“Church” starts today …
It’s Monday. Church starts today! In spite of the significant effort your pastoral staff puts on getting you and anyone else to walk through the church building […]
04
Nov
2013
Blog Tag
Church
01
Nov
2013
That’s what we pay the church staff for … right?
When I visit a church for the first time and want to learn about the faith family I’m about to walk into, sometimes I initially hold back […]
20
Oct
2013
The vision God gives you is for Him …
We talk (a LOT) about God giving us a vision, but then look at some of the things we do with it … … we tweak it […]
18
Oct
2013
A service to die for …
One Sunday morning the pastor noticed little Alex staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. The plaque was covered with […]
03
Oct
2013
Eating spaghetti in Italy …
This may sound silly, but while planning my trip to Italy some years back, one of the things I looked forward to was enjoying a delicious spaghetti […]
26
Sep
2013
Majoring on the minors …
There’s a story of two church congregations located just a few blocks away from each other in a small town. They thought it might be better to […]
14
Jun
2013
This is one fire you want to stoke …
What was the power that fueled the apostles, transforming them from timid men to bold and courageous examples of faith? What was the power behind the birth […]
09
Jun
2013
What would YOUR neighbors say?
In Luke 9:18 we read, “One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, ‘Who do people […]
05
Jun
2013
A tale of two resorts …
Consider this tale of two resorts … My vacation to Jamaica wasn’t at one of the large, posh resorts you often hear about. Instead, I stayed at […]
30
May
2013
What’s so important about the Gospel?
Two kinds of rhetorical questions for consideration, one for preachers and one for Christians who are not preachers vocationally: Which would you rather hear preached: how to […]