escapingbabylon.com

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Last weekend an Atlanta pastor made a promise that stunned his congregation and most of the people who heard it. In a speech that discussed abortion, the President, and the sanctity of life, the most provocative statement from Pastor Vic Pentz of Peachtree Presbyterian Church came towards sermon’s end: “I make a promise to you now and I don’t want you to keep this a secret,” the pastor pronounced, “the Peachtree Presbyterian Church will care for any newborn baby you bring to this church.

via Peachtree Pastor: “We Will Care for Any Newborn” – 11Alive.com | WXIA | Atlanta, GA.

ht: Church Marketing Sucks

…or at least starting to. One of my thoughts on abortion is that it is a bad solution to a set of complicated problems. I’m glad to see a church looking at a better solution. I believe that Christians are called to help those who find themselves disadvantaged and in need. While there are many things about this statement that are big question marks, and while I would have liked to have heard something said about caring for the mother/parents too, this may be a good fist step.

So some of you may know that I’ve been doing the children’s story at Pilgrim. The Children’s story is a time during our regular service where someone will call the kids up and share a story, message, mini-sermon or whatever that is targeted towards the children.

It’s a good way to communicate to the kids that they are important enough to have a section devoted to them in the adult service (though it would be great if adult services could also be kid friendly, but that’s another story).

So at the urging of an amazing friend of mine, I’ve started putting the illustrations online at a blog called Play Dough Gospel. Feel free to check it out, and let me know what you think.

p.s. That site looks significantly better in any browser but Internet Explorer.

via World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale on Vimeo.

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