Jay, Jill, and I have been going through the book Who Stole My Chuch? by Gordon MacDonald. First off, great book. I totally recommend it to anyone in ministry or anyone who is interested in the great debate of “contemporary versus traditional” and how to deal with change in church. I read the book in…
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Want to Join Our Band?
Check out this video by Steve Fee and company. Jay and I just watched this. This should be on SNL, simply hilarious. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w57D9wz3tOU&hl=en] You are welcome 🙂
Postmoderns in Church .2 of 3
This is a short series on three different distinctives that separate how postmoderns view faith and church from their predecessors. 2. Interact vs. Watch It is very common for churches to provide what many would call entertainment. This comes through the form of a video, a drama, a special song, and many other ways. All…
Update:::Resources in Church
Last week I posted about Perry Noble‘s blog on things church staff members should never say. One of those things was they should never say is “all I need is more staff and more money to make this happen.” I emailed Perry about this. Obviously I didn’t get an email back from Perry (I’m not…
Resources in Church
A common complaint I hear in many churches is the inability to do certain things because there is not enough resources. I’ve never given it much thought. It seems to make sense…you need resources to do things. Then I read a blog by Perry Noble (a great blog he has) talking about things you never…
Things I've Learned about Church as a PK .5 of 5
5. Being a pastor means you live in a glass house. I remember when my dad was between jobs at different churches and we visited some other churches in our area. It was the first time in my life that I remember walking in and out of church without being talked to. It was weird.…