Author Archive for Tom Goodman
I’ve built up a collection of Christmas music by buying one Christmas CD a year for the last 20 years (a post about my Christmas music here). This year I’ve been listening to Over the Rhine’s Snow Angels for free here and finally bought it as my annual Christmas CD–well, as an iTunes download. I already have their Trumpet Child project from 2007 and will feature at least one of the songs from it
Links to Your World, Tuesday December 18
Closed Published by Tom Goodman December 18th, 2007 on Get AnchoredSix Steps to Better Focus at Work or School
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Make-A-Flake is a neat little website that lets you make your own digital snowflakes based on a pattern that you “cut” using a pair of virtual scissors! Link (HT: Neatorama).
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The House just passed a resolution honoring Christian citizens this Christmas season. What’s news, however, is that
Wow. How many of us pastors have wanted to say this to our “I’m-not-being-fed” contingent (and we all have that contingent). Here’s Steven Furtick of Elevation Church:
Proverbs 26:15
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
What a great picture of nominal, noncommittal church attendees! We all know that one of top 3 reasons people leave churches is
The Statesman ran an op-ed piece by James Dee on Saturday called, “The Christmas Story Didn’t Happen.” Since Dee is a retired classics professor, not a Biblical scholar or historian, he depends on a book by a single–and disputed–New Testament professor as sufficient proof that the accounts of Jesus’ birth in Matthew and Luke aren’t reliable.
If you have friends or neighbors asking questions
Song of the Week: Jars of Clay’s “Little Drummer Boy”
Closed Published by Tom Goodman December 16th, 2007 on Get AnchoredIn yesterday’s Statesman, Eileen Flynn recalled the Advent Wreath ceremony her parents led in her girlhood:
As a little girl, I probably didn’t fully appreciate the spiritual significance. But my family’s Advent ceremony at least provided a gentle admonition of “It’s not Christmas yet. First you must prepare.”Throughout the month of December, the “Song of the Week” feature of this weblog will
LeaderLines: “Intimidated by the Culture, Part Two”
Closed Published by Tom Goodman December 13th, 2007 on Get AnchoredIt’s hard to reach a culture you don’t love. You’ll make an impact in those who live and work around you only when you feel grateful to be a part of their community.
It’s the second step in overcoming cultural intimidation.
Last week I mentioned a conversation with a missionary couple that got me to thinking about our own mission field. “The believers in our part of the world just don’t
Michael created a JibJab video of our family of four in a snowball fight. Cute. Click here to view.
“Christmas may be the only time when people want to hear traditional music, no matter what age they are. Even kids who are totally into hard rock want to hear a few carols, which makes it easier to put together a service that pleases everybody. We try to do the same thing during Holy Week and Easter.”
That’s Jeff Crandall, the 46-year-old worship pastor of High Desert Church.
The quote caught
Winning Ways: “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
Closed Published by Tom Goodman December 12th, 2007 on Get AnchoredAlmost a third of people in the UK do not know the town of Christ’s birth, according to a recent survey.
The question was one of several questions about Bible knowledge. Eighty-five percent correctly identified what Christians celebrate on Easter (Christ’s resurrection). About three-fourths of the respondents knew that Adam was the first man in the Bible and almost as many could name the four
Links to Your World: Tuesday, December 11
Closed Published by Tom Goodman December 11th, 2007 on Get AnchoredYikes! This organist couldn’t find the right keys to close out a performance of Handel’s Messiah. I’m told all of the performers were volunteer amateurs–except for the paid professional organist:
Messiah Mess
World’s Most Unusual Christmas Trees
15 Foods that Actually Burn More Calories Than They Contain
This year’s Heisman Winner is a home-schooled Baptist missionary kid (Sports Illustrated