Busy is the New Lazy!

What do you think of when you consider laziness?  My guess is you almost immediately think about some college kid laying on a couch playing XBox or PS3 and skipping classes.  I would tend to agree with you (although when I did this it was a PS, I was not lazy, I was saving my energy!). Dan...

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The Manipulation Postulate

Loneliness, according to Dan Allender in Leading With a Limp, is one of the things that any leader will bump into. He can choose one of two responses: hiding or openness. Hiding is the act of manipulation. We feel alone and solitary.  As a result we hide.  In our hiding we manipulate the world...

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CBS to Air Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad

I really enjoy the Super Bowl. I really enjoy Sports Talk Radio. I really like it when two opposing worldviews collide. However, I do not like it when I turn on Sports Talk Radio and all I hear about is the "culture war". Over the last few days there has been a tremendous amount of conversation, yelling,...

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Equipping People in their Faith Journey

My latest sermon:[podcast]http://danielmrose.com/wp-content/uploads/Grace-100124-reduced.mp3[/podca...

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Ethan's Wish...

At the turn of the New Year we all make resolutions. When Ethan, my eight year old son went to school after the turn of the new year he and his classmates did a project where they made a wish. The teacher got the idea from the Japanese Daruma Doll. Here's a quick second grade summary of the Daruma Doll:"In...

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I'm a Jerk.

Jerk: a contemptibly naive, fatuous, foolish, or inconsequential person. I am one. How do I know? I know because in my life I have struggled with the feeling of betrayal. I think I have authentically experienced it. I think that I sometimes read different situations and think that betrayal is happening...

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Book Review: Counterfeit Gods

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=danielmroseco-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0525951369 Timothy Keller is the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York.  His recent book Counterfeit Gods continues to cement his place as one of this generation's leading voices in...

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Complex Rigidity

I like to think of myself as a person who has great intellectual flexibility.  Often times I am very creative when it comes to problem solving.  I even like change.  I thrive on change.  Change is a good thing in my mind because on the one hand it makes a jingly sound in your pocket...

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What is Community?

Community. It's a buzz-word. It's a television sit-com.  It's a longing in our hearts.  But what is it? What does community mean?  There have been books, long books, written on the subject.  There have been many sermons preached.  There have been many university seminars given....

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Daddy...

Dedicated to Jay and Vince, both of whom are now Daddys.When I would look at men who had little girls there was something different about them.  They had this look about them that was different from those of us with only sons.  There was a tenderness in their eyes as they would watch their...

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"Pastor" Pat...

The scene is Haiti is horrific. The cries for help. The reality of people being buried alive. The dead littering the streets. The pain, chaos, and heartbreak enveloping a country that is already impoverished and broken. To this situation Pat Robertson on the 700 Club today spoke.  He stated among other things that it was a "blessing in disguise". Check out this video and then read my response:This...

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The Cost of Vision

I am learning that you must be careful about what you ask for, you just might get it. That's right, I think I am getting what I asked for.  Heaven help me!In my quieter moments, a number of years ago, I would have told you that I would like to start something from the ground up. I think at the...

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Potential, Passion, Power

Youth Specialties just dropped a post over on their blog about Passion 2010. The heart of the post was that college students in any number have incredible potential to change the world.  This is so true.  It's the whole reason movements like Campus Crusade for Christ, InterVarsity, and Navigators...

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Crisis, Cowardice, Courage

In Allender's matrix the first challenge is that of crisis.  What do you do when the world comes crashing down around you? Thankfully I have not faced any huge crises in my time as a leader.  I have experienced personal ones within the context of my family but not so much in the context of...

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The Kingdom Part 2

My latest sermon:[podcast]http://danielmrose.com/wp-content/uploads/100103-Reduced.mp3[/podca...

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The Kingdom Part 1

My latest sermon:[podcast]http://danielmrose.com/wp-content/uploads/Grace-091227.mp3[/podca...

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Just DO IT or Holiness

The Backyard Missionary posted recently on some thoughts about holiness by Alan Hirsch.  It was interesting to see these ideas in front of me, nearly 15 years after I first heard them. I had been dating Amy (now my bride) for a few months.  At the time I was new to this whole follow Jesus...

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One. Mono. Uno.

There is a saying, "One is the loneliest number." For many years I thought one was not all that lonely but a nice change of pace. I think that's because in my former life as a staff member with Campus Crusade for Christ there was such a crushing emphasis on team that you almost couldn't escape it.  I...

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You Took Me Seriously?

It turns out that people are actually taking this stuff I write seriously! It also turns out that when I post something it is no longer for me but for the world to read. Oh right, I wrote about that.Well, today I cam face to face with one of my weaknesses in our staff meeting. I realized today, in light...

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Matrix of Brokenness

As I said yesterday I am going to work through and begin to try and identify the weaknesses that I have. Before doing that though I need to show you the matrix that Allender developed in for the challenges that leaders face and their potential responses.  It's helpful and it's a bit of...

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You're in the Battle of Your Life

Dan Allender says, "So here's the hard truth: if you're a leader, you're in the battle of your life." Welcome to a challenging text called Leading With a Limp. This is a book that was given to me by a man who mentored me for six years, on the day of my ordination he mailed it to me. I finally got around...

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Religion is Good at Guilt

On January 1 Charlie Rose had a montage of his best interviews. Well, we usually put Charlie on in the background and fall asleep to him.  I suppose it's gentle North Carolina accent or the intonation of his voice but he knocks us out pretty quickly. In one particular clip he was interviewing Frank...

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Stop the Snark

I have recently noticed that people who are supposed to be academics, people who are supposed to be representing an intellectual position, are becoming increasingly snarky towards those who disagree with them. I am especially noticing this in the intelligent design/evolution debate that seems to be...

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Welcome to the Subversive Journey

There is a strange phenomenon that has taken place in the world today. Not very long ago there were little girls with diaries that had locks and keys. Now, they have been replaced by Blogger, Xanga, Myspace, and Facebook Notes. The world is invited into our minds, memories,thoughts, concepts, and ideas....

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