1. You get to see our hip, new Corner Campus. 2. Snacks galore. 3. Each Sunday I see pockets of people socializing at Good Shepherd. When I ask them how they met, the answer usually comes, “oh, we were in Pathfinders together.” 4. It’s a healthy way of doing group ministry in church. 5. One Read the full article…
One of the Rolling Stones’ most clever songs is Respectable from their 1978 gem Some Girls. In it, Mick Jagger sings of the irony that the band is now “respectable” in high society. Yet he quickly points 0ut that they are not so respectable that Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau actually wants them to party Read the full article…
What is a cardinal sin for Methodist preachers? Re-baptism. It’s one of the things that can get us in some ecclesiastical trouble. If we knowingly baptize someone who was baptized as an infant or child, we are likely to hear from Methodist higher ups. The history behind the “rebaptism controversy” is quite long (you can Read the full article…
It hit me hard during Easter week: we preach on what is invisible. Jesus’ resurrected body? These days, invisible. The Holy Spirit? Invisible. The promise of life after life? Invisible. No wonder people often struggle to accept what preachers say and what churches teach. No wonder I often struggle to accept what preachers say and Read the full article…
Here’s what my week was like with the Spring Breakthrough Project: Terrific leadership, motivated students, blessed week. And I got to be part of it.
