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Night of Silence

Be a Fountain

Be a Fountain not a Drain. Saw this from a church newsletter and thought to share: BE A FOUNTAIN NOT A DRAIN I saw a marquee in front of a church’s building that had the following on it: “BE A FOUNTAIN NOT A DRAIN”. I looked over at my wife and said, “There is a sermon in there somewhere.” Indeed, there is a lesson in this simple statement that every Christian needs to hear. Christians will either be a fountain or they will be a drain when it comes to their responsibilities in the kingdom of God. This is especially seen in the local work of a congregation. There is no middle ground. As a member of a local church, I am either a fountain that nourishes the work or I am a drain that is depleting the energy and life from that work. Paul expressed the ‘either or’ principle when writing about the life of the Christian. “Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of

The Amazing Grace Christmas House - Holdman Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas - Linus's Speech

The Polar Express Can you still hear the bell

Twas the Night Before Ministry

'Twas the Nite Before Ministry I wrote a few years ago a parody about "twas the Nite before Youth Ministry" and revised for ministry and from a preacher perspective ...Here is the Result: 'Twas the Nite Before Ministry, When all through the church Not a person was stirring, not even a preacher. The budget minutes were done for the year with care. In hopes that funds for the ministry next year would be there. The church-goers had gone. All full of themselves. With visions of only thinking of Thyself. Some people wanted the last say on everything. And there was alaways that one person that had to be right on every theological thing. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter. Several of us had sprung out of the church to see what was the matter. As we entered the church parking lot What did we see? But Angry people wanted everything for FREE! More rapid than insults, the crowd made demands. They had expectations of what they thought ministry l

Retooning the Nativity

A Social Network Christmas