Since church was snowed out this past Sunday, I briefly watched a televised service from another, more liturgical church in our area (they cancelled for 12.26 as well; this was a re-broadcast from back on a snow-free day in November). As part of the liturgy, the congregation stood and recited the Apostles’ Creed together. Three Read the full article…
I once heard Jack Hayford — long time pastor of The Church On The Way in Van Nuys, CA and the author of the contemporary hymn Majesty — say this about growing a church: You don’t want to grow a big church. You want to grow big people. I like that concept. And I saw Read the full article…
So this is Christmas. At 5:00 this evening we’ll have a high-octane Family Celebration with music, drama, and word coming from our G-Force Children’s Team. Having seen the rehearsal, you can expect to be blown away. Then at both 7:00 and 9:00 we’ll host Candlelight Praise and Worship. The focus of our conversation will continue Read the full article…
The first results are in from last Sunday’s What Child Is This offering in support of the fight against the global slave trade and human trafficking. And they’re pretty spectacular. When we combine them with the offering we’ll receive on Christmas Eve for the same cause, well … I think we’ll all be amazed. I’ve Read the full article…
As a lot of you know, Colin Cowherd is far and away my favorite radio personality. He is smart, funny, and provocative. And he is also defiantly non-religious. So he’d be surprised that I title a post after his own theology. But I do so because almost every day Cowherd says something so wise and Read the full article…
