Resolutions or Commitments?
Friends, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Phil. 3:13-15 New Years is a time when […]
If I Were a Minister of Education
New trends and technologies have me itching to try some new things. It has been a while since I worked for a local church, and a lot has changed since then. I can think of at least three developments that would greatly change the way I would go about the work today. Database sophistication. We were […]
Christmas 2011
During this holiday season I can’t help but notice how far out of whack everything is today. Everyone is hoping for a big rush in stores to help businesses make their end of the year profit. Did you see the stores on Christmas in the news? People were shoving and hitting one another, and one […]
To Change Our Church, We Have to Change
The other day I sent this to the people I’m coaching for them to use in a time of reflection. Several said it was helpful. So I thought I would share it with everyone. All of you are trying the take your church to the next level. You are asking God to do something new in […]
Life Is a Series of New Chapters
Moving through life is like reading chapters in a book. Most people read one chapter at a time. Life is the same – as you move through life, you open and close one chapter at a time with each chapter usually focusing on a different theme or emphasis. I remember when I closed the chapter on pastoring […]
Things We’ve Learned
A couple months ago, some of you were invited through Net Results to participate in a research survey. Well, the results are in with nearly 300 responses from across the nation. And congratulations to the Rev. Loril Hawk, the winner of the Apple TV. Participating churches included those with less than 50 to those over 3000. The […]