Thursday Thoughts 7.12.12

1.  Facebook needs a block filter that removes all complaints about the heat.2.  Gas prices rose 13 cents overnight.  Why can't I buy stock in gas prices?3.  Masterchef - one of the best shows on TV.4.  I think twitter is dumb.5.  There's no amount of tweeting, status updating, or emailing that will come close to the effectiveness of looking someone in the eye.
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – April 22, 2012

Two new songs this past weekend at Oak Mountain!We opened yesterday with Search My Heart by Hillsong.After our call to worship we sang Shelter, Hosanna (Hillsong), Jesus Paid it All, and Saviour King.Our offering song was also a new tune from Paul Baloche called The Same Love.Our kids lead us in worship this Sunday with Esther-Ordinary Faith at both services, 9 and 10:45.  Be sure and join us.
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When All is Said and Done

I posted this several months ago, probably in a Friday Favorites. This is Tommy Walker - singing with Jonathan Butler - one of my favorite tunes by Tommy - When all is said and done... We played it last Sunday in church.It's live, and off a cell phone video camera from Saddleback Church in CA. Make sure to watch through the 2:00 mark - Jonathan kicks in... glorious.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLVMHDup2vs&w=450&h=251]
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Friday Favorites 6.3.11

1. Favorite reason to not do a Friday Favorites this week - I've spent all week up at my parents' lake house in Seneca, SC. Great time not doing anything - which is also why i don't have any friday favorites this week - except for this picture, which i took last year. This is mom and dad's buck-wild Airedale named Hannah. Hannah gets pretty nuts around the pool - so I went over to the skimmer lid and stuck my finger up through the hole in the cover. She then spent the next 5-6 hours staring at the lid,…
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Thoughts on Lent… (again)

(i was going to write a post for Lent, but then I read what I wrote last year - and I've got nothing new to add)I grew up Catholic . . . left that church when I was 16 and started attending the Southern Baptist church across town. I had conscientious objections to what they [the church] was teaching regarding the sacrament of the lord's supper, and confession, and found those teachings contrary to what I read and believe that Scripture teaches.Having said that - i would, almost every year, participate in the season of Lent by "giving up something"…
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Monday morning recap for Sunday – July 19

I was out of town yesterday, and had Jeff Sauceda in my stead . . . He opened the service with Hosanna (Baloche).After the call to worship, they sang Amazing God (B. Brown), Our God Saves, O Worship the King, and How Great is Our God.For the offering song, Jeff sang an original called The Cross.Coming up this weekend we have our 6th Annual Bullfrog Choir. It's one of my favorite Sundays of the year - as we invite ANY guy, young and old, singer or NOT, to come and join us in leading in worship. Last year we had…
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