It is amazing to me how people refer to many pastors as their own pastor. Certainly this is a benefit of the 21st century. We have an amazing amount of access to some exceptional Christian speakers and leaders. However, podcasts, webcasts, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, conferences, and books all have changed how too many of us…
All posts in church
Dancing Jesus: Mentoring in the Church (A Blog Series)
Back in April many of you helped choose the topic for a blog series I was hoping to do during the summer months. And you chose the topic of mentoring in the church. You’re probably wondering what does “dancing Jesus” have to do with any of this? Let me explain. I’ve grown up various evangelical…
Traditions and Today's Youth
I was listening to a Mark Driscoll message on a run recently and heard him say something pretty close to this and yesterday I posted it on Twitter (I can’t find the original talk to verify the exact quote): Every church needs to decide if it will embrace its traditions or its kids. Most churches…
Song Retirement
After church yesterday Jay and I had a quick conversation about a song we’ve done a lot of at Sunset over the past 3 years. The response from the congregation yesterday felt less than was usual in the past, and the overall feel of the song over the past few times we had sung it…
Hymns Aren't Just a Thing of the Past
Many people are of the opinion that churches should only sing the “hymns of the faith” (whatever that means). 3 funny (or odd) things about that: Most hymns aren’t really “hymns.” Hymns in a musical sense have no chorus, but a lot of “hymns” do. The Bible speaks about singing a new song, and I…
Church Unique
I just finished reading Church Unique by Will Mancini a few days ago for a class I’m taking next week. The main concept of the book is that each church has a unique culture, vision, and movement but few churches are living out those things. My favorite part of the whole book was a quote…