Our condolenses go out to the friends and family, and those effected by the death of Mingma Norbu Sherpa, who died this past weekend. My soon-to-be sister-in-law, Tatiana, just started working with Mingma and really thought highly of him. Please keep this in your prayers. Read More. . .
I read this little slice on relevantmagazine.com today -
Hip-hop legend Kurtis Blow, who is now a television pastor, has partnered with Holy Hip-Hop Music to form Music Ministry Recordings. According to Blow, the label (which is under the EMI Gospel umbrella) aims to reach “young people out here who love God but do not like to go to church, only Hip-Hop can bring them back to the church”
I had a thought as I read that - “Isn’t the church the body of Christ? So, if people do not like to ‘go to church’ what does that say about their view and feelings for Christ? ” I understand that what is referred to here is more the technical aspect of church, such as the music sung or the style of preaching, etc. But, you know what, the fact cannot be denied that if you do not “like church” or do not like to go to church, that you have a very immature view of what Christ created the church to be. I feel strongly that believers should be tied into a local church body and the bible is pretty clear on that. Church has nothing to do with production, lights, sound quality,etc. It has everything to do with worshipping God. That isn’t to say the aforementioned things are wrong, absolutly not, but when they are the focus for us to say this church is good, this church is bad. . . our views are not inline with the bible. Church SHOULD BE the manifestation of God’s love, through people, to the world; loving each other, serving each other and the world, as Christ did, and worship God. In doing that, if our production is “good” compared to the world then fine, but it should not be the focus. . . Ok, i gotta stop b/c i could go on and on. Sorry, thats a bit more than a slice. . .
In sports news, the Philadelphia Eagles, showed that last week was mostly a fluke, in a seemly easy win against the 49′ers on Sunday. Granted, they should have won this one, but after last weeks embarassing loss, they needed a win to show they are really a team to contend with. More on that. . .
Former president Bill Clinton let loose on Fox News anchor Chris Wallace this weekend in a televised interview. “You got that little smirk on your face, and you think you’re so clever,” he told Wallace at one point after he was asked about his response to the terrorism threat. You can click here to see the interview
