Revival

Let me Brag a Little

I have_________

I own_________

I’ve been________

I’ve scored the highest_________

My children have___________

My grandchildren can___________

My wife is__________

I know_________

I am friends with______

I work for_______

My title is______

I will let you fill in the blanks, then you will get to brag a little too. (more…)

Pawning Prayer

We stood beside our desks obediently responding to the unseen and yet familiar voice from above, “please stand for the playing of the national anthem and remain standing for the reading of The Lord’s Prayer.” All was right with the world or at least our corner of the world back then, but times have changed and morals have decayed, all because we have taken prayer out of schools. (more…)

Tradition Busting

Over and over I hear and read that the church needs to reach this culture by shedding its traditions and becoming more relevant. (more…)

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

These seven words have come to represent the worst in writing. Contests to see who can match or even surpass this level of literary failing are held. As an author there is no way you want to create a dark and stormy night sentence, paragraph, chapter, or even worse, book. (more…)

We’re in this Together

We are what we like about our brand of church experience. We look in the mirror and see what we would call the picture of a Christ follower. It’s not that we feel we have got it perfect, it’s that we see someone on the right track. This means there will be denominations that [will or] will not fit our version of living our lives as Christ followers. (more…)

The Marketing of Jesus

Each culture and each generation has had its own version of Jesus. Some have pictured Jesus as a smiling “do-gooder” going from town to town healing and helping, loving and laughing His way through life-like a fairy spreads pixie dust and waves her magic wand. (more…)