Mama Lolli Pop Posted on March 21, 2008 By pamela After seeing our family’s singing debut (with the happy birthday video we made for Timothy so could see & hear us singing to him from the other side of the world) our friend called me, Mama Lolli Pop. I already have a mousy voice — but increase the speed of… Read more
Happy Birthday, Mr. Rogers Posted on March 20, 2008 By pamela And thanks, for the memories. Today would’ve been Mister Rogers’ 80th birthday. I didn’t grow up watching much television at all and so, not even Mister Rogers very often, and our children didn’t watch television and I don’t think our grandchildren watch ‘reruns’ of Mister Rogers. But I saw the… Read more
In the mailbox today Posted on March 19, 2008 By pamela For many years now I have written about trends in the church, church growth methods and marketing strategies and what church growth strategists are saying and doing. What was in this space for a few days were scans of postcards from local churches and I have removed them and I… Read more
Not a ‘depression era mentality’ at all Posted on March 19, 2008 By pamela It used to be that when someone refused to waste a drop or when someone would save everything from produce baggies to cottage cheese containers to newspapers to bacon grease — people who never threw anything away after the originally intended use — they were thought to be products of… Read more
The Marketing of Evil and ignorant labels Posted on March 18, 2008 By pamela Every now and then a case comes along that punctuates the reality of ‘the marketing of evil.’ Though it’s been awhile since I read the book by David Kupelian, The Marketing of Evil, I’ve not forgotten the content nor has the impact of the book diminished – it’s interesting how… Read more
The Shining Sword Posted on March 18, 2008 By pamela Wes reads great books to our family several nights a week. I love to listen to him read — he reads well, clearly, passionately, with enthusiasm and occasionally he’ll even give the characters’ voice. So he was reading to us last evening and the stark current reality of the long… Read more
the signs of the times Posted on March 18, 2008 By pamela I felt I ought to clarify, just a bit, my post of a few days ago: “One of the first gents of emergents” bcz I am concerned that I perhaps inferred favourable thinking regarding the “ministry” and work of Rob Nooma Bell. I have occasionally been thought of or called… Read more
Happy Birthday, Timothy! Posted on March 14, 2008 By pamela We’re sure missing our boy today… on his birthday, and every day. Hannah made a birthday cake for Timothy, put it on the Red Plate… we lit the candles and sang the ‘happy birthday song’ while the camera was recording. So, here we are, early this morning, singing to our… Read more
Emergent-see Posted on March 14, 2008 By pamela There’s a whole lotta change going on… I’ll be posting a few pics from Phil Johnson’s site… Emergent-see—Motivational posters for the emerging church conversation chaos. http://teampyro.blogspot.com Read more