I’m trying something a little different today. For a while I’ve been thinking about how to revamp my fortuitous bouncing Saturday posts. I’m sure some of you think they’re perfect, but the reality is that each week only a fraction of people read and follow the links compared to other posts during the week. One…
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The Driscoll Disclaimer
American Evangelical Christianity has created its own set of controversial leaders. I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count how many times I’ve heard someone say “I don’t love everything they say” to preface their coming quote from a pastor. It’s our own little disclaimer so if the person or people we’re talking with…
Church Ministry with Diminishing Resources
For most churches, the recent economic downturn has not been a favorable thing. Almost every church I know of in my area has laid off many staff members and reduced budgets in order to remain operating within this new reality. At my church we’ve had to make significant lay offs on 3 separate occasions in…
A New Achievement
On Saturday morning I ran my first half-marathon. I’ve been running 3 times a week for two and half years now, and once I started running longer than 4 miles, I had in mind to run 13.1 in a competitive environment (if you use RunKeeper, we should connect on there). As a big sports junkie,…
Take Your Pick
I went to a church out of state a few months back and grabbed a sheet of paper that listed all their different service options. Granted, this isn’t reflective of most churches because most churches simple aren’t big enough to even begin thinking about doing something like this. But among large churches this type of…
An Opportunity For Conversation
In our culture today, movies are the way most people consume the power of story and art, and provide a backdrop to a deeper conversation. There is a movie releasing in theaters in about a month that I think is an absolute must-see (LA and NYC get the first release, slowly released nationwide after that).…