I’ve always been fascinated by the life and ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I just never imagined I would be able stand behind the pulpit where he began his ministry as a 26 year old young man.
Today my dad, Gary and I took the afternoon off from our conference here [...]
I am in a seminar with Ken Callahan and we’re talking about growing and advancing the strengths of the mission of your church. Here are some notes that I think are helpful:
When we are looking at a church, how do we improve our mission? Do we look for the weaknesses or the [...]
If you are interested, I posted the audio for the Ecclesia National Confernce with Alan Hirsch and David Fitch yesterday on the Ecclesia Website. Check it out here
I am preaching the ever dreaded passage on the death of Ananias and Sapphira this week: Acts 5:1-11.
At the risk of giving away some of the big points of my sermon on sunday, let me share this quote from Willimon,
“If money is some how linked to our idolatrous attempts to secure immorality for ourselves, [...]
I’ve been using dreamhost since the beginning of this blog in December 2003 (yeah, i’ve been blogging that long!). Dreamhost has been a decent host for me so far but they have just had too many problems and too much downtime on their shared server for me to be happy enough. Though, I [...]
I’m doing a little talk at this week’s Ecclesia gathering here in Maryland. Here are some notes that I promised I would put on my blog.
Six Motivations for Giving:
Compassion (sharing, caring, giving, loving, serving)
Community (good fun, good times, belonging, family)
Hope (confidence, assurance in the grace of God)
Challenge (accomplishment, achievement, attainment)
Reasonability (data, analysis, [...]
I forget what time I was born but it was sometime in the morning. This means that I am now officially 31 years old. All my bones are now creaking.
I was at the bank last July to send a large sum of money to Guatemala as the last part of our payment for the adoption. As I was waiting in line the man in front of me, in somewhat of a panic, was pleading with the bank tellers to help him with his [...]