Thursday, September 9, 2010

WELD Breaks for Finals, Returns 6/3

May 16, 2010 by Bern  
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Heads up (or is that heads down?)!  WELD is taking 2 week s off for finals (SRJC & SSU).  Study up, we’ll be back June 3rd!
BTW, during the break we’ll be meeting at the Swaffords for a BBQ to meet Steve Greene, our Worship Pastor Candidate – details here.

Lynskey Update May 2010

May 13, 2010 by Bern  
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Expecting—But Unexpected!
Woohoo!  We are expecting!  We rejoice at God’s infinite grace to give us the privilege to bear life [...]

The Church in Consumerism

May 10, 2010 by Bern  
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The other day I was reading one of my favorite authors and I came across this statement:
“… [W]e must think of ways in which we are products of our own culture.  For example, we do not borrow the idea of consumerism, nor are we influenced by it.  We are consumers because we live in a [...]

Transparency is Empowering

May 5, 2010 by Bern  
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Sometimes I get a on band-wagons a little late.  This past week I started and finished Freakonomics by Levitt and Dubner (2005).  Chapter 2 (“How is the Klu Klux Klan Like a Group of Real Estate Agents?”) looks at how people use information to manipulate others.
Knowledge is power, especially when one small group has it [...]