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- The mindset of college freshmen
Here is this year’s Beloit College Mindset list for 2008.
For these students, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Ryan White, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Freddy Krueger have always been dead.
1. Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their Quidditch team.
2. Since they were in diapers, karaoke machines have been annoying people at parties.
3. They [...]
- Are you fake around your pastor?
Check out this quote.
Dear God,
I was a pastor for 23 years. It killed me. I am not sure I was every called to it. As you know, the overwhelming numbness finally caved in all around me. Now, I am on the outside of the church looking in and I don’t like what I see. Why [...]
- Is forgiveness possible?
HT to Doug
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- How Do I Matter?
Every person who attends your church needs to know the answer to this question. Church leaders, how are you answering it?
There are two thoughts that lead me to this question. The first comes from Christopher Brook’s blog. He contemplates our freedom of conversion in contrast to the cost associated with that conversion. In some cultures, [...]
- Finding a church home: Kaleo Church
Our first stop on the search took us to Kaleo Church that meets at the AMC 20 in the Mission Valley Mall. Obviously, this being the first one we’ve visited it was pretty high on our list of places to explore.
And we weren’t disappointed. Parking is a non-issue obviously. The location is easy enough to [...]
- Finding a church home: The Prize
Ladies and gentlemen, let’s look at the grand prize and see what churches in San Diego would get if they won the McLane lottery.
The total package. This family of four churchgoers label themselves as “contributors.” They won’t just be bumps on a log at your church, they will give it everything they’ve got. Adam has [...]
- 3 Lies of Church Growth Experts
Right now there are a lot of people making a lot of money telling churches how they can grow. Along the same lines, there are a lot of church boards and pastors wasting a lot of time discussing church growth strategy.
An observation. Have you noticed that churches that want to grow (100 to 1000 people) [...]
- Finding a church home: Pre-search thoughts
This week marks the beginning of a new era. For the first time in more than 10 years Kristen and I begin a search for a new church home. Sure, there were other searches before– but they were always tied to employment so that’s a little different. Now that I don’t have a church job [...]
- Music Wars Rage!
For as long as I’ve been going to church I’ve had to hear about “music wars” in the church. Contemporary music was never an issue for me as I hated the music at the old Presbyterian church I went to from 5th grade through 10th grade. Seriously, half of the words in the hymns meant [...]
- Sushi
I’ve been feeling introspective lately. What does this mean? Why do I do that? The questions go on and on. And I’m pretty sure it has everything to do with not being a full time pastor anymore. I can feel myself wondering, “Who are you anyway?“
Whereas a few weeks ago I was all wrapped up in [...]
