Throwing Rocks

Steve Brown January 26th, 2009

Nancy Pelosi–may she get the hives–said that one of her favorite moments from Inauguration Day was when Marine One lifted off the Capitol grounds, signifying former President George W. Bush's exit from Washington.

Adding to her contribution to unity and bipartisanship at the Inauguration, she said, "It felt like a 10-pound anvil was lifted off my head!"

I'm going to restrain myself here from saying anything more about Pelosi's comment because…well… … (Read More)

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Afraid, guilty and tired!

Steve Brown January 15th, 2009

Do you know my favorite thing to do…right after jumping off buildings and getting a root canal?

It's grading papers.

Do you know what I'm doing right now?

Well, I'm writing to you, of course, but what I was doing before writing to you and what I'll do right after writing to you is…

…grading papers.

I remember once at Disney when I was with our grandchildren at one of those "character" lunches. Our daughter, our son-in-law and my wife deserted me an … (Read More)

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I’m Excited About 2009

Steve Brown January 6th, 2009

I'm excited about 2009.

No, that isn't a Christian cliché where Christians (it's part of the liturgy) say they're "excited" about everything from a Christian concert to a funeral. I'm not excited because I'm a Christian.

Frankly, sometimes being a Christian isn't exciting at all. It's as dull as dust. If the level of my commitment were dependent on "excitement," I would join some Wicca group. They don't tithe, have very few rul … (Read More)

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What do you think about my proposal?

Steve Brown October 7th, 2008

As some of you know, I preach/teach fairly often at Perimeter Church in Atlanta. I love the people there and their pastor, Randy Pope, is one of my heroes.

It's as close as I'm ever going to get to being a pastor of a mega-church.

I've always asked God to make me the pastor of a mega-church and told him, if he really loved me, he would. Or, at any rate, that was my prayer until I started visiting Perimeter.

They have more staff people than I ever had as church members where I serv … (Read More)

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Hustling the Product!

Steve Brown September 23rd, 2008

I spent a number of days at The International Christian Retail Show here in Orlando. It used to be called The Christian Booksellers Association convention, but it's a lot bigger than books. In fact, by any stretch of the imagination, if it can be called "Christian" and if it can be sold, it was there…statues, jewelry, clothing, paintings, computers, software programs, candy, dieting programs, films, music, books and a whole lot more.

Aisles and aisles of booths of bric-a-br … (Read More)

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Truth…once you see it, you're stuck!

Steve Brown August 12th, 2008

For recent interviews, I'm reading a book by my friend, Tim Keller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, and another book by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck, Why We're not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be).

(You can hear the interviews here and here.)

Keller writes: "Whether you consider yourself a believer or a skeptic, I invite you to seek the same kind of honesty and to grow in an understanding of the nature of your own doubts. The result will exceed anything you … (Read More)

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