Redefinition

So today our solar system has gone from being defined as having nine planets to eight. We’ve lost Pluto, perhaps he’s behind the sofa. I don’t know that I’ve ever told anyone this, but Pluto was always my favorite planet. Ever since my third grade science project that I did on the lumpy, icy stone, [...]

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Update on Blue…

I don’t know how many of you noticed Blue this morning, up on stage, playing the acoustic bass (very nice, by the way).  You may not have recognized him.  It appears that the experience at Wendy’s the other night was just too much for his system to take and, like the boy in the Crash [...]

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Wikichurch

From my sermon at the Vineyard Church of Houston on Sunday, I learned something I hope I never forget: never underestimate the potential contributions of others. Second service was an amazing time of complete interaction that was, in my mind, a staggering success. I’m not saying that I was a staggering success, nor that my [...]

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Culture Differences

I found a post here to be very interesting in my ongoing pensivity about words, symbols, and their meaning. I’ve just run across this blog for the first time, but I found this particular post to be very interesting and thought some of you may enjoy the jumping into the discussion if you wish. Or [...]

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Starbucks: Missionaries of Culture

I made a comment to my wife about six months ago that, in my observation, it seems like Starbucks does more than sell coffee – it imports a certain universal Starbucks culture. Watching what has happened to the Baytown area over the last year, since we’ve gone from zero Starbucks to three, it has been [...]

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