Back in June, I bought Julie two tickets for an October 30 Carrie Underwood concert. It was a nice birthday present. The plan was that she would be able to take a friend. Then that friend had her own change of plans. So I was the substitute. Me and Carrie Underwood? Not really. It’s actually Read the full article…
We feel that way in life, don’t we? And, if we’re honest, we feel that way in our faith. What had in an earlier season been both urgent and joyful now many times seems mundane and ritualized. Boring. Is there life after that kind of spiritual boredom? Is there hope for such a faith? Having Read the full article…
Church meetings are legendary, aren’t they? And not in the way, say, Michael Jordan is legendary in basketball. Or Joe Montana in football. Or even Roger Federer in tennis. No, church meetings are legendary for the bloodshed — real and imagined — that they involve. Whether it’s a contentious assembly of a church board or Read the full article…
As a native of Dallas, I never thought I’d read “Texas Rangers” and “World Series” in the same sentence. But now I have. So I’ll begin watching the World Series tonight with a bit more interest than usual. Not that I’m a consistent baseball fan or even a loyal Rangers supporter. But it’s nice when Read the full article…
I spent three days in Ohio last week at Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church’s Change The World Conference. I went as part of the Reynolds Leadership Program which sends 25 pastors from North Carolina to various training events four times per year. Ginghamsburg is a Methodist miracle. When Michael Slaughter became the senior pastor there in Read the full article…
