So we got a new logo. It went through focus groups, staff dissection, volunteer input, and then final, enthusiastic approval. Our previous logo — a stylized shepherd holding a lamb — had become dated towards the end of its fourteen year run. This one conveys Walking Together: the starting point is lightly shaded, suggesting we Read the full article…
You read that title right. In worship design, we consider predictability to be sinful. Why? Because familiarity lessens impact. If you know what element is coming next, then that element has already been robbed of some of its power. For example, we showed this video at the end of Sunday’s sermon as a way of Read the full article…
It was an unusually heavy weekend: presiding at a funeral on Friday, First Step membership class on Friday night and Saturday morning, three high energy services on Sunday, helping with but not leading a funeral on Sunday afternoon, and then my enjoyable stint in The Bridge 4th & 5th grade ministry on Sunday evening. As Read the full article…
I am a self-avowed, practicing evangelical. As part of a denomination which has in my view suffered at the hands of theological liberalism, I am not ashamed of my beliefs regarding the divinity of Christ, authority of Scripture, the reality of both eternal gain and eternal loss, and the urgency of gospel proclamation. Certainly not Read the full article…
John 5:24 got me today: I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.We usually feel like we have to wait for the other side of the grave to “cross over from death Read the full article…
