by dsiverns | May 1, 2009 | Church, Living
I preached my first (half) sermon a few weeks ago. I thought I’d post the link in case anyone wanted to hear it. You can listen to and download it here. It was the last week of O2, the young adults service here at Efree, and Steve Bateman and I each preached...
by dsiverns | May 1, 2009 | Church
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya84HnPAlnY]Relevant magazine has done an article about the upcoming movie “Jesus People.” If you haven’t heard of Jesus People yet, it’s a movie that’s making fun of the Christian music industry...
by dsiverns | Apr 14, 2009 | Books, Church
Dan Kimball is one of many who have written recently about this kind of thing. He’s one of the guys who writes mostly clearly (and arguably sensibly) about the “emerging church” and what the whole movement is all about. In fact, I read his book The...
by dsiverns | Feb 23, 2009 | Church, Songwriting
I posted a blog in December saying that I had just put up a few new songs on the myspace. They were really just ghost demos, and one of them is actually finished now. All of the tracking for this song was done by high school kids at the church (except the lead vocals...
by dsiverns | Feb 4, 2009 | Church, Living
I’ve been giving some serious thought to the idea of Christian Marketing lately. I’ve been trying to read books, articles and blogs and just think about some stuff. I’m expecting to start writing more about it, so stay tuned for that. I was reading...
by dsiverns | Jan 19, 2009 | Church, Living
Lately, I’ve heard a number of people talking about their ‘prime’. As far as I can tell, someone’s prime is the place they reach where they are the best at any given thing. Some athletes reach their prime and then usually try to hang in and...