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  • 5 Simple Ways to be Good News This Week

          Photo by Steve Snodgrass via Flickr (Creative Commons)  Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Practically speaking, that means that going to church on Sunday and rocking a Christian bumper sticker isn’t enough. Here…

  • Being Good News

    Today’s video post is a synopsis of about 10 conversations I’ve had in the last 60 days. All of them get to the question, “Adam, something has changed inside of you. I like it sometimes and I don’t like it sometimes, what is it?” One thing I’ve learned to get comfortable with in the last…

  • 10 Ways Your Church Can Be Good News to Public Schools

    I have a fervent belief that if we want to reach a post-Christian society, we have to be Good News before someone will listen to Good News. I asked some teachers, “How could a local church be Good News to your public school?” Here are 10 of their ideas. Create a team that participates at…

  • Good News for High School Students

    I’m always at odds with this reality: If Jesus offers good news, what is it about how we do youth ministry that is only attractive to 1% – 2% of the high school students on our campus? That always lead same  to a place where I say, “I don’t think we’re doing this right just…

  • 10 Ways Your Church Can Be Good News to the Neighborhood

    I have a fervent belief that if we want to reach a post-Christian society, we have to be Good News before someone will listen to Good News. Here are 10 ways you can begin transforming your church into a place where Good News flows from: If you have a building, offer a public bathroom and…

  • The Good News is You

            Have you ever stopped to think that Good News is brought through you? Sometimes I wonder if our ideal theology is a bit larger than the practical theology God is actually calling us to do? We think global while God is likely thinking local. We get so lost in the vastness…

  • Good news for Romeo

    The mood in town, economically, is horrid. Everyone makes it seem like we are in the great depression or something. Here’s a little reminder to the people of Romeo that things are still quite good. The Ford F-150, whose engine is made right here in town, is still the #1 selling vehicle in America. Story…

  • Fair-ly Good News

    I just talked to Rachel and Katie, who closed out Thursday at the Armada Fair. Over all it has been a fantastic 3 days. Results-wise, about 40 kids have committed to coming to the next MainStreet with their parents. (Have you seen the August one? Here’s the video) In the past three days I’ve had…

  • Good News for High School Employees

    Buried deep in an article on CBS’s economic website, it seems that Congress is trying raise the minimum wage nationwide. The bill calls for the minimum wage to rise to $7.25 an hour from $5.15 an hour, an increase that would be phased in over the next three years. [Read the rest] Obviously, this hasn’t…

  • Good news at LaShish

    In an ongoing All Blogs go to Heaven story, we went back to LaShish for dinner last night. Dave had never been and we talked it up pretty good. Well, the good news. Food is still good. While the place was empty when we first got there it did actually fill in well by the…