A few months back I was catching up with a friend. We hadn’t spoke in over a year. He asked me, “so how are things at your church? How are you enjoying being a pastor?” I paused. I get asked the question a lot. I’m always unsure of how to answer. If this is someone…
The Insightful Leader
The age of the internet has overloaded our lives with information. For most individuals around the world, information is no longer about accessibility, but time. We can get our fingertips and eyes on anything, but we don’t have time to engage all of it. Not even close. I had two hours free on a weeknight…
The Myth of Jesus > The Bible
Some Christians refer to themselves as “Red Letter Christians.” The idea being that the words and ministry of Jesus should carry more weight than other Biblical teachings. They waste a lot of energy speaking against Biblicism and Bible worship. Others might speak toward this by saying, “the Word (Jesus) became flesh,” so any adoration toward the Word…
“See You Next Sunday!”
As a pastor I focus a consistent amount of my time toward connecting the unconnected, and then deepening the connected, within the church body. I want to focus on the first piece of this today (connecting the unconnected), and specifically I have in mind people who are new to the Christian faith, or new to…
The Process of Figuring Out What Really Matters
“That sounds great, but I don’t have time.” I hear this several times each week. On the surface we’re busier people than ever, and yet I can’t help but wonder if our busyness lacks purpose. Typically what I hear through the maze of excuses is, “I don’t have any priorities.” Because this is the truth:…
The Most Confusing Spiritual Discipline
From Tyler: Today I want to introduce you to Ed Underwood, a fellow pastor and blogger I spent some time with a few months back. He and I are going to host a short series together in a few weeks, but I wanted you to get to know him first. Here’s one of my favorite…