CNBC had an article about corn price are increases. These increases will also drive an increase in milk, eggs, and then poultry and pork. They said that beef will also be affected.

Kokomo Urban Outreach has been a pioneer the past two years in demonstrating how churches, working together, can impact their communities through extending Christ’s love missionally. Now your church has the opportunity to learn from Jeff Newton, KUO’s founder and pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. This workshop will be held on Saturday, Feb.

In part 1 I bemoaned the fact that I am no longer culturally relevant. Well, I didn't actually bemoan anything. Basically I have decided that being culturally relevant is over-rated.

I've been struggling over the past few years over the issue of being culturally relevant. For years I have heard how the church needs to be relevant in order to reach the current culture. In fact, I was one promoting the need to be relevant. I had no trouble being on the cutting edge, or even the bleeding edge.

As as United Methodist statistics are my friend. In my conference we are pretty serious about our statistics. We keep track of how many people are coming to worship, Sunday school, short term classes, youth group, UMW, UMM, well...the list could continue.

I have read about one-third of the book,"Everything Must Change", by Brian McLaren. I am reading an advance copy the book will be released on October 1, 2007. It would be an understatement to say the book is challenging me. In his usual candor, McLaren is turning my world upside down. He did it to me in "A New Kind of Christian" and now in this book.