It’s the time of the spring for end-of-the year concerts and recitals. And so I found the following picture of second-graders from Germanshire Elementary getting ready to perform absolutely adorable. Jim Weber is the photographer and you can find it and a whole series of pictures...
Mark 3:31-35
posted by DJL
Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.” And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking...
10 Things Churches Can Learn from the Apple Store
posted by DJL
What follows below is a post from Guy Kawasaki who was for many years a “chief evangelist” for all things Apple and who continues to write about excellence in design, marketing, innovation, and retail. In this piece he summarizes some key insights from a book about the phenomenal retail success of the Apple store. As I was reading Guy’s post, I couldn’t help but think about how many of these same insights might apply to the ways we think about church. So I’ll place the whole of the original post below so that you can read Guy’s insights. But I’ll also comment (in italic) after each section, offering a...
Mark 3:28-30
posted by DJL
‘Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.” These few verses have occasioned...
Dear Photograph
posted by DJL
My friend Ben Cieslik recently sent me a link to the following site. It’s a place where people superimpose an old photograph of a beloved place or person over a new one to show how time has changed, the relationship matured, and life has moved on. I found it just beautiful and at times...