John W Snyder

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This just makes me sad

What is our world coming to. Once again another time I wish people would use their time for good. This story is terrible. What possesses someone to do this. What kind of person would do this to other people and what happened to this person in the past to cause them to think this would be funny. It is really disappointing. I wish people who had this talent to hack would use it for good.

SNYDER

The End User

My parents, brother, sister-in-law and niece were in town for a few days, but I am back in the blogosphere.

When you are designing something for your church, or you are programming the weekend, or shooting a video, or designing the worship set who do you have in mind. I really ope it is the end user. Now i know this sounds like common sense, but sometimes we get into a groove of just getting your work done. We need to remember that what we do is not just a mundane job. If every time we are working on something in ministry we need to remember who the end user is. I think if you recognize who the end user is at the very beginning your job will be a lot more fun, have more purpose and be easier. Remember the end user.

SNYDER

War Protesters are funny

So tonight I'm driving south on PCH. That's Pacific Coast Highway. And I see these people at Main Beach in Laguna Beach protesting the war. Not actually the people in that pic, but war protesters with signs and candles wanting peace not war. Now don't get me wrong. I would much rather have peace and I also believe that this war has not been going the way we had hoped and that it has lasted way too long, but I feel like these people should put forth their energy in a more positive way. They don't have to support the war, but I believe as an American they should support our troops who are involved in this. Love on our troops rather than protest to deaf ears. You can protest all you want, but I have a feeling it's not going to stop the war. And my last rant on this is to all the war protesters. I appreciate your effort and dedication to a cause, but if you know history at all there was a little war back in the 1700's that if it hadn't happened you would not even have the freedom to protest this war or protest anything at all for that matter. Without war protesters would have no voice. I believe this is kind of the same thing we are doing for the Iraqi people. Giving them a freedom that they deserve and want.

SNYDER

Church Planter or Missionary

I am not sure where I stand on this. "Stand on what?", you say. Well, if you feel a calling by God to plant a church then I would call you a missionary rather than a church planter. If there is a group of people in an area asking you to plant a church and God then I would call you a church planter. Not that any of this matters, but it might make you look at things differently depending on what side of this line you fall on. It might make you look at how you start a church. Or dare I say, It might make you think about becoming a missionary rather than a church planter. I don't know. Think about it. Did that just blow your mind? Check out this post by Ben Arment on this same subject.

SNYDER