, 2010, 3:57 pm
Category: Reviews

Dominican Republic: Monday

When we were going to bed, Kim said something about setting his alarm for 4AM or some crazy number like that. Apparently, he gets up pretty early at home, and takes the opportunity to get up even earlier in the Dominican. But, since I work for myself, I tend to get up pretty late... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 7, 2010, 12:57 pm
Category: Reviews

Total Church: World Mission and Discipleship and Training

Again, probably showing my bias, I didn't get a whole lot out of the "World Mission" chapter, so I am going to combine two chapters into one post. The gospel word is a word for the present about the future. Hope is integral to our message. Non-Christians... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 6, 2010, 12:23 pm
Category: Reviews

Dominican Republic: Meeting God in Missions

So, as most of you know, in March I went on my first ever short-term mission trip to Hato Mayor in the Dominican Republic with college students from Penn State, University of Pittsburgh and a handful from other places. It is almost a month later, and I've been meaning to write down... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 5, 2010, 10:49 pm
Category: Reviews

Mom was the Best Teacher of Computer Science I Had

I am not sure of the original source, but I received this via Jack Ganssle in his Embedded Muse . Mother taught the IF ... THEN ... ELSE structure: "If it's snowing, then put your boots on before you go to school; otherwise just wear your shoes." For years I... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 5, 2010, 10:41 am
Category: Internet

Total Church: Church Planting

"The church exists by mission as a fire exists by burning." -- Emil Brunner Mission very easily becomes one activity among others in church life. It sits on the agenda alongside a list of other items bying for attention. Or it is left to the enthusiasts to get on... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 4, 2010, 6:01 pm
Category: Reviews

Total Church: Social Involvement

Partly due to doing things with my family and partly due to catching up at work after last week of very little work, I haven't read much lately, and then when I did read, it was late at night, and figured I'd wait until I was in front of a computer to blog about it, rather than using the phone... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 2, 2010, 9:30 pm
Category: Reviews

Jonathan Notes

Jonathan has been wanting our family to put on a Star Wars play ever since he started reading his Syar Wars book. I keep telling him, "You write the script first, and then we can figure out more details." So he finally decided to write the script, based on the movie Star... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 28, 2010, 5:04 pm
Category: Jonathan

Total Church: Evangelism

"Francis of Assisi is alleged to have said, 'Preach the gospel always; if necessary use words.' That may be a great medieval sound bite, but it falls short of what the Bible teaches about evangelism." I used to like that quote, and the evangelism models it leads... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 23, 2010, 12:00 pm
Category: Reviews, Bible

Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson

I won't do a whole review, as I probably wouldn't do all that good of a job, but I'm re-reading it because a friend from church asked to borrow it, and I thought I would read through it again before I loaned it to him, so I could better recommend it appropriately. Dave Skiles... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 22, 2010, 9:00 am
Category: Reviews, Bible

Total Church: Why Gospel? Why Community?

It's definitely a telling commentary on my life that the first chapter of Total Church , "Why Gospel?" was less exciting to me than the following chapter, "Why Community?". I think the former is in my head only, where the latter is in my head and heart.... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 20, 2010, 10:31 am
Category: Reviews, Bible

Total Church: Introduction

I've just started reading a book I ordered from the library. I don't remember who recommended it - probably either someone at Jubilee, or else a blog I read. Based on the number of things I've liked so far, and I'm only through the introduction, I suspect I'm going to really like this... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 16, 2010, 10:47 pm
Category: Reviews, Bible