Empty Church
Is the Church more empty than the building? Is there hope?
Category: Love of God
Coronavirus and the Church
I cannot even imagine being a Pastor during this season of COVID 19. With recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)and the World Health Organization (WHO), along…
Parallels
“Baby Steps.” “Take it one day at a time.” “Tomorrow is a new day.” Those are phrases that I remember being said often in early treatment a couple years ago.…
Baggage Snagging and Fixing It.
Taking other people’s baggage and making it my own, then trying to fix them is a complete and utter train wreck, waiting to happen. For me, for them, and for…
Unlovable.
“Love; it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you. It will set you free.” -Mumford and Sons All the things that she’d suspected I’d expected her to fear…
Stuck and Unable to Change
“Views change. People change. Experiences require a change of view or conversely, digging one’s heels into the ground, never to move again.” When I was a teenager, I was a…
Rethinking… Church Planting…
I know I have no business writing about church planting. In fact, I have retired from the painstaking task of being involved with the venture and adventure of church planting.…
Spiritual Adoption (Adoption Awareness Month)
Adoption is a wonderful concept and action. It is beautiful. But with adoption comes a host of questions. Doubts. Insecurities. Identity issues. Trust issues. It’s complex. November is ‘Adoption Awareness…