Tiger is one of those guys that I don’t see regularly, but every few years for the last couple of decades something comes up and we get a chance to reconnect and catch up. Which is cool, because Tiger is a legend! He’s been doing ministry for something like 5 decades, and is one ofContinue reading “Sabbatical Sit Down: Tiger McLuen”
Author Archives: Bart Whitman
Sabbatical Sit Down: Jonathan Dahl
Getting a chance to sit down with Jonathan was a slightly unexpected, but greatly appreciated opportunity. I’ve felt a connection to Jonathan for several years – the meeting that I got a crazy idea to bring River’s Edge into the Converge fold was the same that Jonathan was introduced as the newest member of theContinue reading “Sabbatical Sit Down: Jonathan Dahl”
Sabbatical Sit Down: Mark Bjorlo
When we think about church (or most other subjects), we tend to think about what we are familiar with, what we experience regularly, what we know. It isn’t often that we expand our perspective to see a bigger picture-there are others out there, in similar settings like ours, but they have a very different wayContinue reading “Sabbatical Sit Down: Mark Bjorlo”
Sabbatical Start
Here I am…on sabbatical. That’s a funny word. Make’s me feel fancy. So what is a sabbatical? Really, its just a break from my ordinary job to find some renewal, refreshment, and refocus. If you want to know some more of my thoughts and goals for my 4+ weeks of sabbatical, and you weren’t atContinue reading “Sabbatical Start”
For Tomorrow
Aren’t presidential elections fun! We should do this every year!!! Maybe not. Today – Tuesday, November 3rd – is election day. Tomorrow we’ll have results. Maybe not all of them, but some of them. We may or may not know who our next president is. We may or may not know which party controls congress.Continue reading “For Tomorrow”
A guy smarter than me: Schaeffer on how to save America
In “A Christian Manifesto”, Francis Schaeffer discussed how the Judeo-Christian worldview that America was founded on has been replaced by Humanism: Humanism means that the man is the measure of all things…Man beginning from himself, with no knowledge except what he himself can discover and no standards outside of himself. In this view Man isContinue reading “A guy smarter than me: Schaeffer on how to save America”
A guy smarter than me: Tozer on the universe
The following is an excerpt from “Experiencing The Presence of God”, written by A.W. Tozer and edited by James L. Snyder. The Bible…teaches that this universe, this “uni” (meaning “one”), this one great interlocking system has a central control. And that control is called the throne of God. The universe is controlled from that center…Continue reading “A guy smarter than me: Tozer on the universe”
The people who need to read this won’t
In the Matrix, there’s a pivotal scene that I’m often reminded of. Cypher, one of the good guys, makes a deal with the machines to give up his friends. He explains the reason: “You know, I know this steak doesn’t exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is tellingContinue reading “The people who need to read this won’t”
This is why we can’t have nice things
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the fall of America. Our great country, the greatest on the planet, is in a downward spiral, and here’s why: Marketing. Well, I sort of believe that. It isn’t really marketing that is destroying us, but marketing is being used to destroy us. Let me explain. First off,Continue reading “This is why we can’t have nice things”
Refs and control issues
I coached junior high football for a few years. That was an experience. There were a few aspects of junior high football that were a challenge. Junior high boys were a big one; when practice shuts down because a rabbit ran past the goal posts, that’s a bit frustrating. But another big frustration was referees.Continue reading “Refs and control issues”
Driven 