Archive for January, 2006

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Posted on January 30, 2006 at 11:54pm by Micah Fries No Comment

Growing It is amazing that I have kidS! It was difficult enough to get my head around being a parent period, but to have more than one has been a little overwhelming. What is even more amazing is how fast it all goes by. I am constantly amazed that the speed by which my kid(s)…

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Posted on January 30, 2006 at 11:18pm by Micah Fries No Comment

Two good… no, great….. no, amazing guys God is doing amazing things at our church. We are rural, and yet contemporary; we sit in the middle of corn fields yet we’re reaching 20 somethings like crazy; we’ve been around for 140 years and yet the average age of our church attender is probably around 28-34;…

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Posted on January 28, 2006 at 9:16pm by Micah Fries No Comment

Driscollized Can you imagine someone preaching, and holding the attention, of 5,000 20 somethings every weekend in 5 worship services? I’ll have to admit I’ve been amazed at the thought. Well, Mark Driscoll is able to do just that. In a more exciting development than just about anything Driscoll has offered before, he is now…

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Posted on January 28, 2006 at 6:03pm by Micah Fries No Comment

The bag is cat free The truth appears to be coming out. Although Chairman Hatley informed me that specific information about the reasons for removing Burleson from the trustee board would not come out until later, it appears that one of the trustee’s who disagreed with Burleson has already let the cat out of the…

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Posted on January 28, 2006 at 11:13am by Micah Fries No Comment

A tad excited I haven’t been this excited about a SBC Pastor’s Conference since I was 17 and going to my first one. This year’s conference has been put together by Pastor’s Conference President, Bryant Wright of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church. It appears that Wright has done a really good job of trying to reach…

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Posted on January 28, 2006 at 10:12am by Micah Fries No Comment

A voice of reason Dr. Jimmy Draper, the President of LifeWay, will retire effective Tuesday evening. This is sad in that he has provided tremendous leadership over the years. It is exciting, however, in that Dr. Thom Ranier will be his replacement and Dr. Ranier will do a tremendous job, I am confident. Dr. Draper…