The spectacular finish has almost become a cliche in college football in recent years. This video clip is from a game between Trinity (TX) and Millsaps from this past weekend. It’s hard to believe that a game could actually end like this.
Willow Creek Community Church has been, by all accounts, the most influential mega-church in the country, if not the world. Thousands of churches across America, in a variety of different denominations, have directly or indirectly been influenced by Willow Creek and its leader Bill Hybels.
Well, after 30 years doing business, Willow Creek is admitting that they’ve been doing church wrong.
Read that sentence again. 30 years. Thousands of people. Millions of dollars. And they’ve been doing it wrong.
Here’s how Hybels put it:
We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the
line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling
people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to
become ‘self feeders.’ We should have gotten people, taught people, how
to read their bible between service, how to do the spiritual practices
much more aggressively on their own.
Perhaps we’re starting to turn the corner into a new paradigm for faith and practice.
I don’t know the band Sigur Ros. I’ve heard them talked about, and the talk is usually quite positive. But the interview they did on NPR’s Bryan Park Project is perhaps the single worst interview I’ve ever seen. I mean, wow, these guys really don’t understand the point of an interview. It’s really uncomfortable to watch, but at the same time, it’s hilarious.
It’s not coming out until January, but I love the premise and Jack Black is co-starring. It has to be a little funny.
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