http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com a missional community following Jesus... Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:37:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I was sitting in my car parked on the side of the road after a long day of inspections and this song comes on the radio…helped to put some things in perspective.  http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com/2009/09/25/laughing-with-god/ Join us for an afternoon filled with food, fun and friends. Drop by for as little or as long as you would like between 3:30pm-7:00pm on Saturday, December 20th.Where: Terra Nova Co-op Common Room located at 74-6600 Barnard Drive, Richmond.  For a map click "here"Bring the family. There will ... http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com/2008/12/18/its-a-christmas-open-house/ Iraq, Afghanistan, Rawanda, Darfur, AIDS, cancer, malaria, starvation, poverty, terrorism, 9/11, Indonesian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, three children murdered in Merritt, Bisphenol-A in baby and water bottles, theft, adultery, molestation, rejection, loss, broken relationships, pride, selfishness, greed, suffering, death, the list goes on and on and on and on.  Why is ... http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/the-question-of-evil/ So how about that birth control, eh? “What, did he just say birth control?”  That’s right.  Glenda and I have recently been listening to a sermon by Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church) on Birth Control and to be honest, found it quite helpful.  This is clearly one of those real ... http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/did-you-just-say-birth-control/ Interesting book coming out by Timothy Keller, pastor of a church in Manhattan, New York called Redeemer Presbyterian Church. The book is called The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. Tim Keller is an interesting bloke because he’s sort of known as one ... http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com/2008/02/19/exclusivity-how-can-there-be-just-one-true-religion/ To me, heaven is getting the kids to bed early without the kind of drama that would put Grey’s Anatomy to shame, making a big plate of nachos and sitting down to watch one of my favourite 80’s movies on TV like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Say Anything, Lost Boys ... http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/heaven/ LentThis past Wednesday was Ash Wednesday which is known as the beginning of the season of Lent in the Christian calendar. This is the period of time leading up to the passion week and ending with Easter. I came across a rather neat description of Lent from a ... http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com/2008/02/08/tjh-weekly-070208/ Have You Heard Any Good News Lately? - Evangelism in a Postmodern WorldSo this Sunday at our First Sunday gathering I’m going to be speaking and sharing about this whole evangelism thing and what it might look like in a postmodern world.  You might be wondering what I mean by ... http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com/2008/01/29/tjh-weekly-290108/ The Imam and the Pastor - VisitedWith the smell of my dad’s Starbucks permeating the air, sitting next to a rather large man so I couldn’t cross my legs and having another big-headed man block my vision of the guest speakers, I was both dismayed and delighted at what I ... http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tjh-weekly-240108/ The Imam & the PastorThis Sunday we will be taking a break from our study in the book of Acts to watch a movie.  No, not the Matrix or Lord of the Rings, although both would be well worth watching.  No, this Sunday we will be engaging a documentary that ... http://thejoshuahouse.blogsome.com/2008/01/10/tjh-weekly-update-100108/