It happened again. I was visiting a church on a Sunday morning and apparently parked in the “wrong” parking lot. You know the one, it looks like it’s near the main entrance, but the main entrance isn’t really the main entrance (because “everyone” knows that “everyone” enters through the side entrance on Third Street). […]
There’s an old axiom that goes something like:
Those without a destination are doomed to never arrive.
As I was pondering that the other day, a corollary to the axiom came to mind. “Those who don’t define excellence are destined to never achieve it.”
Most church leaders I know are invested in delivering excellence in all their […]
Let me start out with a thought … if you’re using screen technology, a worship bulletin is a colossal waste of resources. Why do you need a bulletin to follow the Responsive Reading? I mean, it’s up there on the screen? Besides, your office manager probably spent an hour typing it up, proofing it, […]
Carol joined the church a month ago. She’d been attending worship for several weeks and liked what she heard and what she experienced. She’d even made a new friend or two. Joining the church seemed like a good thing to do.
But that was last month. Carol still liked worship, but she was a […]
One of those ten commandments is about thievery. The Bible generally frowns on stealing stuff from others. Although neither Israel nor Christians ever condoned cutting off a thieve’s hand as punishment, there were some pretty stiff penalties for thieves.
On the other hand, the writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us:
What has been will be again, […]
I was with my grandson … 13 years-old … yesterday and he asked grandma and I, “Do you have cable?” I admitted we did and he responded:
How can you stand cable and all those commercials? I hate commercials!
To be fair, so do I. In fact, my Kansas City apartment is completely unplugged from commercial […]
Do you remember the fight your church had when you added a drum kit to the sanctuary’s platform?
Well, that’s nothing compared to what’s coming.
Maybe you haven’t heard the news: As of 2019, Hip Hop is the number one selling music genre in the US … it surpassed rock-n-roll rather handily.
So, when will you […]
A recent comment about a local big box church (that’s successfully reaching, baptizing, and discipling young adults):
“They’ve given in to entertainment evangelism.”
… as if entertainment was a four-letter, distasteful, disgusting word.
If you’re going to reach young adults I’ve got three words for you:
Get
over
it!
Jesus specialized in entertainment evangelism. He told stories, AKA parables. He captured […]
It seems like every church campus I pass has a banner advertising their Vacation Bible School ministry. There are some new schedules I’m seeing this year … consecutive Saturdays, Sunday mornings, and one evening each week all summer.
Let me ask you a tough question: What is your goal for this year’s VBS?
No, not […]
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