I really thought this was a joke.

Apparently not.
A pastor (a real, honest-to-God pastor) has written a song about how fantabulous, amazing and spectacular it is to be a pentecostal. No, it’s not from Saturday Night Live.

(HT: Signposts2)

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Real Christmas part 3

Faintnot has shared their Christmas edition of Friday Church in the Park. It’s beautiful. It’s real. Please watch it.

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Real Christmas part 2

Some excerpts of a Christmas message from the site admin of a homeless forum. This is pretty much as real as it gets, I think:
Christmas on the Streets
Christmas as far as Christians should be concerned is about celebrating a religious event. The fact that it has become the major holiday for the year means [...]

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Real Christmas part 1

I have decided (yes, just then, I’m impulsive like that) to do a short series on “Real Christmas”. It will have some examples of what I see as people demonstrating real, authentic Christmas activities that look outside themselves without any thought for public acclamation.
First up is a big one. Our new Prime Minister, [...]

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A Christmas How-To

For those whose Christmas was less than perfect this year, I present to you a reference for you to use next year to ensure a wonderful and relaxing day.

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Please

Please, for the love of all that is decent, somebody tell me this is an elaborate joke.
Somebody?
Holy Ghost Tees.
In reference to one of their “styles”, they say:“Ro-Shum-Baa-Kaa-L-Le’-Lo-Cee”Inspired by the more advanced “talker” with a “C.O.G.ictilic” flair. This phrase is really hot when you roll the R’s with your tongue and flow the syllables effortlessly.
Huh?
(HT: Ship [...]

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It’s that time of the year….

to wish all three of my readers a very special and blessed Christmas.
May your journey in 2008 bring you to new levels of faith and understanding, and I pray God’s blessing over you all.
See you on the flip side, most likely larger and slightly sluggish.

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A Kitschy Christmas

With all the Christmas Jesus Junk going around at the moment, I just couldn’t help myself. Here is some of it for you:

Merry Christmas to all,

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Does anybody else see something odd here?

I was reading an article entitled “The Art of Church Life”. It was written by a pastor of a multi-congregational church. I won’t say which church or which pastor because that is irrelevant. However, I’ll let you know it is an Australian church. Just so my Australian readers can’t complain about [...]

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It’s NOT ABOUT US!

Yes, worship has become a current theme here at the moment. This post is very important, though. Happy (A Fundamental Shift) has posted an incredible video the other day. It’s so good I just have to post it here.
Please watch it.

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Who Are You?

I have been looking through my stats and found that there are a lot of people (probably at least thirty) who read this blog but have never left a comment. Who are you all?
I’d love to know something about you! Your name, where you’re from, why you’re here, even just a hello. [...]

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I am definitely no Asbo Jesus

So this is as good as the artwork gets from my end.

So why isn’t it that simple?

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The iMonk speaks

And, as usual, I listen.
I don’t think I’ve ever quoted the Internet Monk here before. I’m not sure why – it’s obviously a profound oversight on my part.
His post from yesterday cut right through me. Here is part of it:
To be a sign is to be in the midst of the human community, but [...]

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Dying to Self

Ché has hit on something I think is really interesting – re-evaluating the idea that we should “die to self”.
I’ve always heard, “die to self” as if I would slowly slay parts of me that are not pleasing to God.But here is a thought….Psalm 139….’for I am fearfully and wonderfully made”….this passage has been a [...]

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And ASBO Jesus weighs in….

Yes, Jon Birch over at the ASBO Jesus blog actually listens to my ranting and posts accordingly.
Ha ha, that’s so funny!
I am really under no illusions of grandeur, but this came up today. After my post yesterday I felt it was rather apt, so here it is:

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Gotta get yourself connected

The title is part of a song by Stereo MC’s called “Connected”. I’m so sorry to those who think being connected in church is the be-all and end-all of life, but I just have to quote the lyrics. Although they have nothing to do with church at all, they fit perfectly.
If you [...]

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