From 1990-1999, I served in what Methodists call a “two-point charge”: Mt. Carmel & Midway United Methodist Churches in Union County. At 9:45, I would preach at Midway, an open country church that averaged about 30 people per Sunday when I arrived. By the time I left nine years later, I had grown that 30 Read the full article…
Tim Stevens of Granger Church had an interesting post recently called “How To Leave Your Church.” Written for lay people from the perspective of a staff person, the post is worth reading for the lengthy comment section alone. But it got me thinking . . . what about the opposite perspective? How should pastors and Read the full article…
At the end of last week, Julie and I took our daughter back to college in Nashville, TN. Because of dicy weather and rock slides, we took the “southern” route to get there: down to Atlanta, up to Chattanooga, and over to Nashville. So we were in four states: both Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee. Well, Read the full article…
. . . there’s an app for that. We move into week two of the Proverbs-based series There’s An App For That with a look at what this timeless book says about anger. And it says a lot. Both descriptive and preventative. We need this. Most of us either have a hot head or live Read the full article…
On January 7, 1979, I became a follower of Christ. Saved. Born again. Became a Christian. Accepted faith. Whatever terminology you use, the result was the same. I gave Jesus my life that day. I was 17 and had recently been to a Christmas Eve service at a nearby church — the first Christmas Eve Read the full article…
