Revival

Taking an Acts to the Church

No, I didn’t spell the title wrong. Yes, I could have spelt Acts “Ax” and gave it a perfectly suited title for this post at least. Yes, for some I also could have used the word “Ask” and while the meaning would be different unlike the interchangeability I am aiming for between “Acts” and “AX” if read out loud the same word would be heard, acts or ax. It’s time to rethink church by taking Acts to it which, if my premise is accepted, we will take an ax to many of the things we call church.

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Guilt, A Useless Emotion?

I am not sure where I heard it said that guilt is a useless emotion. It could have been the always brilliant and insightful daytime talk show hosts. Maybe it was a talk radio interview. It also could have been a TV drama or a blockbuster movie. All I know is it seemed to make sense at the time. I am follower of Christ. I’m sure it wasn’t a Christian source but still I am forgiven and my sins are as far as the east is from the west ( Psalm 103:12NIV)so guilt must be a useless emotion, right?

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Wisdom The Hard Way

I know a lot of stuff. I’m not bragging, you know a lot of stuff too! We all know a lot of stuff. That doesn’t make us smart and, unless applied correctly, it doesn’t even make us competent. Our brains are full of stuff. The smartest people in the world have additional stuff in comparison to us average people. The rest of us, the less smart and even lesser smart people know stuff. The truly wise people, they know stuff too but there is something more, something different about the stuff they know or at least to the way that stuff is incorporated in their lives.

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The Ultimate Insult

I have been told over and over again that the kinetic energy of hand propelled projectiles of varying masses at different speeds is far greater than the mouth released projectiles of differing decibel levels and durations. While I cannot cite the exact research organization or the paper in which this was published nor can I say with any certainty that it was properly peer reviewed; I can, without any hesitation state, based upon the sheer number of repetitions of this saying in school yards across the world, there is raw data and therefore a high potential that the hypothesis has been or will be proved or disproved. Wow, now I feel all sciencie. Look at me talking kinetic energy and peer reviewed papers. Don’t worry, I’ve exhausted all my science so we can move on.

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Transition – Discovering God’s Call for Your Church

Many of you know that my calling is to a very specific field of ministry in the church. I am a transitional pastor. I help congregations discover God’s call for their collective of Christ followers. I met Bruce Cormier and his wife Lesia at my last transition. Together we, the collective of Christ followers called Cornerstone Christian Fellowship – Mimico and myself, set out on what ended up being an 18 month journey to understand what God was saying about the future of our church. We had a building. We had a small in-person congregation of about 30 and a similar sized online group who, in their younger years had attended in person. It took me 18 months to get to this point and Bruce managed to say it in just over 1500 words!

This little church has close to doubled in size and continues to grow under their new permanent pastor. The biggest question we needed to answer was about the building the church owned. As you read this, maybe your church needs to ask itself the same question they were asking:

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I Want To Be Tormented

It seems to be an odd desire. If someone said this to me, it would certainly suggest that they were a little off. I not only want to be tormented, I want to a Lot. Are you getting concerned? Are you wondering about my mental stability? If my premise for this post is convincing, you too will be asking to be tormented, you will want to be a Lot. Now you are probably very concerned.

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