new look

not that any of you might care but for the first time in more then the three years that i have been blogging i have added pics to the blog. a pic of my wife and i and a skyline of where i currently live, indianapolis.

#17

the celtics last night just won the 17th championship. i have really enjoyed watching the celtics over my lifetime yet in the last few years have rarely been excited about how the team was doing. last summer when the danny ainge shook up the team i was excited. it has been since 1986 that we won a championship.

however in the last few years i can not complain about new england sports as we have won many championships.

red sox 2004, 2008
patriots 2002, 2004, 2005
and now
celtics 2008

it has been good to be a new england fan

for a good article on the celtics championship read http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/080618

learning from fast food

have you noticed the last few years that specific fast food joints are combining to allow easy access at one place. taco bell, kfc (formerly known as kentucky fried chicken), pizza hit and a&w interchange to allow choices for their customers. have you ever been with a group of people and want something to eat but you cannot agree on which drive thru to enter? going to a restaurant that serves both chicken and mexican food can allow for more choices to satisfy all the needs of hunger.

some churches have also caught onto this. venue churches have caught on because it allows more options at the same time. granted you might have to watch the sermon from a screen but it does allow you to choose the worship service style. you could enjoy liturgy while someone down the hall is watching a drama in the "emergent" service.

here are some bonuses of having a venue style church.

1. people have more choices- this allows them to choose the style and time. at a church that has a traditional and contemporary service, the traditional service is probably going to be the earlier time slot. therefore if you like traditional you have to wake up a bit earlier on your day of rest.

2. the pastor can preach less- if any of you have ever preached more then once on a sunday you understand it can be very tiring physically and emotionally. this can allow the pastor not to have to preach to more often and still reach more people.

3. cost effective- why build every time your church out grows a sanctuary? this allows more services within the same building without the high cost of building.

are there any more positives about having a venue style church? what about negatives?