Between the two of us Tom and I travel some 450+ days a year consulting with churches and speaking to large groups of leaders. So we hear a lot from a wife source. One question I hear often is “What is the best curriculum for equipping my people?”
When I give them my stock answer […]
Modernity
By: Bill Easum
In Modernity humans were the great observers. What we saw and how we interpreted it became fiat law – even if it was wrong. The world was flat; the world was round. The earth was the center of the universe; the earth was merely a pebble in a pond. Everything revolved around […]
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“The Troubled Journey: Full Report,” Peter L. Benson, Search Institute. Surveys 47,000 6th – 12th graders and suggests strategies for those working with youth.
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Yesterday Social Security recipients learned that for the first time in history Social Security recipients will not be getting a cost of living wage increase (COLA). Well, that sucks. And if that was not enough in the same notice they learned that their charges for Medicare part B would be going up.
At the same time, we continue to hear about […]
In my latest book, Doing Ministry in Hard Times, I included a chapter on Living in a Wildcard world. I grew up in a wild card world where the probabilities far outweighed the wildcards. You could, with a certain degree of accuracy, predict what would happen next. Today, it’s impossible because the wildcards outweigh […]
In difficult times, churches have a tendency to clap shut their shutters, hide their money under mattresses, and delay anything that might be innovative and new – especially if it costs more than a nickle. Okay, so I exaggerate. A little. But the reality is that when the economy or the political winds turn […]
This morning was Pentecost Sunday. As I was setting in worship at a church Im consulting with the pastor read from Acts 2:1-21. Man, that’s some text. I found myself saying “Are these people ready to hear this text? Are they able to believe the things the text says happened and will happen – people of different tonges hearing in their […]