The NewLife Blog
Oh what a beautiful mess
Posted by Eric Stillman on August 27th, 2008 under God, NewLife. [ Comments: 1 ]

Back when our church decided to plan a mission trip for this summer, we knew that raising $2000 per person was going to be a daunting task, so we put on the calendar to have a tag sale to raise some money towards the trip.  As fundraisers go, the tag sale can be pretty painless – collect a lot of stuff, price it, sell it, and clean up the leftovers, usually all in a 24-hour period. 

Painless, of course, if it’s being coordinated by someone who knows how to coordinate things.
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Taking a break… and Reality TV evangelism?
Posted by Eric Stillman on August 7th, 2008 under Evangelism, Pop Culture. [ Comments: 2 ]

The NewLife blog will be taking a break for at least this week and the next as I adjust to the birth of baby boy Stillman #3 (boy #4 if you count last year’s miscarriage).  The baby is scheduled to land on this planet tomorrow, 08.08.08, probably at 8:08 AM, weighing in at 8 lbs, 8 oz.  Please pray for my wife Michele & I as we attempt to survive a 3 year-old, 1 year-old, and newborn (and church ministry, of course) over the next months!

I will leave you with an interesting link to check out today… apparently the TV reality craze has hit Christianity:  a new show called “Make Me a Christian” is debuting this month over in England (read about it here).  Read more »