Pastor Dave's Library
Recently on The Shilohman our good friend Pastor Dave posted a lovely picture of himself and his son in his library. To see the original click here. Always interested in what other people are reading, we asked the tekkies here at Peter’s Ashtray to enhance the picture so we could read the book titles in the background. Below are the results of our research.
Paul By Numbers
Numerology For Evangelicals
BUCK UP!
Reality-based Pastoral Counseling
Christian Cults
Are They Really So Bad and Should You Start One?
Spare the Cane and Spoil the Church
New Thoughts On Church Discipline
Surf’s Up!
50 Great Sabbaticals and How To Get Your Church To Fund Them
Praise! Praise! Repeat!
Simple Tips For Writing Your Own Worship Songs
Light The Fire!
Powerful Sermons Adapted From The Speeches Of Benito Mussolini
Foot Races In The Labyrinth
Alternative Activities For Youth Groups
OBLA DEE, OBLA DA!
Recognizing Charismatics and How To Get Them Out Of Your Church
Surreptitiously Yours
Blogging Techniques For Pastors Who Want To Keep Their Jobs
posted by Yakimaniac at 11:04 PM
8 Comments:
Dear Yakster,
Kudos! Thank you for the chuckles this morning. I read this while my lovely wife was driving the kids to school and when she came home I immediately fetched her up to the study to read it too. We really had a good laugh about it.
Do you have any idea how I can keep the people in your picture from coming into my study when I'm not here? They never put the books back where they belong! Mariah still has a volume of Calvin's Institutes from last year.
By the way, I don't remember giving her permission to use our tattoo without paying us for the privilege!
Well done!!!
Coincidentally I was going to put Mr. Calvin in your library but I couldn't find a color picture of him. Perhaps you have one?
Mariah tells me you shouldn't be such a Crybaby because, "All My Life, All I Ever Wanted was to belong to a clan." She said if you couldn't Make It Happen then she'd Breakdown but, "I Don't Wanna Cry."
Personally, I think you'd rather be a Hero than a Heartbreaker. So Shake It Off, because "Someday, Honey, I'll Be There, Anytime You Need A Friend."
Did you see yesterday's column one story in the WSJ? "Veneration Gap - A Popular Strategy for Church Growth Splits Congregants", an essay on Rick Warren's effect on church politics. Those who don't embrace the "purpose-driven church" can simply take a hike.
But, nothing about tattoos. So, my question to Shilohman is simply will your church ever get used to you always wearing a sleeveless shirt whilst delivering your Sunday morning sermons?
And...lastly, what a wonderfully creative picture for this post!!
Thanks you for kind comment YB! Yes I read the WSJ article. I nearly broke out in hives remembering my many past battles over church growth methodologies. I'm thinking of writing a letter to the Journal. Mrs. Yak is hoping I can't find the time. The best book I ever read on this subject is Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology Of Worship For This Urgent Time, by Marva Dawn. It was so good I bought multiple copies and gave them to all the elders at my church. Then they took me outside the stockade, tore off all my buttons, took my sword and kicked me to the curb. I was never so proud.
If I had half the spare time you enjoy and one-tenth the genius, my blog would be full of incredibly funny posts like this.
Thank you but the genius of which you speak is merely apparent. My brilliance is but a dim reflection from the SC.
that's too funny!
Thank you Wen for your kind comment and welcome to the Quad blog. We call it that because there are 4 of us bloggers eternally lashed together by fate and insanity. One is a pastor in Michigan, one is an investment banker in Illinois, one is a smart ass in Washington State and one, the inspiration for all of us, is an underemployed ad exec who lives in his garage in California because his wife is deathly allergic to his chain smoking and his other oddities. We think he is a lovable, if slightly misunderstood, creative genius who will soon be discovered by Entertainment Tonight™ and who also hates my run-on sentences.
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