PatrickMead.net

When the cruise ship pulled into the Bahamas we knew it was only for a short time. The gangway went down at 8:30AM and would be pulled up at 2PM. The 3400 passengers of the Carnival Glory wouldn’t have much time to discover Nassau so, understandably, there was quite a rush to get off the [...]

From Friday morning the 21st to Saturday evening the 29th of July I will be out of email contact, out of phone range, and nowhere near a computer. I am taking my wife on an escape cruise to Nassau (where we hope to worship Sunday morning with the locals), St. Martin, and St. Thomas. This [...]

[LONG post. This comes from a sermon delivered at Rochester today, 7/16/06, and available online at www.rochestercoc.org. What follows is a heavily edited version for those who would rather read it here]
It might seem very strange to have Jesus start his ministry at a party… but not really. Look around. Jesus is the creator of [...]

I just got back from doing the adult portion of VBS at the Pitman Church of Christ in south New Jersey. It is a remarkable church, especially since it continues to grow despite the fact that it doesn’t fit any of the accepted paradigms of growing churches in this post-modern age.
Rochester Church is growing, but [...]

According to the last census, Detroit is the most African-American city in the US. Bordering Detroit is Livonia, declared the whitest city in the US by that same census. Eight Mile Road is a border land inhabited by Chaledeans (Iraqis, mainly Christian) who have their own closed community. I could go on and on because [...]

[NOTE: just a reminder -- everything I write on this blog or over at tentpegs.blogspot.com is free of copyright. You may use the material in any way you wish -- even to disparage it! If you copy bits and pieces or whole articles and ideas there is NO need to attribute me. This is freely [...]

I learned the poem when I was in third grade and remember it still:
By the rude bridge that arched the floodTheir flag to April’s breeze unfurled.Here, once, embattled farmers stoodAnd fired the shot heard round the world
Even though that shot was directed towards a mixed company of English, Scottish and German troops (i.e. “my team”) [...]