// Pastor Joe Thorn

Alex Onan made a video of what I assume is his work. Great music (The Constantines) and editing Alex! Looking forward to more. Be sure to check it out at YouTube.

I am still in PA and wont get home until sometime Sunday afternoon/evening. I woke up early this morning to some decent fog, so I walked outside and took a couple pictures. You can see all my PA/MD pics here at Flickr.Be sure to check out Steve’s, Alex, Ariel and Timmy’s weekend photos.

Some of us left PA and went down to Baltimore, MD. Manuel, Andrew and I took a boat from Inner Harbor, Balitmore to Fells Point (Steve, you would love this place). You can check out pics from the trip at my Flickr. The pic to the left is of the church doors at St. [...]

Today at worship Rob sang A Mighty Fortress to a new melody he wrote a couple weeks ago. Very cool, and the congregation will sing it together next week. Unfortunately I will not be there for that.

I am taking the fam’ To PA for a small family reunion. So tonight I will be packing, bringing [...]

I joined Chris Walke (a musician at Grace) at Bull and Bear this week for the purchase of his first briar pipe. It was a good time, though I succumbed to temptation and wound up buying another pipe myself.
In celebration of Chris’ recent purchase I offer two poems for your enjoyment; one sacred, and one [...]

I was able to grab lunch today with Paul Alexander, Steve McCoy and Jason Driesbach (an elder at Grace). Paul is now the Pastor/Teacher at Fox Valley Bible Church in St. Charles, IL. We are happy to have another pastor-theologian in the area shepherding God’s people. It was really a time to welcome the “new [...]

I took this in a local forrest forest. I liked it in color, but when I switched to black and white everything changed and it became more abstract.
Don’t forget to check out Steve’s, Alex’s, and Timmy’s Friday photos as well.

Steve McCoy calls out Russ Moore for quoting Dr. Ed Stetzer out of context in his recent article on Christians and pop culture. There was a little discussion on the article here at WoG. Steve was at the conference where Ed said, “Preaching against culture is like preaching against someone’s house. It’s just where they [...]

Mark DeVine, author and Associate Professor of Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has entered the blogging world. He is saying some good things. Be sure to check out his blog, DeVine Theology, at www.theologyprof.com

Russ Moore writes on the Christian’s interaction with pop-culture in the newest issue of Southern Seminary’s magazine, The Tie. In the article, Pop Christianity and Pop Culture on Mars Hill, Moore argues that the church needs to do more thinking in the area of cultural engagement. I agree with him, and think Dr. Mohler made [...]