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Horseshoes & Handgrenades

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

That is the title of the new series at my church. The series is three weeks about everything that the Christian faith IS NOT. Being good, agreement with theologies, and religion are close… but close only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades.
We set out on highly unusual path creatively for this series and it can best [...]

Tags: creative video, horseshoes and handgrenades, Ministry

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Media Darlings

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

It really isn’t fair how much press my church gets from our local paper, The Arizona Republic. Here is ANOTHER article about us and this time they REALLY did us a favor by putting my face in the article. Gees… Oh, and by the way, I know I’m wearing it in my pic on the [...]

Tags: arizona republic, Ministry, nick asolas, sscc

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Small Church 101

Monday, December 29th, 2008

I am visiting my in-laws this week in Stewart County, Tennessee. This place defines rural. Everyone knows everyone’s business, nothing is flashy, and when I called the local coffee shop to ask if they had free Wi-Fi, they thought I was speaking Farsi.
The churches are small but numerous here. On one small stretch of country [...]

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The Untouchable Topic

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

I like to stir the pot. I like to find the topics that most Christians won’t touch and, well, touch them. Call it career masochism, people get REALLY mad when their pastor plays Devil’s Advocate. I call it a dose of what Christianity needs… open discussion about things important to our culture.
Today’s untouchable… gays.
Let me [...]

Tags: Apolitics, Great Deabtes, hate the sin love the sinner, homosexuality, inaugural prayer, Life, Ministry, rick warren

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My New Job

Monday, December 8th, 2008

It is now official… soon, I will no longer be a youth pastor.
As I told my students yesterday, my church has asked me to fill the job of Media Arts Pastor full-time instead of student ministry. After much prayer, consideration, and thought, I decided to do it… for several reasons.
As Media Arts Pastor, I will [...]

Tags: Life, Ministry

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