Good Friday – What is It?
Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by Mark Doebler in Faith
Businesses close. Schools close. It is marked on the calendar and observed carefully by millions of people around the world. So what is it? What is Good Friday all about? Before I answer those questions, let me offer another twist. I’m not convinced that Good Friday really is Good Friday. I never have been. Why [...]
Connect ’09, Day Two
Posted on 14. Feb, 2009 by Mark Doebler in Faith
Day two of Connect 09 has come and gone but memories will linger. There is something about being in the presence of so many dreamers, so many people who are willing to go to the mat for the cause of Christ that simply inspires me to commit more fully to him. We heard in the [...]
Connect 09 – Day 1
Posted on 13. Feb, 2009 by Mark Doebler in Faith
Lesley and I are in Orlando, Fl at the Coronado Springs Resort for a church-planter’s conference with our association called Connect 09. Church planting is a completely different animal than leading a pre-existing church and requires a different set of skills and contains a different set of challenges. This conference is designed to address those [...]
First Church of Starbucks
Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by Mark Doebler in Faith, Humor
I had a friend of mine send me a link in an email this last week to a video entitled “What If Starbucks Marketed Like a Church?”?? I had seen it once before, but had forgotten about it.? The video was done by the people over at Beyond Relevance which has a really, really interesting [...]
The Firing Line
Posted on 02. Feb, 2009 by Mark Doebler in Life
Losing a job can lead to anger, resentment, guilt and depression. So says Dan Miller, author of ?No More Mondays?. On a recent post on his blog he shared the story of once working with a gentleman ?who having lost his job, tried to reposition himself and do a job search, only to become discouraged [...]
