eNote Archive
Friday, August 27, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
I'm writing my email at 9:00 am while sitting outside savoring the beauty of this day. Sometimes life gets so busy we fail to stop and rest and reflect upon God's goodness.
I am in a small group...
[more]Friday, August 20, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
I have several exciting things to share with you in today's enote. Before I do that, I want to tell you a bit about this weekend's sermon. We're in the midst of a series of sermons asking the "Why?"...
[more]Friday, August 13, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
On a weekly, and sometimes a daily basis, I speak to, or receive e-mail or Facebook messages from, people who ask questions about why God allows suffering, or why God hasn't answered their prayers, or...
[more]Thursday, August 05, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
I'm sending my enote out on Thursday rather than Friday to ask for your prayers today as I'm preparing to speak at the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit. I'm speaking at 2:30 this afternoon and will...
[more]Friday, July 30, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
Tomorrow we begin the 24-hour journey from Cape Town to Kansas City. We fly to Johannesburg first, meet up with our team we travelled to Malawi with and send Danielle and JT, our daughter and...
[more]Friday, July 23, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
I've been in Africa the last eleven days and I wanted to give you an update on what I've been up to and what I'm doing today and tell you about my new book, based upon last year's sermon series, When...
[more]Friday, July 09, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
This is the biggest weekend of the summer at Resurrection! We have mountains of “rummage” at the United Methodist Women's rummage sale (I bought a titanium driver for $1, and outdoor chairs...
[more]Friday, July 02, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
Happy 4th of July Weekend! If you're in town this weekend include Resurrection as a part of your weekend celebrations. We have a great weekend of worship planned at all locations. At the...
[more]Friday, June 25, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
It's great to be back home and I'm looking forward to being back in the pulpit this weekend. I'm excited about kicking off the Children of Eden sermon series this weekend with a message entitled, In the...
[more]Friday, June 18, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
As you read this I am delivering my last two talks to the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference in Tacoma (Seattle) Washington. There are about 800 pastors and church leaders here from all of the United...
[more]Friday, June 11, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
I am writing this enote from Salem, Oregon, where I am in the midst of speaking to the United Methodist pastors and lay delegates from every UM church in Oregon and Idaho. This is my fourth of six...
[more]Friday, June 04, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
I'm writing this email from my hotel room in Baltimore. By the time you read it I'll be on an airplane to Birmingham, Alabama. It has been an exciting couple of days as I'm taking The Church of the...
[more]Friday, May 28, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
Yesterday morning we hosted and led the funeral service for Shawnee firefighter John Glaser. John was 33 and died in the line of duty this last week. His wife, Amber and her family were a part of our...
[more]Friday, May 21, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
As you read this I am giving my final talk to the delegates of the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference. Would you please pause right now and pray for God to use me, and for God to bring renewal to...
[more]Friday, May 14, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
This is an exciting weekend for many of you who have young adults graduating from high school or college. This afternoon Resurrection will host Saint Paul School of Theology's commencement. Tomorrow...
[more]Friday, May 07, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
Did you know that the official observance of Mother's Day in America began in a Methodist Church? Anna M. Jarvis petitioned her church in 1908 to set aside a Sunday to celebrate mothers after her...
[more]Friday, April 30, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
It's a soggy day in Kansas City, yet even this day has a beauty of its own. I'm listening to the rumble of the thunder and watching it rain and these seem a metaphor for this weekend's sermon on...
[more]Friday, April 23, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
I hope this email finds you doing well on this soggy spring Friday! I want to mention up front that tonight Resurrection is hosting Steven Curtis Chapman presented by the Kansas City Symphony. There are...
[more]Friday, April 16, 2010
Good Morning Church of the Resurrection!
This weekend we begin a four-week sermon series on Forgiveness. It is impossible to overstate the importance of forgiveness in our lives and world. There are two primary dimensions of...
[more]Friday, April 09, 2010
Dear Resurrection Family,
Just a quick note with a handful of things I thought you might be interested in on this week after Easter. Here's what I'll be covering in today's enote:
1. Easter Worship Attendance Sets Record2. This...
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