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When Will We Do More Than Observe Community?

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:27:00 -0400

In the last eight months I have become involved with an organization called Home Sweet Homeless. Home Sweet Homeless was started to bring back a human element to the homeless of Orlando. The founders of Home Sweet Homeless are three young men who made a connection wit...

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Some times you just wanta dance

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:43:00 -0400

I tend to write serious articles that are meant to inspire and call the readers to more, but today I just want to dance and share that experience with you via video. This is at a hookah bar in Atlanta after a long day at Catalyst...enjoy.

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Home Sweet Homeless

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:48:00 -0400

Since moving to Orlando, I've had the opportunity to serve with a ministry called "Home Sweet Homeless". You may remember reading about my encounter with a man named Rick a few articles ago; that life-changing meeting took place with this ministry at one of their monthly potlucks. To be honest with you, I was sort of guilted into attending my first Home Sweet Homeless event.

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The Start of a Conversation

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:09:00 -0400

I've been having a ton of conversations about the Church (not the building, but the body) and our generation. Specifically, what are the strong points we as a generation bring to the Church and where do we contradict each other? I know what I think, but desire to know what you think. Start leaving comments and lets have a conversation.

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The Story of Rick

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 13:45:00 -0400

I wanted to take this opportunity to tell the story of Rick. I had the pleasure of meeting Rick at a potluck thrown by Home Sweet Homeless at Lake Eola Park in Orlando, Florida. Home Sweet Homeless is an organization dedicated to meeting the needs of many of the homel...

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Shane Barnard Plays Unreleased Song Exclusively For NotTheAverage.com

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 00:46:00 -0400

The song played here by Shane Barnard is a song he wrote just days before hand. Interviewed here by Ryan Law from NotTheAverage.com just before they played a show in Lynchburg, Virginia.Enjoy! Please leave your thoughts!

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This Is Why People Hate Christians!

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:35:00 -0400

Tuesday May 22, 2007. Jerry Falwell's funeral is held at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Although a somber occasion, the air is abrasive with the prattling of reporters, the clicking of cameras, and the shouts of protestors. The following are pictures...

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No Bible?

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:40:00 -0400

When I was the youth pastor of a small church in San Diego, I became very disheartened with the fact that such a small percentage of my students came to church with their Bibles. Without really thinking it through I decided to teach the students a lesson. As we sat down ...

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Re-Introduction To Prayer

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:10:00 -0400

There has been an ongoing conversation amongst my friends as of late about prayer. You see it is our observation that the importance of prayer has been lost in the shuffle of our Christian walk. Losing sight of the importance of prayer poses a huge problem, because pra...

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Art

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:52:00 -0400

I had the opportunity to go to see Justin McRoberts in concert not long ago at Grace Church in Lynchburg, Va. Ok, allow me to clarify, nothing was going on and Dan Portnoy of The Drop Online was putting on the show so I decided to go and support my friend. I was in n...

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