Nazarene Blogosphere Weekly Roundup - August 12, 2005

Thanks to a suggestion from PastorScott on NazNet, I'm going to start doing a weekly roundup of Nazarene Bloggers. This being the first entry, I'll be a bit generous on my definition of a week...but no more freebies! :)

If you know of someone who should be included, send me an email so I can get them on the Nazarene Blogroll.

BethFromBynum writes about Sixteen Years of Marriage. Congratulations Beth!

Brad Mercer is open and transparent about his own worry, and shares a sermon manuscript about Jacob, Esau, and the prayerful response to worry.

Prayer and congratulations go out to Kevin Rector who is following God's leading to "cheesy" Wisconsin. As soon as his house sells, Kevin will become the pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Billy Cox shares an imaginary "Interview with an Optimist." I'm pretty sure there are some solid lessons about leadership and tough choices hidden within the humorous dialogue. Keep reading on Billy's blog for a thoughtful line of questioning about how the local church is prepared to help people who "missed the bus" and didn't find their "place in the world."

Pastor Scott has continued his devotional blogging through The Message. He's up to Exodus 32, and continues to write insightful and challenging thoughts. Check out his thoughts on God thinking twice about destroying the disobedient Israelites. It's good to be in a true relationship with the Creator!

At Still Learning, Jeremy posts a sermon about integrity as outlined in the Sermon on the Mount. He illustrates the sermon with a personal anecdote about the ease of even deceiving oneself. If we can so easily deceive ourselves, how much easier is it for the master of lies to fool us?

Phineasb (aka Hans) was prolific with three entries this week! Wish "Happy Birthday" to Hannie, and check out his thoughts on loving enemies and burning with God's love.

Well, that's the end of this week's roundup. It took a bit longer than I expected it to. I think next week I'll use Firefox so I can use tabbed browser windows!

Happy Blogging!

PastorJon