Serving Christ in a Coffee Culture
Posted in Classroom, Environment, Inspirations, Playground, Random Thoughts, Site Planning on Jul 6th, 2010
A thought provoking question was posed to me recently: “what is a distinctly “Christian” garden?” I thought I’d try to answer it in this blog to conclude the subject of gardens over the past month. It is easier to answer “what is a “Buddhist” garden?” than “what is a Christian garden”, since the garden style [...]
Posted in Bookstore, Classroom, Environment, Inspirations, Playground, Random Thoughts on Jun 10th, 2010
Gardens are full of rich Biblical significance. There are several different uses of the term ‘garden’ in the Bible. Often it is an agricultural application, referring to vineyards, groves of fruit trees or vegetable plots. (Jeremiah 29:5 , Deuteronomy 11:10 ). In other applications, it is primarily an outdoor environment; a place of beauty for [...]
Posted in Classroom, Environment, Inspirations, Playground, Random Thoughts, Site Planning, Worship Center on Jun 2nd, 2010
When I get a new album that I really like, I tend to play it repeatedly until it plays in my head independent of any listening device. Such has been the case with Phil Wickham’s latest release, Heaven & Earth. The opening song, Eden, poetically expresses a longing to return to a place of origin [...]
Posted in Newsletters, Random Thoughts, Spring 2010, Technology on May 12th, 2010
A good building project website will offer an opportunity for congregational feedback and answer the following questions: Why? The most important part of a building project website is that it clearly explains the vision and answers the question “Why are we engaged in a building project?” What? Next, it is important to give some details [...]
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