Category: Church

• I ASH WEDNESDAY, DO YOU?

  This is a post from last year that I am re-posting today because, obviously, it is Ash Wednesday (February 22, not March 9 like the post says–that was last year). ********************************** This is the week that we Christians who follow a liturgical pattern of the year mark the journey through Lent and toward Easter.  It…

  Jamie Greening

  March 7, 2011

  All, Church, Culture

  Ash Wednesday, Baptists, Catholics, dust, fasting, Lent, mortality

• CATALYST WEST AND THE ZEN OF ANDY STANLEY

  I spent all day today—from about 8:30am until 9:00pm tonight—at Mariner’s Church here in California.  I skipped the labs yesterday because, well, I don’t do labs.  I’m sure they were wonderful, but, no.  It has been a great day.  Here are some highlights. Andy Stanley—Andy kicked off the conference with a wonderful sermon.  To be…

  Jamie Greening

  March 4, 2011

  All, Books, Church, Culture, Preaching, Travel, Writing

  Andy Stanley, Catalyst, Catalyst West, Dave Ramsey, Eugene Peterson, John Perkins, Judah Smith, Mariner’s Church, Soledad O’Brien

• BUCKET LIST BLOG

  One of the things I love so much about my church is the Big Small.  The Big Small is “a small group for big boys.”  Like so many churches we organize our spiritual formations and fellowship primarily around small groups of people.  When I decided to start a small group for men I wanted to…

  Jamie Greening

  March 1, 2011

  All, Church, Culture, Movies

  737, 787, Big Fun, Bucket List, cockpit, commercial airliner, conversation, dying, former presidents, great grandchildren, High Noon, Small Groups

• THEOLOGICAL WORDS REMIX

  (Note–I resisted the urge to write a Valentine Day blog.  Maybe next year) My current sermon series is titled Missing Links and it is about the first three chapters of Genesis.  I had fun yesterday launching it.  Last year when I was formulating the idea, my original desire was to build the series around the…

  Jamie Greening

  February 15, 2011

  All, Books, Church, Culture, politics, Preaching, Writing

  creation, ex nihilo, imago dei, missing links, Original Sin, sabbath, theological words