Recently one of my bosses was asked to speak at my church’s elder meeting on his vision for the ministry he helps lead. I’ve been at my church 4 years now and I think he’s been asked to do something similar at least four other times. Between elder roles which change every 1 to 3…
The Three
Less than a week ago it was 95* outside, today we’ll probably get up to 65*. Fall sure came fast. 1. Matthew Lee Anderson wrote a piece for Relevant Magazine following some comments from my favorite person, Pat Robertson. I won’t give away the whole story, but basically Robertson said divorcing and moving on from…
Experiencing God
I’ve been in several conversations lately talking about whether or not we can truly “experience” God through worship or teaching or community. It’s quite common (I know I’ve done this plenty of times), when praying for an upcoming church gathering, to pray with hope that the people who come will be able to experience God.…
Mayor Bloomberg, 9/11, and The Fear of Losing Christian America
I wanted to posted about this last week but I didn’t want to bring more attention to something that was only taking away from where the focus should have been on the 10th Anniversary of September 11th, 2001. A few weeks ago the Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, announced that no clergy would…
The Three
I was in a car with my dad and sister, listening to K-Love when I first heard about a plane hitting one of the Twin Towers in NYC. When I got to school all the teachers had the news showing on their classroom tvs. It was the first time in my life that such a…
Should Churches Gather on Christmas Day?
Over the past few weeks at my church we’ve been discussing what to do with Christmas falling on a Sunday this year. I would imagine many other churches are having to make a similar decision right now. Back in 2005, churches had the same decision to make with Christmas Day also falling on a Sunday.…