Archive for September, 2008

29 Sep, 2008

Operation Serve

Posted by: Ben Reed In: Life theology

So I broke into a house for the first time ever (see picture above)! And I did it in the middle of the day wearing a bright orange Grace shirt.
Well, I didn’t exactly break in. I was trying to close that window so that I could bleach the siding on this family’s house. [...]

16 Sep, 2008

Differing styles of music

Posted by: Ben Reed In: Uncategorized

You may have already seen this video, but if not, I hope you enjoy it.  We can squabble over styles of music, but I pray that we never go back to this…ever.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8&hl=en&fs=1]

10 Sep, 2008

Capturing Community

Posted by: Ben Reed In: Uncategorized

It’s hard to capture community and try to explain it to people in a Sunday morning announcement.  Nevertheless, we gave it a shot.  Check out this video that I put together, trying to give people a snapshot of what it looks like, physically, to live life in healthy community with other believers.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Yo9fa4bNw&hl=en&fs=1]

09 Sep, 2008

Psychology and man's need

Posted by: Ben Reed In: Biblical Counseling

In a report published in the magazine Monitor on Psychology: A Publication of the American Psychological Association (February 2008, Vol. 39, No. 2), “the majority of clinicians regard their spirituality as important, and religion, in general, as beneficial to mental health…however, clinical psychologists are much less religious than the general population.” (page 10) They [...]

04 Sep, 2008

Words Matter!

Posted by: Ben Reed In: Uncategorized

I’m not going to give much commentary for you here.  Just suffice it to say that words really do matter.  The way you say something, the tone of voice you use, the timing, the attitude, the context, the manner and mode of delivery…it all matters!  It also matters the words that you choose.  Watch this [...]




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