Posts Tagged ‘Russ Bowlin’

A Wednesday Funny

Working at any job I used to think the worst days were Mondays. But I have learned that Wednesdays are the days I tend to dread more. Yesterday my friend Russ Bowlin sent the entire staff this video. Apparently his goal was to inspire, and encourage us all this tough point of the week. I [...]

Just Can’t Take a Joke!!!

Have you ever been reading the bible and come across a passage that told you to do something, and you thought there is NO WAY that this can be followed today? Here is one such passage for me
Ephesians 4:29 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful [...]

Song Thoughts- “Instead of a Show”

by Russ Bowlin
I was recently introduced to a song that challenges the way we live our Christian lives. Jon Foreman is the lead singer of Switchfoot, but recently began releasing solo EPs (6 song CD). ”Instead of a show” is written from God’s point of view as he expresses his dissatisfaction with our worship and the fact [...]

Free Stuff: Song-Breathe Your Love In Me

The other night our youth director Russ Bowlin, led a discussion based on the song “Instead of a Show” by Jon Foreman. He has promised me he is going to write a post on it for FITR so I will not share reflections on that right now. During the course of the discussion, the conversation [...]

Green Props

I wanted to take a moment to give some props to my friend Russ Bowlin on his recent blog post. He has spent this last week sharing with us ways that we can live up to our responsibility in the series “It’s Not Easy Being Green.” He begins with this verse:
“The LORD God took [...]

Try Something Different

Today in our worship service we decided to try something a little different. Usually we will follow the format of 3 worship songs, then children’s moment, prayer time, offertory, sermon, invitation and closing song. But in a recent trip to the “Every Member In Ministry” conference at Frazer Memorial UMC, we went to one contemporary [...]