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A Gateway on the Internet
Church online used to be for those who accidentally slept in, didn’t feel very good, had too much going on, or had some other reason they couldn’t make it to the physical location. But now with COVID-19, most of America, nay, the World is going to church online. Many churches that have large congregations can…
Read MoreCompany Culture
How does one change a culture? Recently, I discovered a cool person named Larry Hubatka. He has some awesome content he puts out pretty much daily, and it’s usually about leadership and culture. He was just on a podcast called “Coffee Break” where he unpacked a lot of insight into how culture works and gave…
Read MoreOld Skool Café
Old Skool Café is a restaurant with a significantly redemptive impact on the youth culture of San Francisco. It is a jazz club/restaurant in the city of San Francisco that employs at-risk youth ages 16-22 in all aspects of the business. Their aim as a program is to break the cycle of poverty, violence,…
Read MoreWhen all we have is Nascar
During this postponement of sports, there is not much to watch for people who like to get their daily dose of sports. Although it is not much Nascar has found a way to keep us entertained with eNascar. By having a group of driver race using a using an advanced driving rig with widescreen displays…
Read MorePastor Calming the Scared
Pastor Bryan Catherman’s neighbors were crying March 18, afraid the 5.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Salt Lake City, Utah, a few hours earlier signaled the end of the world. The earthquake had no deaths and caused little structural damage. However, this pushed some people to tears believing the world was ending. “Some of my neighbors…
Read MoreChurches reaction to Covid-19
Due to Covid-19 churches around the world have had to adapt and find ways to keep people involved without holding any services. This week, from Italy to Singapore, congregations affected by the Covid-19 outbreak either held virtual fast-and-testimony meetings on YouTube or Zoom or didn’t meet at all. During this time period it is important…
Read MoreA House on Beekman
A House on Beekman is a nonprofit enterprise that seeks to join God in “the renewal of the Southern Bronx”. Sara Miller, the founder of A House on Beekman, saw how privileged she was and how much she “watered down” the gospel and sought to be as Christ-like as possible. She considered where Jesus would…
Read MoreThe Rabbit Room
The Rabbit Room is a faith-based, non-profit organization that seeks to share the beauty of God’s creation and truth through music, art, story, and poetry. Inspired by a visit to C.S. Lewis’s Oxford home, musician and author Andrew Peterson founded the Rabbit Room (named after the back room of the pub where the Oxford Inklings…
Read MoreThe RoundUp App: A New Way to Tithe?
Okay, maybe that a bold statement to say this is worth replacing tithing at your church. I by no means want you to encourage you to do that. But The RoundUp App shares the same concept as tithing and has a social purpose to it as well. The app was created by a student at…
Read MoreChrist and the Coronavirus
As we are all aware, there is a current world concern with the coronavirus; but did you know that there are multiple strains of coronaviruses? For example, SARS and MERS are a more common form of a coronavirus and is mostly associated with respiratory problems. As of now, this new form of a coronavirus, COVID-19,…
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