Well, we’ve finished our first series at theadvance and after 9 months of preparing for it I’m not sure how I feel to have it finished so quickly.  I’ve been blown away by the response people have had to it and am very thankful for the encouraging words.  In thinking about the series there are [...]

It’s here.  I haven’t had a chance to install it yet but Snow Leopard is here and like all the other crazy apple fans, I can’t wait to get it going.  I’ve been thinking a lot over the last week about why it is that Apple customers are so eager and quick to adopt new [...]

So, the summer is starting to wind down and I can’t help but be excited about what the fall will bring.  I love the beginning of a new academic year because it always brings new relationships, new challenges, and new surprises from God.  There is no doubt in my mind that God is going to [...]

So, I just realized that Hillsong released a new album called “Faith+Hope+Love”.  So far, so good.  But then, I’ve only listened to the opening two tracks.  Get ready to hear some of these tracks making their way into worship at Cedarview and theadvance in the near future.

This morning I read an interesting manifesto from Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola, two prominent voices in the missional movement on the supremacy of Christ.  Their premise is that the church is quickly losing sight of the centrality of Christ to the Christian message and replacing it with things like values, virtues and gifts.  That [...]