Jan

Anglican Congregations Move Forward After Losing Buildings

Posted by Steve Published in Anglicanism, TEC/General Convention

This very nice article appeared this past Saturday in the Akron Beacon Journal. Once upon a time, I was Rector of St. Anne in the Fields, Madison, OH and Chief of Staff at St. Luke’s, Bath, OH. I was blessed, and am thankful, to have served both parishes. I was pleased to read of how [...]

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Jan

Worst Church Singer Ever (video)

Posted by Steve Published in Video

H/T: Daron

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Jan

Interesting Stats for the Diocese of South Carolina

Posted by Steve Published in TEC/General Convention

Over at his blog Kendall Harmon had interesting stats for the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia. Being a slow Saturday, I was curious to see the same stats for the Diocese of South Carolina. According to the U.S.Census Bureau’s figures, Charleston, the see city of the diocese, has grown in population from 96,650 in 2000 to 120,083 [...]

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Jan

Friday Morning Video: 10,000 Reasons

Posted by Steve Published in Video, Worship

We introduced this FANTASTIC song this past Sunday:

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Jan

The Rev’d Rob Sturdy: The Wedding at Cana

Posted by Steve Published in Scripture, Sermon/Teaching, Video

Glad to have Rob aboard. In case you missed it this past Sunday, here’s his first sermon in the Ministry Center:

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Jan

Goodbye, Google

Posted by Steve Published in Culture

Our family shut down all of our Google related services with the announcement of their new privacy (non-privacy) polices. Looks like Bing will be our search engine and Hotmail migrated all of our gmail accounts and calendars across, seemingly, seamlessly. I will remain at swood [at] wearestandrews [dot] com. The Washington Post had this article [...]

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Jan

Around the Horn: 1.26.12

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, _samp

Meet the Marriage Killer From the WSJ: Ken Mac Dougall bit into the sandwich his wife had packed him for lunch and noticed something odd—a Post-it note tucked between the ham and the cheese. He pulled it out of his mouth, smoothed the crinkles and read what his wife had written: “Be in aisle 10 [...]

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Jan

The Necessity of Affliction

Posted by Steve Published in Empowered Living, Theology

In April 1938 war was looming in Europe. Germany had just invaded Austria. C. S. Lewis wrote to his friend Dom Bede Griffiths: I have been in considerable trouble over the present danger of war. Twice in one life – and then to find how little I have grown in fortitude despite my conversion. It [...]

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Jan

Steve Jobs to Obama: “Jobs aren’t coming back to the U.S.”

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, Leadership

A very interesting account of a conversation between Steve Jobs and President Obama in which Jobs tells Obama that manufacturing jobs are not returning and why this must be so. Here’s a clip: When President Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with [...]

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Jan

Paterno’s True Legacy

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, Leadership, Sports

A really nice article by Rick Reilly: A man is more than his failings. I learned a lot about Paterno when I wrote a story about him in 1986 for Sports Illustrated. I’ve learned a lot about him since. He was a humble, funny and giving man who was unlike any other coach I ever [...]

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