The title change is the end result of a personal journey in discovery of how I am seeing God, ministry, and life… My conclusion, there is no spoon…so often we put God into a box we think He should fit in, one in which we can better understand Him. If we are ministers we do… [Read more…]
March 27, 2008
Do we as ministers foster and unhealthy codependency between us and those we pastor? We launched connection groups in our young adult community here…just a time for guys to minister to guys and girls to girls, so that we can discuss some very real issues that you can’t discuss in mixed settings. I have noticed… [Read more…]
March 24, 2008
Are we increasingly losing our desire to commit? It is now common in America to be an active part of several church communities..I am not first in line to say whether or not someone should “belong” to one community or another…what I am saying is that I am a firm believer in covenant…. The best… [Read more…]
March 23, 2008
If we truly believe all that we say we believe, when did we cease to show up expecting God to do incredible things that blow our mind? When did we decide that “it”, whatever it is, has become too big for the creator of the universe? I just feel so challenged to have more encounters… [Read more…]
March 22, 2008
Last night we finished our series this month, “hello, my name is Jesus”. I would never put any props toward myself, but I will say this…this month has been the most incredible gatherings that I have ever been a part of. I know that God is everywhere, always around, but then there is His felt… [Read more…]
March 18, 2008
There is a local establishment here in Tennessee called the kenjo market…not to go to P.C., but the ad that I heard on the radio the other day really grated me, it said “where you see the running Indian, you know the coffee is fresh.” Please, can someone tell me what a running Native American… [Read more…]
March 17, 2008
We are coming up on our one year anniversary here on staff at New Hope…it has been wonderul and trying…exciting and difficult…all the things that ministry should be. One thing that I have noticed in this time is the trust that I have established with the young adults who call me Pastor. It has become… [Read more…]
March 12, 2008
There is nothing that gets me more amped than to have someone from our community tell me that they are engaged and overwhelmed by the bible. When we started this series, I challenged our community to look into the story of Jesus, engage it, and put themselves into it. I never imagined the response that… [Read more…]
March 5, 2008
Coming into the Easter season, which is the highest attended worship time of the year, I have had this thought running through my mind relative to the area in which I live. In case you have not looked at my profile, I live in Tennessee, the shiny buckle of the said bible belt, and what… [Read more…]
March 1, 2008
Ø We distance ourselves from sinner’s instead of distancing ourselves from sin…this is wrong Ø Part of our mission is to be who we are, engaged in culture…. Ø If the 1950’s come back…most churches are ready to go…. Ø We have to live as sent people instead of store front’s dispensing religious goods and… [Read more…]
March 28, 2008
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