Shirley and I once visited a church whose pastor I had coached (poorly, as it turned out) in the Connection System. We were greeted extravagantly at the door, personally escorted to the refreshments, handed great brochures about the church’s ministries and led to our...
I was visiting the gathering of a church where my daughter and her husband were attending to see why they found it so compelling. The church met in an out of the way unfinished warehouse of a building on the wrong side of the tracks (which literally ran through their...
I was singing at the top of my range during the worship time. By the end of the third song, my throat was rebelling, but dropping an octave made the lower notes too low. So I mumbled my way through the rest of the worship like many of the people around me. Did I...
I think we all know that a church is the people of the Lord gathered, not the building in which they gather. When believers come together in community, they are the church, whether in a small group or in a large congregation. These gatherings are both natural and...
I started writing this series because too many people I love and serve have crashed and burned spiritually and personally. Others are heading for that kind of destruction. I hope that your fear of pain or indifference about your unfinished business has begun to...
