It is 10:45 PM on the last day of my blogging week! My commitment was to make 3 or more entries per week. So far -only 2 this week.
So - not much to say but here is number 3 for the week! Help me to do better next week! Keep me accountable - make comments and let me know what you'd like to hear about!
That's all for this one!
Good night!
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I see that nobody has commented for the past couple entries. Is it frustrating and do you feel you started this and now must keep it going? Your entry comes across more as an obligation than a passion. Off topic, I am not quite sure what this blogging thing is for: the purpose. Do you respond to questions, comments and concerns from your church attendees? Do you write about things you want to talk about or things others are concerned about? Is it a means to let the church know your day to day activities? I actually have an idea for a book using your series on "Being Rich." I am not sure if this is the proper setting to address this. I just listened to the 1st in the series again. Good stuff.
Yeah - this particular entry was somewhat of an obligation rather than a heartfelt one. I think this was just because I had committed to blogging at least 3 times a week in Dec and I didn't want to miss the target.
I think sometimes in life we have to keep our commitments and let the passion follow.
Blogging can be for so many reasons: pure information, to engage conversation, to go public with opinions, to keep people informed of activities, social networking and more. The idea behind my blog is to provide insight into some of the details of my life, the life of Oasis Life Church and most importantly to "do life" with others. This is taking time and something that I hope to make more of an open dialogue in 2009. For this to happen, I know that I'll need to be consistent and to also to provide entries that are of interest and evoke conversation. Looking forward to the challenge and the conversation.
I'd love to hear about your book idea. The series really was something that challenged me in so many areas. I got the series from several other churches and then updated it with my style. As I researched the poverty statistics in our world - my thinking was changed more than I thought it would!
Thanks for the interaction and I hope that you find it a place worth checking out in the future. Spread the word!
The statistics part is quite interesting. Our household is in the 1% richest, but I don't feel that way. The series has taught me just how much I have mismanged my finances. The bigger application is even mismanaging life.
The book idea is along the lines of "God's Economy." Of coarse money is a big part of that, but bigger still is the way we (Americans) live life: here and now; pleasures up front as opposed to God's economy: work hard now, be frugle, etc., with long lasting eternal pleasures as a product of the work we do.
I can't save that series to my computer as my cd-writer is inoperable. Will it be posted on site for a while?
Yes - very hard to grasp that we are in the 1%. I too struggle with how I have stewarded all that God has given me. With a new level of awareness comes more responsiblity for us all.
I'd love to dialogue with you regarding the book idea. I think you are on to something. There are a number of ways this could be effectively presented.
At this time we don't take down the posted messages. However, we are looking to get RSS feed set up so you can subscribe to messages and soon they will also be available at iTunes as Podcasts. If you want CD copies, let us know and we are glad to provide them to you free of charge. - Have an awesome week - Pastor Scott
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