Why Is My Name on the Church Sign?
Church signs can be fun. We’ve all got the email forwards with some doozies. Friend and colleague Mark Wolfe gave an excellent sermon I heard […]
Church signs can be fun. We’ve all got the email forwards with some doozies. Friend and colleague Mark Wolfe gave an excellent sermon I heard […]
I think many of us have been duped to a near cataclysmic capacity. We’ve been tricked into thinking that the sum of life is “to […]
Like me you’ve probably heard someone say they’re “spiritual but not religious.” Maybe it’s a friend; maybe it’s you. No one has told me they’re […]
The cross is at the centre of Christianity. No cross, no anything. Jesus outstretched on the ancient torture device is his open-armed embrace of humanity. […]
The health and well-being of leaders is hugely important to the vitality of congregations but it is very rarely talked about. (Pause) A few months ago […]
The biggest “issue” in the church is how to interpret the Bible. That’s how I see it. Think of conversations about the environment, or homosexuality, or […]
As churches we can do a lot of talking about being “welcoming.” But we often confuse being polite with being welcoming.
Maybe it’s a morbid blog. Or… A hope-filled one! I sometimes ask people if they’d like some input into the songs used at their funeral. […]
We get bombarded every day. Every angle. I drove 10 minutes across town and saw (or heard) over 70 advertisements. Some not appropriate for kids—but […]
“Bucket lists” are popular these days. Movies and books propose lists of things to do before you “kick the bucket” (hence “bucket list”)—a kind of grocery shopping list for the soul before you walk up to the Grande Amen check-out line.
When Mayim Bialik stated on her blog today that her youngest son just started talking about 9 months ago I breathed a huge sigh of […]
Shhh. Politics. It’s not a big pulpit-topic these days. Why not? Especially in light of newly minted Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, the various travels of Barack […]
Good things are happening at our church. We’re not perfect, but hope is happening.
This is a short and simple blog. Most of you know I’m a minister (or ‘pastor.’) The vocation involves a lot of things. Many joy-filled, […]
Our world seems obsessed with its own demise. Hollywood movies, strange cults in the desert and the Left Behind series. Scientists in Chicago even made a ‘Doomsday […]
Among the things that make for a humanized and humanizing neighbourhood, urban art may not be at the top of the list, but it is […]
Alexander Hamilton said that if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. And over the past few weeks it’s been a tough world […]
Will our kids believe? Do they? This is a big question. Even before I had kids I was reading about our own homes being mission […]
Ever feel like an outsider because you have had some doubts? In your faith? As if everyone else has seen Jesus personally and therefore exudes […]
I was chatting with a parent this week. She wanted to be thoughtful and faithful about it. Yes, the Easter bunny is around. But how […]