Growing up I played a lot of football, more basketball, and of course, the most tennis. But I never played a game of soccer. It wasn’t in our PE program, I don’t think they had soccer leagues when I was in elementary school, and by the time there was organized soccer in high school, I Read the full article…
I’ll admit it: a few years ago I used to have a crush on Granger Community Church. Fortunately, I’ve gotten over the crush as Will Mancini and others helped me see the folly of trying to be Church Copycat when it’s much better to be Church Unique. But back to Granger. One of the reasons Read the full article…
A few weeks ago, I shared a post on reading the bible as a library that was both well-received and widely distributed. But that particular post did not arrive out of thin air. Throughout the years, I have been exposed to a number of books which have shaped and defined how I read Scripture. They Read the full article…
Over the last couple of years, I’ve changed my approach designing sermons about group life from “ought to” to “have to.” When connecting with a small group or Christian community is an “ought to,” the sermon focuses (ineffectively, for the most part) on your generic need to “grow” and “mature” in your faith and how Read the full article…
We’ve all seen them. Yes Men. Those people — and they can be Yes Women as well — who traipse around the work place, agreeing with every idea, suggestion, or thought the boss has. Yet on Sunday as we move to Week Two of Trending, we’re going to discover something very different about the identity Read the full article…
