by Darren Ethier (@nerrad)
Anything I write that is spiritual in nature I file under this main category.
Some time ago I read this article by Seth Godin, “ The lesson from two lemonade stands“. Go read it, then come back here. For the church – what lemonade stand are we? Are we passing out tracts and telling people the “bridge” story or are we loving people and walking with them to the […]
Is there ever a good time to lie? If you ever want to spark an interesting conversation, this is the question to ask. If I’m honest with you, it’s a question I struggle with and if you’re honest, I think its something you struggle with too. I always thought the 10 commandments had a “Do […]
I read an interesting article a couple weeks ago about a little known guy named Ron Wayne who is actually one of the founders of Apple Computers. You can read the article for the details on his story but it was fascinating to read some of the comments from this guy who sold away […]
As promised here are some wrap-up thoughts (albeit I got this published a bit later than I originally intended!) on the 2010 PAOC General Conference that I had the privilege of attending this year. I’m so grateful for the opportunity granted to me by my church family that made it possible for my wife and […]
Sorry for the delay in making these posts folks. Here’s my notes from the final session at the 2010 PAOC General Conference. Ed Stetzer was the speaker and I was really looking forward to hearing him speak because I’ve been a reader of his blog for quite a while. Sometime this week I’ll write the […]
I attended the breakout session with my lead pastor (Marshall Eizenga) to hear Wayne Cordeiro again. Wayne expanded further on what he had talked about the previous evening in the general session. Really. Good. Stuff. Here are the notes I took: Whose cage are you tapping and who is pacing you right now? you […]
Here are the notes from the session with Gordon Franklin: The text Romans 16:3-16, Philippians 1:3 (where Paul lists greetings to his peers) For Paul this wasn’t just a list of names! It is a mosaic of memories of people that changed Paul’s life, who impacted him. We need to thank God for spiritual history […]
Dr. Wayne Cordeiro is senior pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii. I was really looking forward to hearing his message – and I was not disappointed! Remember, for the first few posts in this series I’m just posting the raw notes – in the last post of this series I will summarize […]
Ivan Satatyavrata serves as the Senior Pastor of an Assembly of God church in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. Here are my notes from his message at the General Conference: Christianity in general is more of a multicultural and global movement than ever before. need for Christians all over the world to work TOGETHER. John 17:18 (Jesus […]
This past week (May 10-13) I had the privilege of attending the PAOC General Conference in Edmonton, Alberta. The theme of this years conference was “Rooted in Relationship”. This series of posts contains my notes from the speakers I heard at the conference. Many thanks to my church for making it possible for my wife […]