In conversations I have with friends disconnected from the church, I often hear about how Christianity hates gays. I’m not saying this is true, but clearly it is the perception. Recently the mistreatment and bullying of homosexual men and boys has been in the spotlight of the news, especially since their mistreatment has led to…
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Who's Teaching?
To some of you this might read a bit like a rant. During this season of life at my church the senior pastor has been put on administrative leave while a team from our denomination can make some decisions as a 3rd party. This has left a major hole in our teaching schedule, because the…
7th Inning Stretch
Rose and I went to a Twins/Mariners game a couple months back. It was the first professional baseball game she had ever been too. In the middle of the 7th inning everyone stood up and started singing along to a song she had never heard in her life. It was quite humorous seeing how confused…
The Leader Needed Today (Part Four)
Part One: Entitlement and Trust Part Two: Servanthood Part Three: Promotion Part Four (Today): Reward This will be the last post in this short series on the type of leader we need today. A lot of conferences and books focus on the type of leader people want to see today, but what we need is…
The Leader Needed Today (Part Three)
Part One: Entitlement and Trust Part Two: Servanthood Part Three: Promotion I spend a lot of my energy promoting my favorite teams. The Twins, the Vikings, the TWolves (not much to promote there these days), the Huskers, the Blue Devils. I’m real good at throwing in a little trash talk to a conversation. In many…
The Leader Needed Today (Part Two)
Part One: Entitlement and Trust Part Two (Today): Servanthood We see how servant leaders lead by sacrificing their desires, by giving up the entitlement they often deserve, and by establishing trust with those they are serving. But, the first step needed in this process is becoming a servant leader. This is an especially poignant question…