The Doer Dilemma
It’s not politically correct these days, but the old adage, “Too many chiefs and not enough indians” points to a larger problem in the church today. Yes, there’s a leadership vacuum in most churches today, but not for the reasons most people think. It’s not that there aren’t potential leaders there in the church, there […]
Winning Back the West
I love to say, “If you can see the harvest, you can take the risk.” The harvest is the vast number of people who live outside of the knowledge that God loves them. The risk is turning your church upside down and in-side-out to reach them. Every day Mainline Christianity becomes more marginalized and irrelevant. It’s time we changed […]
The First Memorial Day
Memorial Day is when we honor the men and women of our Armed Services who have made the supreme sacrifice giving their lives for their country. Today I am reminded of the film “Saving Private Ryan” in which James Ryan, now in his seventies, has returned with his family to a military cemetery in Normandy […]
Superhero Worship
Last weekend I took one of my grandsons to the movies to see the latest block-buster hit Avengers: Infinity Wars. I am told it had the biggest opening of any movie ever and that it is approaching two billion dollars in ticket sales. The movie features seemingly every one of the Marvel Comic book Superheroes […]
We’re At A Crossroads
Which Way to Turn? Mainline churches are at a crossroads – either they wake up to the major trend of our time or they will continue to be irrelevant or, worse yet, go out of existence. What trend am I talking about? I’m talking about multiplication. Instead of struggling to stay afloat mainline church leaders should […]
Rite of Passage
With this being graduation time, I got to thinking about when my sons were in high school and I was invited to speak at the Baccalaureate services preceding their graduation ceremonies. I recall sharing the tradition of a Cherokee Indian youth’s rite of passage. According to Cherokee legend the boy’s father takes him deep into the […]